Natural Moccasins/Natural World - tip #2

BUY LOCAL - EAT LOCAL FOODS
As you know marieshoes.com features authentic Canadian moccasins. We consider as precious, nature and the natural world from which our products are made. We stand beside fellow denizens of this planet in protecting our environment and the world, as we know it. To this end we are bogging tips on everyday things that we can do to put the halt on global warming and it's irreparable change to our environment.

Tip #2 – Eat Local Foods …..Did you know that the ingredients for a North American meal typically travel between 2,500 and 4000 km? The cost of transport – in greenhouse gas production – is immense. We are paying for that – thereby condoning it. Discourage such folly! Make a choice to Eat Local Foods…visit Farmer's Markets and buy there; at the Grocers, read the labels and buy locally produced products; if there is a local producer of a product i.e.: honey or milk, and it's not on your grocer's shelves: "ask" for it. Your grocer (or store manager as we know them today) will bring it in for you and everyone will benefit. Be proactive in your purchases and indicating the your preferences. A little action, cumulatively, will add up to make a difference!

We are encouraged by the actions of a grocer in Kamloops, B.C. (Canada). Local producer, Blackwell Dairy's product, was missing from the shelves. When a customer 'asked for it', the grocer responded and started placing the milk on the shelf. First allocating just a small space to Blackwell in the dairy coolers. Every three days Blackwell Dairy had to restock to the fullest – thereby being allotted more and more space. The trend grew and now Blackwell Dairy can't keep up with the demand for all of their products in all of the chain supermarkets.

Frankly, their milk is better!!! Blackwell doesn't have to transport so far and can circulate their products more frequently. Therefore, the shelf life doesn't have to be so long, therefore they don't have to 'boil the good' out of their product to ensure that shelf life. It tastes…oooooh, like milk!

We all win…local producer, local jobs, better product health wise, taste wise, and the cost of greenhouse gases produced during transportation is dramatically reduced!!! This sort of positive message and initiative will impact the onslaught of global warming. If reproduced in every community it's cumulative effect would be immense!

Quote of the Day:

"I can't do it" never yet accomplished anything: "I will try" has accomplished wonders." -- George P. Burnham