Become a Locavore

There are so many reasons to choose locally grown foods. They are fresher and are picked nearer to being ripe. They have more time to absorb nutrients from soil—and have a lower carbon footprint since they don’t have to be flown halfway across the world.

The benefits go beyond your kitchen. By buying locally, you’ll enjoy fresher, tastier, and healthier food while supporting small, local farmers in your community.

The nutrition experts at Akea urge you to become a locavore—someone who eats locally-grown foods. Consider these facts…

• In the United States, food now travels an average of 1,500 miles before ending up on our plates.
• To account for travel time, fruits and vegetables are often picked several days—if not weeks—before consumption. They might even be harvested while still green to enable them to last during their long journey.
• This farming method doesn’t leave the plants enough time to fully absorb the minerals in the soil and to synthesize vitamins and other nutrients.

Nutrition (as well as flavor) diminishes with every passing day after harvest. Once they’re picked, many vegetables rapidly lose vitamin potency.

And now you know one of the primary reasons Longevity Hot Spot inhabitants are healthier and longer-lived. They’re naturally locavores—and they’re receiving nutrition that’s far superior to ours.