Buy local, shrink the distance food travels and reduce the carbon footprint of the food you eat. I support the locavore movement but not for the reasons given above. Transportation is often not the main contributor to the carbon footprint of the food. Sometimes food transported 1000’s of miles requires less fuel than a few cases . . . → Read More: Locavore
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Netafim has been the leader in sustainability before it was cool. Using drip irrigation to conserve precious water resources was a necessity in the desserts of Israel where Netafim was born. This wasn’t called sustainability is was survival. The first farmers to grow crops using drip irrigation quickly learned that drip irrigation does not save water . . . → Read More: Stay in Control |
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