Learn how eating local food can benefit your health, the environment and your local economy and community.

2.  www.FarmToTablePA.com
 Part of Pathways to
SmartCare Wellness
Program
 Corporate wellness
programs, health events,
annual conference
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4. Local vs. Organic
Local vs. Industrial Farming
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5. Meldick Farm
Near Warren, PA
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6. Crowded
conditions lead to
poor nutrition &
increase use of
hormones and
antibiotics
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7. Get back to the basics
Convenience food has become
the food of choice.
We have been taught by
marketers that cooking is
drudgery
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8. Corn
Vegetable Oil
Maltodextrin (corn)
Cheddar Cheese
Salt
Whey
Monosodium Glutamate
Corn Flour
Disodium Inosinate
Disodium Guanylate
“Natural Flavors”
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10. Only eat what has a mother and father!
Fake foods initiate an immune response
Set a goal for 1 week of only eating local or
natural foods and see how you feel
Drink lots of water to flush toxins
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12. The amount of energy
used to get food from the
Farm toYour Table
 It is estimated that the average
American meal travels about 1500 miles
to get from farm to plate.
 It can take up to 2 weeks for produce
imported outside of the U.S. to reach
your grocery store. By that time,
vitamins, minerals & antioxidants have
been shown to decrease during storage,
shipping and grocery store display
periods.
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13. Smaller scale farming lends itself to
less intrusive methods.
Preserving Farm land
Promoting bio-diversity
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17. $1 spent at corporate chain $1 spent at local business
15% reinvested locally 45% reinvested locally
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18.  Growing direct to consumer sales reflect a growing
trend and body of knowledge about local food: up 49%
from 2002-2007
 The number of farmers’ markets rose to 5,274 in 2009,
up from 2,756 in 1998 and 1,755 in 1994, according to
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service.
 Consumers who value high-quality foods produced with
low environmental impact are willing to pay more for
locally produced food.
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19. Empirical research has found that expanding
local food systems in a community can increase
employment and income in that community.
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20. Distribution
Marketing
Consulting
Machinery
Supplies
Consumers
Processors
Investors
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23. Creating a strong local food
system can support the
community during natural or
man-made disasters
Build a strong system now while
we have the ability
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26.  The number of farm to school programs, which use
local farms as food suppliers for school meals
programs, increased to 2,095 in 2009, up from 400 in
2004 and 2 in the 1996-97 school year, according to
the National Farm to School Network.
 Community Food Security
 WIC Program – Farmers Market Vouchers
 Senior Farmers Market Vouchers
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29. Become a part of the
solution
Capitalize on the
opportunities within
the local food system
Invest in the
opportunity
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30. Share the costs of a CSA with employees
Get rid of your vending machine
Provide fruit baskets in break rooms
Support a Community Garden
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31. Get local food in our schools
Help Restaurants access local food
Vacant Lots for Urban Gardening
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32. Ask your favorite grocery store to
carry local foods
Visit the Farmers Market this summer
Grow your own vegetable and herb
garden
Share with your friends and neighbors
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33. Change
your
priorities
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34. Back to the Start
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35. FarmToTablePA.com
SustainableTable.com
LocalHarvest.org
PASAFarming.org
WarrenAg.org
(Warren County, PA)
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