The Live Green campaign promotes the growing of produce from local farmers, and produce that is grown from one’s own home. Aside from having fresh produce available all the time, it also saves the consumer money from transportation and shipping costs.

Eating Fresh Tips

In addition to home-grown produce and the use of local farmers, the campaign makes use of tips on how to improve the efficiency in which its citizens get their food.

This involves:

- Providing the schedules of famer’s and outdoor markets
- Promoting the locations of farmer’s and outdoor markets
- Creating awareness about eating only the produce available on each season

Not only do these tips conserve the use of fuel, they promote healthy and practical living.

Find the farmer’s market schedules online at http://tfmn.ca/

Benefits Of Eating Fresh And Local

The live green campaign promotes the consumption of fresh organic produce. This means that growing this produce does not involve the use of toxic and hazardous substances. This equates to none of the harmful side effects of toxic substances like pesticides and chemical fertilizers. You are assured of eating and living healthy.

By eating local, not only are you guaranteed the freshness of your food, you also promote growth of the local economy. You help the local farmers and improve the success of a thriving local industry.

In addition, since the costs of transporting these goods are minimal, you are assured of the best quality, and get the most reasonable prices. For those who grow produce from their own homes, you get to eat well for free. This is convenient, practical and just good common sense.

The Live Green way of life is best seen in the city of Toronto. Eating fresh and local is only one of the best green initiatives to be experienced in this great city.

Learn more about Toronto’s Live Green campaign and eating fresh at http://www.toronto.ca/livegreen/home_foodplanet_grow.html#Local.