Local Food : Kawartha Lakes
Posted: August 9, 2012
Categories: GoodFoodBites / Growing Good Food Ideas / Videos
This thought-provoking video filmed in the City of Kawartha Lakes makes some key points about the importance of local food systems. First, that they make communities more resilient in the face of future challenges to agriculture. Second, it helps a community to sustain itself when everyone takes part. Third, the local food is good food: fresh, tasty, wholesome, and in grown in the amazing variety that the region’s climate allows. Farmers’ markets are one of the keys to the success of their increasingly re-localized food system. Kawartha Choice FarmFresh the local food brand of the City of Kawartha Lakes is featured in this colourful tribute to both the beauty and benefits of local food.