우리나라에서는 2008년부터 로컬푸드 운동이 진행되었었지만 저를 포함해서 많은 분들이 아직 로컬푸드와는 한발짝 떨어져있는 것 같아요.
지난 해, 전 로컬푸드 강연도 참석하며 조금씩 관심가지긴 했지만 아직까지 제대로 실천하지는 못하고 있는 것 같아요. 아무래도 인터넷에서 주문하면 다음 날 바로 배달이 와 있는 시스템에 너무 적응해 버린건 아닌가 싶기도 합니다. 하지만 환경을 위해서는 로컬푸드를 이용하는 것이 너무나도 중요해요.
탄소발자국을 줄이고, 공장식 시스템으로 재배되는 야채나 과일이 아닌 제철에 생산되는 그 지역의 '로컬푸드'를 사먹는 것은 환경에 큰 도움이 됩니다. 로컬푸드의 핵심은 푸드마일(이동거리)이에요. 푸드마일이 낮은 식품은 생산지와 소비자까지의 거리가 가깝기 때문에 환경에 나쁜 영향을 주는 탄소 배출을 적게 할 뿐 아니라, 더 안전한 먹거리라는 것을 의미합니다.
반대로 푸드마일이 길어지면 길어질수록 그 식품의 안전성은 떨어지고 탄소 배출량도 많아지죠.
로컬푸드를 구매하게 되면 해당 지역 생산농가의 안정적인 소득창출에도 도움이 됩니다. 안정적인 소득창출이 이루어지면 좋은 로컬푸드가 생산되고 그 신선함이 다시 저희 식탁으로 오겠죠?
환경은 물론, 저희 가족의 건강을 위해서도 다시 실천해봐야겠습니다.
다음 세대를 위해 이로운 일을 하자.
In Korea, the local food movement has been going on since 2008, but many people, including me, seem to be a step away from local food.
Last year, I attended a lecture on local food, and I was a little interested in it, but I don't think I've been able to practice it properly yet. I think I've adjusted too much to the system that delivers the next day if I order from the Internet. But using local food is very important for the environment.
Reducing carbon footprint and buying local "local food" produced in season, not vegetables or fruits grown in a factory-style system, is a great help to the environment. The core of local food is food miles. Food with low food miles means not only less carbon emissions, which adversely affect the environment, but also safer food because of the close distance between the producer and the consumer.
On the contrary, the longer the food miles, the less safe the food is and the more carbon emissions it has.
Purchasing local food also helps to generate stable income for local producers. If stable income generation is achieved, good local food will be produced, and the freshness will come back to our table, right?
Not only for the environment, but also for the health of my family, I should practice it again.
Let's do something beneficial for the next generation.
Last year, I attended a lecture on local food, and I was a little interested in it, but I don't think I've been able to practice it properly yet. I think I've adjusted too much to the system that delivers the next day if I order from the Internet. But using local food is very important for the environment.
Reducing carbon footprint and buying local "local food" produced in season, not vegetables or fruits grown in a factory-style system, is a great help to the environment. The core of local food is food miles. Food with low food miles means not only less carbon emissions, which adversely affect the environment, but also safer food because of the close distance between the producer and the consumer.
On the contrary, the longer the food miles, the less safe the food is and the more carbon emissions it has.
Purchasing local food also helps to generate stable income for local producers. If stable income generation is achieved, good local food will be produced, and the freshness will come back to our table, right?
Not only for the environment, but also for the health of my family, I should practice it again.
Let's do something beneficial for the next generation.
