Do You Know Where Your Food Come From or who produced it?
Buy Fresh. Buy Local.
There Are Many Good Reasons To Buy Locally Grown Food
*You’ll get exceptional taste and freshness.
Local food is fresher and tastes better; than food shipped around the world.
Local farmers can offer
*produce varieties bred for taste
*offer freshness
*reduce shipping and long shelf life produce.
*You’ll help them strengthen your local economy.
Buying local food keeps your money circulating in your local community.
*Know the farmers who produce your food,
*build a relationship based on understanding and trust, the foundation of strong communities.
*support endangered local farmers.
*There’s never been a more critical time to support your farming neighbours.
With each local food purchase, you ensure that more of your money spent on food goes to the farmer, ensuring future investment in your local economy.
You’ll safeguard your family’s health.
*Know where your food comes from
*how it is produced
Choose safe food from farmers who:
*avoid the use of chemicals, pesticides, hormones, antibiotics
*avoid the use genetically modified seed in their process.
Buy food from local farmers you trust.
*protect the environment.
*reduce Food Miles.
*Reduces carbon dioxide emissions.
*Reduce packing materials.
Buying local food also helps to make farming more profitable and selling farmland for development less attractive. When you buy local food, you vote with your wallet.
Ensures that family farms in your community will continue to thrive and that healthy, flavourful, plentiful food will be available for future generations.
Buying local is so easy:
*Find a farmers’ market, farm, or local food outlet near you, visit www.bordbia.ie.
*Shop at your local farmers’ market or farm for the freshest, best tasting food available. It’s easy to find local food.
There are over 130 farmers’ markets in Ireland – one is near you!
*Encourage your local grocery stores and area restaurants to purchase more of their products from local farmers.
We can be contacted either by email or by post:-
Ballinasloe Farmers Market, Croffy Centre, Main Street, Ballinasloe, Co Galway. Tel: 00353 87 2563167
Each Friday from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM.
© Ballinasloe Credit Union, Galway Rural Development, Galway County Council - R.A.P.I.D., Ballinasloe Chamber of Commerce