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Study shows Nova Scotians eat less local food than they did a decade ago
HALIFAX - A new study indicates that Nova Scotians are eating less locally produced food than they were about a decade ago.
The study says that in 1997 an estimated 17 per cent of the money people spent on food went to farmers in the province.
In 2008, that figure had dropped to 13 per cent.
The results of the joint study by the Ecology Action Centre and the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture were released today.
Co-author Marla MacLeod says the study looked at over 60 food products and found that, on average, they were travelling nearly 4,000 kilometres from farm to plate.
MacLeod says that shows there's potential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by switching to locally grown foods and cutting down on transportation.
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