Why

Focusing your diet on seasonal produce is better for the environment as fewer resources are used, and fewer GHG emissions are produced. Seasonal eating also requires less refrigeration and storage which decreases potential energy consumption.

In order to minimise one's carbon footprint, local and seasonal eating should go hand in hand. Local produce eliminates emissions from food transport and air freight, packaging, and processing, and supports the local economy.

However, energy is required to grow and protect non-seasonal plants through gas-heated and lit greenhouses and vast fields of plastic polytunnels that result in fossil fuel emissions.

Studies suggest that imported, naturally grown produce often has a smaller carbon footprint than that grown locally using artificial conditions.