Impact Show #39

100-Mile Diet

by Amanda Becker

As tastes and trends travel far and wide, so does produce. But some in the United States are latching onto the trend of buying locally produced goods to limit the amount of pollution caused by shipping things like grapes and tomatoes from South America or elsewhere. The "100-mile" diet is a challenge some Los Angelenos have taken on to eat healthier and protect the planet.


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