- Future of Food
A Moveable Feast
Fresh produce can travel a long way to reach the supermarket.
Eating locally and reducing carbon footprints may be in, but these fruits and vegetables made big trips to the Big Apple—in some cases covering nearly 9,000 miles. In fact, in the United States, produce imports have increased significantly since 1980.
Amit Ratanshi, a seller at a Bronx distributor, says New York chefs and shoppers "want to know where their food is coming from." That can mean a farm down the road, across the country, or—if it's exotic goods—half a world away.
Eating locally and reducing carbon footprints may be in, but these fruits and vegetables made big trips to the Big Apple—in some cases covering nearly 9,000 miles. In fact, in the United States, produce imports have increased significantly since 1980.
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