How-To Eat Local in Winter, Wherever You Live

Eating local offers a bounty of benefits, from feasting on fresher foods to saving money and emissions. As an added bonus, delicious rutabagas await! Umbra shows you how to get your mitts on seasonal goods all year 'round.
"Ask Umbra" is the first video series produced by GristTV. Look for new video tips for greening your life from Umbra every other week.

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[Lumanette09]

that is mainly because of the medical advances we have today compared to when your great great grand dad lived. How come now all of the sudden we are seeing such a sharp increase in horrible diseases like Alzheimers and Cancer? Our life expectancy is going down every year as a society and it is because what we put in and on our bodies is toxic. i suggest doing some research on the topic. it is very surprising what we put in our bodies everyday without knowing....

[Xinoutorah]

How does your story count as being educated?

[djmakerz]

We have a Saturday farmers market here in London, Ontario. People will be shocked from how cheap are the fruits and vegetables there. At the super market 2 tomatoes could cost you $3/1lb. or 1 cucumber for $2 each. At the market it's like 5 for 4 kilos of tomato and $5 for 10 kilos of cucumber... the fridge stays full for weeks..... awesome clip :)

[issmech]

My great great great grand dad ate all organic, and his life expectancy was 48 years... My grand ma lived to be 94, and her life expectancy was 78 yrs, and she ate the dead poisoned food you describe.. get educated yourself.

[gigiontube]

(3) We develop CANCER, the disease everyone pretends not to know where is coming from. It's coming from the poisoned environment, the dead, poisoned food we eat, the water we drink, the clothing we wear, the air we breathe. Get educated, say NO to poison! Go organic!

[gigiontube]

(2) Organic farming is possible and is still practiced at small scale. Its been the only way of farming for thousands of years before Monsanto and other companies decided to poison us every day with their chemicals and genetically modified seeds, able to absorb the poison without dying. But ask yourself, what happens with that poison absorbed by plants when we eat the poisoned plants?

[gigiontube]

(1) Just because you eat locally doesnt mean you eat healthful food. Local farmers use chemicals just as the farmers from 3 states down the road. Only when we demand organic food, not treated with poisonous chemicals we really eat healthy. So, talk to your local farmers and demand food without poison in it.

[FAYMprod]

I love Umbra.

Can't wait to hear about pickling.

[carlohogc]

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[chick5581]

Whoa what a video I cannot take my eyes off the screen! haha this is very interesting stuff to know about.