There are many great reasons to buy local food. FoodRoutes’ buy local chapter campaign materials, including our “Where Does Your Food Come From?” campaign series, explain the benefits of buying local for a public audience.
Current resources include:
- Where Does Your Food Come From? Campaign Sheets
- Pasture-raised Livestock Fact Sheets
- Cost Tags for Commonly Purchased Consumer Products
Where Does Your Food Come From? Campaign Sheets
The series is posted in our Why Buy Local? section, but is also available to advocates for downloading, customizing, printing, and wide distribution in a number of formats.
Citations for these facts sheets can be found on our Why Buy Local? pages. Printable versions (w/out citations) are available below:
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| Buy Locally Grown. It’s Thousands of Miles Fresher. There are many reasons to buy locally grown food. |
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| The Best Tasting Food Ripens Close to Home. The freshest, most flavorful food is just around the corner. |
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| Plant Your Dollars Close to Home. Support your community by supporting your community’s farmers. |
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Pasture-raised Livestock Fact Sheets Campaign Sheets
| Title & Author | Description | Date | File |
| Pasture-raised Dairy and Meat Products FRN/LSP |
Briefing Sheet: Pasture-raised Dairy and Meat Products are Good for You and the Environment | 03/18/2004 |  |
| Pasture-raised Farming: An innovative strategy for farmers to comply with the Clean Water Act FRN/LSP |
Fact sheet on the environmental benefits of pasture-raised livestock in reference to compliance with the Clean Water Act, communities and farmers | 03/18/2004 | |
Cost Tags for Commonly Purchased Consumer Products
These food cost tags are printable fliers for use by food and farming advocates in their marketing and educational efforts. They include information about the economic, environmental and social costs of 13 food items. The tags were completed by CIAS in Wisconsin in partnership with FoodRoutes Network
Click on the links below to access the PDF (Adobe Acrobat format) versions of these sheets. To download all 13 fliers in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format, click here.
| Title & Author | Description | Date | File |
| Potato Food Price/Cost Tag FRN/CIAS |
This version of the Food Cost Tags includes the “potato” flier only. | 05/6/2003 | |
| Soda Pop Food Price/Cost Tags FRN/CIAS |
This version of the Food Cost Tags includes the “soda pop” flier only. | 05/6/2003 | |
| Strawberry Food Price/Cost Tags FRN/CIAS |
This version of the Food Cost Tags includes the “strawberry” flier only. | 05/6/2003 | |
| Tomato Food Price/Cost Tags FRN/CIAS |
This version of the Food Cost Tags includes the “tomato” flier only. | 05/6/2003 | |
| Corn Food Price/Cost Tags FRN/CIAS |
This version of the Food Cost Tags includes the “corn” flier only. | 05/6/2003 | |
| Dairy Food Price/Cost Tags FRN/CIAS |
This version of the Food Cost Tags includes the “dairy” flier only. | 05/6/2003 | |
| Eggs Food Price/Cost Tags FRN/CIAS |
This version of the Food Cost Tags includes the “eggs” flier only. | 05/6/2003 | |
| Hamburger Food Price/Cost Tags FRN/CIAS |
This version of the Food Cost Tags includes the “hamburger” flier only. | 05/6/2003 | |
| Apples Food Price/Cost Tags FRN/CIAS |
This version of the Food Cost Tags includes the “apples” flier only. | 05/6/2003 | |
| Beer Food Price/Cost Tags FRN/CIAS |
This version of the Food Cost Tags includes the “beer” flier only. | 05/6/2003 | |
| Chicken Food Price/Cost Tags FRN/CIAS |
This version of the Food Cost Tags includes the “chicken” flier only. | 05/6/2003 | |
| Coffee Food Price/Cost Tags FRN/CIAS |
This version of the Food Cost Tags includes the “coffee” flier only. | 05/6/2003 | |
| Water Food Price/Cost Tags FRN/CIAS |
This version of the Food Cost Tags includes the “water” flier only. | 05/6/2003 | |