Check Out Our New Locally Grown Food Map
Posted by Chad Norman September 5th, 2007 .
It’s no secret that munching on locally grown food can greatly reduce your impact on the environment. The average U.S. meal travels 1500 miles from source to plate, which causes an unnecessarily large carbon footprint because of all the transportation. Every time you buy something grown in the Charleston-area, you are choosing to eliminate your share of that footprint’s C02. And you get some yummy fresh food to boot!
The Go Green Charleston Locally Grown Food Map features local farmers markets, growers, fruits and vegetable stands, supermarkets, and locally caught seafood. You can zoom in to get a good look, plot directions, or visit their websites. With addresses and phone numbers for 18+ locations, this map can help you practice a more sustainable, low-impact diet.
All of our maps are works in progress, so please let us know if you’d like to see something added to this local foods map. Providing free information to the community is what this site is all about, and we’re always looking for someone to lend a hand.
For more tips on how to green up your meals, check out Treehugger.com. Bon appétite!
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Is there any way (perhaps witha different ‘pin’ color?) to say when a place also carries local produce that is organic? That would be useful.
The map is a great idea - thanks.
Absolutely…the Google Maps engine is pretty flexible. The hardest part will be getting a list of the places. That would include restaurants like Sprout, which I will be adding to the Local Green Businesses map coming out soon. I guess those two maps will overlap a bit.
One of our long term goals is to great a master map with everything on it (recycling, food, businesses, etc).