What is local and sustainable food?

The University of Michigan defines local food as food from with a 250 mile radius of the university.



Sustainable food, according to the university, is food that meets one of the following guidelines:

• Locally grown
• Certified as sustainable or organic by a third party
• Hormone or antibiotic free
• Free range chicken or eggs
• Grass fed or pasture raised meats
• Comes from a sustainable fishery

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