Comments on: Locally Grown – A Fad or a Trend? Dead or Alive? https://urbanagnews.com/blog/exclusives/locally-grown-a-fad-or-a-trend-dead-or-alive/ News and information on vertical farming, greenhouse and urban agriculture Thu, 14 Mar 2024 02:48:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.4 By: urbanagnews https://urbanagnews.com/blog/exclusives/locally-grown-a-fad-or-a-trend-dead-or-alive/#comment-58004 Thu, 14 Mar 2024 02:48:05 +0000 https://urbanagnews.com/?p=9422#comment-58004 In reply to Lambert van Horen.

Thank you for these thoughtful comments. And yes, our conclusion is the same…”locally grown” is a marketing term that means something very different by country, by region and in some cases by crop.

]]> By: Lambert van Horen https://urbanagnews.com/blog/exclusives/locally-grown-a-fad-or-a-trend-dead-or-alive/#comment-57995 Wed, 13 Mar 2024 15:50:06 +0000 https://urbanagnews.com/?p=9422#comment-57995 First of all, interesting article. Especially the rational explanation of the definition of locally grown is clear (max. 400 miles or grown in the same state). Definitely, this is a US-perspective and it is a rational/political description.
In Europe, we could also try to find a rational definition e.g. transport distance 700-800 kilometres. However, if a certain product crosses a border (even an internal EU-border) and the distance is just 50kilometres, it is called import and not perceived as a locally grown product. So in most cases locally grown should also be grown in the same country and usually have a much shorter transport distance.
Another way to define ‘locally grown’ is, if you as a consumer would be willing to get your produce at the gate of the grower! Than the distance would be perhaps maximum 20 kilometers (one hour with the bike!).
Thirdly, you could look at consumers perspective. One consumer could find something ‘locally grown’ as long as it is brought to his retail outlet within one day drive of a truck (let’s assume 400 miles), another consumer thinks ‘locally grown’ should be within 20 kilometers. So ‘locally grown’ has no clear rational definition, but it is more of a marketing concept for certain consumers.

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