The Traveled Distance by Store Produce, OMG!

This information is from Oklahoma Ag In The Classroom (a program of the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry and the Oklahoma State Department of Education).

Estimated Average Distance Traveled by Produce at the local store

Apples                                      1,555
Asparagus                                 1,671
Broccoli                                    2,095
Cabbage                                      754
Carrots                                      1,774
Cauliflower                               2,118
Corn                                             813
Grapes                                       2,143
Lettuce                                      2,040
Onions                                      1,675
Peaches                                     1,674
Bell Peppers                              1,261
Potatoes                                     1,239
Pumpkins                                     233
Spinach                                      2,086
Squash                                          781
Strawberries                               1,093
Tomatoes                                   1,369
Watermelons                                 791

Picked tasteless, green, unripe and loaded on a truck and most nutrition lost by the time the produce arrives in the local store!

The average distances were determined using a weighted average formula which included the average mileage from the various locations where each produce to a location in the center of the United States; adapted from a table developed by researchers at the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University.

Estimated Distance Travel by Produce at the Nowata County Farmers Market!

 

All produce grown in Oklahoma                      1-9 miles

Support Your Local Farmers Market!!

May 12th-October 26th

Nowata County Fairgrounds

8:00am until 12:00 (Noon)