A case for local eating this Thanksgiving
by Jen Maiser
"If 10,000 ... households spend their Thanksgiving meal dollars on local food, we'll invest about $381,000 into our own communities."
This fact came from the Ideal Bite newsletter this morning based on the American Farm Bureau's statistic that the average amount spent for a family Thanksgiving for 10 is $38.10 in the United States.
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Jennifer Maiser is the editor of the Eat Local Challenge website. She is often found behind a camera or writing for her site, Life Begins at 30. Photo from her Flickr site.
Is that $38.10 per person?
Seriously, how can that add up right?
Posted by: Jack | Nov 14, 2007 at 11:42 PM
Jack...right there with you! A turkey that will serve 10 people costs more than that! Well, maybe not at factory-farm rates, with a coupon, but seriously...we probably spend $15-20 person, and I wouldn't say our feast is that extravagant.
Posted by: Emily | Nov 15, 2007 at 07:03 AM
Agreed about the statistic -- but it claims that a 16# turkey costs an average of $15.70.
Posted by: jen maiser | Nov 15, 2007 at 08:35 AM
At a $1 pound then, who's subsidizing the rest of the real cost? (Not to mention the unmentionable health costs that come later.)
No, I don't need an answer.
Posted by: Jack | Nov 21, 2007 at 11:03 PM