How eating seasonally can help save the planet

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00:00Hello, my name is Amber Ellett, and I'm a journalist specialising in science.

00:04You've probably noticed that fruits and vegetables which are in season,

00:07or ready to be harvested at a particular time of year,

00:10tend to be considerably cheaper at the grocery store.

00:14You may also have heard that opting to buy and eat this in-season produce is better for the environment,

00:19but how exactly isn't always clear.

00:22Here are the environmental advantages of eating the right produce at the right time of year.

00:26Buying in-season fruits and vegetables at the supermarket can mean they were more likely to have been grown locally,

00:34rather than shipped over from another country where weather conditions were right.

00:39This can help cut back on something called food miles.

00:42These represent the distance food needs to be transported from its producer to you, the consumer.

00:48It also reduces the need for plastic packaging,

00:51and the National Trust says that both contribute to climate change.

00:54Fruits and veggies available out of season have often travelled by air,

00:59which creates around 10 times more carbon emissions than transporting them via road.

01:04But this fuel burned to physically transport food is just one part of the problem.

01:10In order to grow things so that they're ready when you want them,

01:13more energy is often used to create the right growing conditions.

01:17This can include extra heating or electrical irrigation systems.

01:21After all, growing tomatoes in a hot greenhouse in December

01:25is going to require a lot more energy than growing them in their natural season,

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