The foods we choose have an important impact on our health, on local agriculture, and on the natural environment. The Northeast Regional Food Guide helps you select a healthful diet from the wide variety of foods emphasizing those that are produced and processed in the Northeast. One way to improve the market for northeastern farmers is to eat more of the foods they grow. By using the Northeastern Regional Food Guide you will improve the nutritional quality of your diet while supporting your local food system - northeastern agricultural producers and processors. A survey of consumers in the northeast indicated a preference for locally produced foods, and a concern about the region's farmers, farmland, and the resources used to transport food great distances.
Studies also reveal that consumer knowledge of their local food and agriculture system is limited.
The Northeast Regional Food Guide helps people understand what foods come from the area in which they live as well as the seasonal variation of fruit and vegetable availability.