Shopping Local

Having worked at a local farmer's market for several years, I was wondering how much people actually care about buying local foods. With the push more and more these days for supporting your local farmers rather than the big box stores, why is it that we care about buying local foods? I also wondered with the push to reduce plastic bags winding up in a landfill, how many people are actually making the effort to bring their own bags. So I conducted a survey at my work and researched some recent national polls to find out what Canadians think.