Americans are blessed to have access to food from around the world. For a variety of reasons (below), this policy proposes that as much as possible, food that is consumed by people should be sourced from farms and back yards that are located within 50 miles from where it is eaten. There should be more incentives for grocers to purchase local produce. Local meat processing has almost been eliminated from society, but it should be brought back by hiring many new USDA inspectors and have fan out to many new small slaughterhouses across the country. Regulations that are currently in place to ban cow shares and the purchasing of raw milk from farmers for immediate consumprion should be abolished.
This policy recognizes reasons for local food production to include national security in the face of terrorism that could disrupt food supplies. Local production means saving transportation costs, making food less expensive. In the event of natural disaster, a distributed food supply means shortages are localized, mitigating shortages (unaffected areas supply affected areas until they can recover).
Obviously, avocados grow best in California and oranges in Florida. This policy is intended to apply mainly to meats and staple vegetables.