Tradional, Seasonal Plants Make Thanksgiving Meals Unique How Far Does It Travel?

Wandering About Nature Today-How far does some of the Foods you will prepare for your Holiday meals travel? Do you know what the Carbon Footprint is for your meal? Check out this unique site from MSNBC and figure out what yours is! Keep in mind the Region you live in-compared to the origination of the food!
http://news.discovery.com/animals/thanksgiving-food-sources-can-be-tracked-online.html
Origin of the Pumpkin? http://urbanext.illinois.edu/pumpkins/history.cfm
Origin of the Cranberry? http://www.library.wisc.edu/guides/agnic/cranberry/faq.htm
Origin of Squash? http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/plantanswers/publications/vegetabletravelers/squash.html
Origin of Corn? http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/crops/corn.html
Origin of The Turkey? http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/turkey.htm
Tracking your food origin to market:  faculty.wiu.edu/LR-Zellmer/thanksgiving.html
My Mom used to say, If you don't know Where it came from...don't Eat it!! So-Now you know!