The UGA Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development has
quantified the economic effects of eating local food in Georgia,
in this report:

The Local Food Impact: What if Georgians Ate Georgia Produce?
Prepared by: Sharon P. Kane, Kent Wolfe, Marcia Jones, and John McKissick Center Report: CR-10-03 May 2010

If Georgians produced all of the fruits and vegetables that they consumed,
it could provide a way to close this utilization gap (the difference
between state-wide production and consumption) of over $780 million
per year. Even if this level can’t be achieved, simply closing the gap
in one commodity­lettuce, for example­could mean an additional $83.6
million of direct revenue to local producers.

What is the lettuce gap?
The

Cordele Dispatch explains it:

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