Top Green Eating Tips
Indulge in the Big O
Organic food is grown and/or processed in ways that sup- port healthy people and a healthy planet. If you can’t find or afford organic options for everything, recognize that some nonorganic produce contains more pesticides than others. The Environmental Working Group offers their Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides as a free, downloadable guide and iPhone application that identifies the fruits and veggies with the most and least pesticides. Visit FoodNews.
org/walletguide.php.
Feast on Fair Trade fare
Fair Trade-certified food ensures a proper wage and work- ing conditions for those who harvest and handle it. It’s also greener for the environment. Fair Trade certification is currently available in the United States for coffee, tea, herbs, cocoa, chocolate, fresh fruit, flowers, sugar, rice and vanilla.
Go local
Local, seasonal food cuts back on transportation, uses less packaging, is fresher and tastier and comes in more variet- ies. It also supports small local growers. Good sources of local foods include farmers’ markets or community sup- ported agriculture (CSA) groups.
Don’t follow the pack
Look for unpackaged or minimally packaged foods; experi- ment with bringing your own containers and buying in bulk, or pick brands that use bio-based plastic packing. Recycle or reuse any packaging you do end up with.
Compost the leftovers
Composting eases the burden on the landfill, contributes to productive soil and keeps the kitchen wastebasket odor- free. Apartment dwellers can do it, too. A useful introduc- tion for indoor composters can be found at JourneyTo
Forever.org/compost_indoor.html.
Grow your own
Raise mini-crops in a raised garden bed, greenhouse or window box. Even urbanites can get a lot of good eats from not much space. Visit VeganOrganic.net and search for the exact phrase, “windowsill gardening,” for an introductory article.
Eat it raw
Many people advocate the benefits of eating raw foods. Besides the possible health advantages, preparing raw food consumes less energy, and because raw food is usually fresh, it is more likely to be locally grown.
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duce to mixing nature’s ingredients and decorating healthful homemade cookies. Take kids shopping at farmers’ markets, so they can see the source of their recipe ingredients. Even better, take them to a farm, where they can follow the food trail from the beginning. They will learn by example and in a generation, healthy, sustainable home cooking will once again be the norm and not the exception.
9. It enriches your life
Involve friends in a sustainable dinner party, a perfect op- portunity to build community and spread the word about sustainable local food. Download a Sustainable Dinner Party Kit at SustainableTable.org/spread/kits. Sharing a meal to- gether and engaging in face-to-face conversation with family or friends reinforces a precious bond.
10. It makes a statement
Learning to cook sustainably is an opportunity to vote with your soup pot, while you lobby with your fork; make it your own special way of furthering values you believe in—stew- ardship, responsibility, independence and loving care—by taking control of what goes onto your plate and taking away some of the power of industrialized agribusiness.
Rich@SustainableTable.org.
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