Living Green, One Tip at a Time - (a weekly feature)

Living Green, One Tip at a Time -

#8 - Your Food (part 2)

• Organic: The What is Organic? page explains what organic produce is and how it is certified.
• Local: Buy food (and drink - ideally tap - water) from local companies whenever possible. Each pound of local food you purchase prevents a quarter pound of climate change (C02) emissions. Support your area's Farmer's Market. If possible, grow your own fruits and vegetables using organic gardening practices. You can find local farmer's markets, community supported agriculture, restaurants that cook with regional cuisine, and food cooperatives through Local Harvest.
• Vegetarian/Vegan Diet: Consider becoming a vegetarian or vegan (no animal products). Informational sites:  
• Vegetarian and Vegan Resources
• Why Vegan
• Vegan Action
• Vegetarianism: A Few Facts
• 101 Reasons I'm a Vegetarian
• Diet Bio
• Notmilk!
• Vegetarian/Vegan Resturants: Restuarant locators: 

HappyCow
VegGuide 

The information contained in this post was obtained, with permission, from the following site -

http://www.globalstewards.org/ecotips.htm#reduce

Monica