Eating Green

Posted by admin on April 28, 2009

We all have to eat so here are some steps to how you can eat green.

~~Buy & eat local
~~Eat seasonally – which really falls into the above of eat locally since if you eat seasonally, you’re eating what’s in season locally to you. This helps since you won’t be contributing to the fuel consumption of cross country or worse yet cross global transportation of your food.
~~Eat less or no meat – yep go vegetarian or better yet vegan! It takes more water, energy and resources to produce one pound of meat, than it does to produce a pound of grain or produce. (A pound of beef can require about 12,000 gallons of water to produce, compared to 60 gallons for a pound of potatoes.)-source care2.com
~~Organic isn’t necessarily greener, unless it’s local organic! Buying local would be better than buying organic if it’s grown conscientiously. Some farmers can’t afford the organic certification but are still a good green healthy choice when buying fruit, produce. If you can, talk to the farmers and farmers markets and fruit stands to see if they use green eco friendly agricultural methods.
~~Grow your own garden and you don’t have to have a yard, lots of room to do this. You can do container gardening, an herb garden just about anywhere.