Here are our 10 tips for eating a healthier and more sustainable diet. Help us grow this list by adding your tip below!
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10 Tips inspired by Food, Inc
1. Buy organic or sustainable food.
2. Go without meat one day a week.
3. READ LABELS- know where your food comes from and what’s in it.
4. Drink more water, fewer sugary beverages.
5. Encourage your school board to serve healthy food.
6. Protect family farms; visit local farmer’s markets
7. Tell your Congressperson that food safety is important to you
8. Buy from companies that treat workers, animals, and the environment with respect
9. Support laws that protect farm workers and food processors
10. Give us your tip in the comment section below!
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Seems simple enough, but if you have some space plant a garden! It’s an easy way to learn where your food comes from, control what goes in to the food (or not into the food - keepin’ it organic), and to have access to fresh herbs or veggies. You don’t need a big yard or any yard at all: some herbs grow better inside (think conveniently-next-to-the-stove), you can grow trellising veggies on a small doorstep or balcony, or you can pot a small fruit tree.
We have a lime tree in an 18″ pot that makes perfect little limes year round. They’re great for marinades or cold cervezas! Also, we use the potting soil as a sort of mini compost for other fruit peels and food scraps to keep them out of landfills and pesticides out of our beer limes.
Joshua TremblayPlan ahead when you’re traveling or on the go, bring snacks or pack a lunch, makes it easier to avoid fast food.
Martin MusatovThanks Joshua! Planting a garden is a great tip!
Wendy CohenThat’s a great idea, Martin. You can also use the brand new Eat Well Everywhere tool to find healthy local food on the go!
Wendy Cohenhttp://www.eatwellguide.org/travel_map/
go vegetarian! it’s one of the best ways to reduce your carbon emissions and improve your health.
SarahWe have a community garden and it’s so wonderful to walk to the garden and pick the veggies that you want to eat that night. If we do not grow a veggie we want we stop by all the driveway stands in our area to put money in the cup and take our selection. We also do all of our produce (off season - I live in NH) at the local farm. I don’t think people realize what local farms have available to them. One of my favorite things to get is fresh peanut butter and fresh orange juice - yes it costs a little more but the taste is outstanding. You see signs for local eggs and you just pull in their driveway and meets some very interesting people and get eggs right from the chicken. Taking the time to stop in on these places is so rewarding not only for the food but for the people you meet. We also go fishing and there is nothing better than fresh haddock caught by you or someone in your family. I work full time, so does my husband our teenage son is very active in sports so if we have time to do this everyone does… try it you will like it and as the bumper sticker say buy local produce or watch the house grow.
KimBuy local honey! Small-scale beekeeping protects the health of bees and decreases the stressful conditions that may lead to Colony Collapse Disorder. In addition to having it’s own distinct delicious flavor, local honey can boost your immune system, especially if you have allergies. Buying honey harvested close to home is good for the bees, the local economy and agriculture and you! Learn more by watching Every Third Bite: http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/8/every_third_bite/
Danny JensenPick by color. The brightest, darkest, most saturated NATURAL colors you can find. Red, orange, deep green, yellow, purple. . .
Chris McLaughlinThanks Chris!
Wendy CohenThis is a great tip!
Compost your vegetable scraps. You never know when you’ll get a surprise. We had a zucchini plant appear early this summer from the compost pile, and it produced bushels of zucchini. I made several vegetarian meals using the “free” food source, and it is still feeding us into the fall. We do eat meat, fish, and poultry, but veggies make up the bulk of our meals. Our garden is mainly comprised of flowers, but we do have mint growing that I dry for tea, and we had 6 cherry tomatoe plants that gave us a wonderful salad complement all summer. We also have a rasberry bush.
C StanleyI have a vegetarian friend who is always after me about the inhumane treatment of animals meant for slaughter. After browsing your site, I hope the folks in California vote for Proposition 2 for the more humane treatment of animals.
We can only hope that Americans will wake up and demand that our food supply be monitored more closely so that greedy corporations do not infuse the market with food that endangers our health.
These are fabulous tips! Thank you!
Wendy CohenKeep chickens, in the city! They don’t take much time or space and it’s fun!
C McClureCook, cook, cook!
AntoineNot only you will feed yourself some lovely food, know what you eat, have some fun being creative, but you will also be attractive to others as you can treat them to your recipes!
Cooking some simple, lovely fresh food with healthy local ingredients is the way to go
And that avoids nasty packaging too!