Buy locally grown and produced foods.
The average meal in the U.S. travels 1,200 miles from the farm to your plate. Buying locally will save fuel and keep money in your community.
Source: An Inconvenient Truth Website
Weblink: http://www.climatecrisis.net/takeaction/whatyoucando/ |
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Buy fresh foods instead of frozen.
Frozen food uses 10 times more energy to produce.
Source: An Inconvenient Truth Website
Weblink: http://www.climatecrisis.net/takeaction/whatyoucando/ |
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Seek out and support local farmers' markets.
They reduce the amount of energy required to grow and transport to you by one fifth. The UA farmers' market takes place every Friday morning on the mall.
Source: An Inconvenient Truth Website
Weblink: http://www.climatecrisis.net/takeaction/whatyoucando/ |
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Buy organic foods as much as possible.
Organic soils capture and store carbon dioxide at much higher levels than soils from conventional farms. Organic products are also better for your health!
Source: An Inconvenient Truth Website
Weblink: http://www.climatecrisis.net/takeaction/whatyoucando/ |
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Eat farther down on the food chain (less meat).
Far more resources are used to produce grains, fruits and vegetables than are used to produce meat. And cows emit methane, the second most significant greenhouse gas.
Source: An Inconvenient Truth Website
Weblink: http://www.climatecrisis.net/takeaction/whatyoucando/ |
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