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Posted by admin on Thursday May 27, 2010 Under Weight Loss
What can we do in every day life to to eat healthy, shop smart, and enjoy sustainably-raised food?
Today’s dominant form of agriculture relies on synthetic fertilizers and chemical pesticides, large amounts of water, major transportation systems and factory-style practices for raising livestock and crops. Artificial hormones in milk, antibiotic-resistant bacteria, mad cow disease, and large-scale outbreaks of potentially deadly e.coli are all associated with this industrial form of food production.
This is my question what can we do in every day life to to eat healthy, shop smart, and enjoy sustainably-raised food?
A huge part of this would be to buy locally grown food. Go to farmers markets in the area. Food that is grown in other states or countries is not as fresh and is usually grown on large, non sustainable farms. Fruits and vegetables grown in other countries can also contain insecticides and chemicals that are not even legal in the United States. Also, the gas and pollution that shipping the food takes adds negative effects to the environment. Buying locally grown food is actually more important, meaning more healthy for you and the environment, than buying organic. Plus, you are helping the small farmers of America.
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