Kickstand

Smart Ideas Around Food

• Choose local and in season—learn more about where your food comes from
• Select organic and hormone free if possible especially produce on the “dirty dozen” list
• Grow your own food or get involved in a CSA (community supported agriculture)
• Consider reducing meat consumption for health and planetary concerns

Research Insight:

People are looking for trust and confidence in their food purchases. Sometimes that’s a personal relationship with a local farmer, sometimes it’s the stamp of organic certification.

Smart Living Jumpstarts:

• Try meatless Monday
• Have a dinner party with all the food coming from within a 100 mile radius of your home
• Shop the perimeter of the grocery store for real food

Factoids:

• Livestock is responsible for 18% of US greenhouse gases, more than all transportation combined
• By buying local, 90% of what you spend stays in the local economy compared to only 7% when not buying local
• Each vegetarian’s diet saves an acre of trees a year