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Progress Project Zoranger Goal: $7,000

Kiva Team - $150 in microloans before endof the semester

Supporting Hungry Hokies with Fast-a-Thon

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Coming Up

DATE AUCTION

Wednesday, 11/11 - Hillcrest Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Fast-a-Thon

Tuesday, 11/17 Dinner @ GLC, 5:30 p.m.

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How to help FUNDRAISING

Bake & Sell

Monday, 11/16 Zoranger Well Project Meeting

MARKETING

T-Shirts

Video

A-frames, table cards & Flyers

LETTERS

To your Congressperson

Holiday Oxfam donations

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Why eat

responsibly?

Environment

HealthHuman Rights

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EnvironmentalCosts

Water & AirPollution

Erosion

Soil Depletion

Deforestation

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oncen ra eAnimal Feeding

Operations Produce as much meat with as little cost andin the shortest amount of time so that themost return can be gained.

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Western diseases

Exposure to chemicals

Food poisoning

Health

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Slavery

Low pay

Dangerous conditions

Human Rights

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oco a eSlavery 30% of children under age 15 in sub-Saharan

Africa are child laborers.

200,000 children work in the Ivory Coast cocoaindustry. Up to 12,000 are defined as victims ofhuman trafficking and slavery

West Africa provides 80% of the worlds cocoa.Ivory Coast = 46%.

Cadbury, Hersheys and Nestle all buy cocoa atcommodities exchanges Ivorian cocoa ismixed in.

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Tomato Slavery inthe U.S.

Immokalee Florida Tomato capital of the U.S.

Up to 90% of the domestic tomatoes we eat come from SouthernFlorida.

Immigrant workers are underpaid, forced in to debt by growers, andabused.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lRy7n-bO4U&feature=related

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Genetically ModifiedOrganisms

Organisms that have been altered by combining DNA from varioussources to create new genes or by splicing genetic information fromone species into that of another. These organisms and their genes arepatented by companies.

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Organic Foods

Organic crops aretypically grownwithout syntheticpesticides,

artificialfertilizers,irradiation, orbiotechnology.

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Steps to ethicalconsumption

KNOW WHAT YOURE BUYING!

Read labels

Avoid processed foods & foods from industrial farms

Buy Fair Trade

Eat local and in season

Blacksburg Farmers Market

Compromise

Avoid waste: Buy what you can eat

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Labels

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Grocery Guidelines The most important thing is that youre eating

real food. The fewer ingredients, the better.

Health: Avoid foods high in High Fructose CornSyrup, enriched flour, partially hydrogenated oils

Environment: Avoid foods containing palm oiland soy products. Choose sustainably raisedmeat.

Look at unit prices

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Certifications

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Places to patron

On campus

Farms & Fields Owens Dining Hall

Homestead Creamery Ice Cream @ Deets &

West End

Off campus

EATS

Farmers Market

Kroger Be sure to read

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Places to patron

Online

www.oxfam.org.uk

www.equalexchange.coop

www.nosweatapparel.com

www.transfairusa.org

www.fairtradefederation.org

www.globalexchangestore.org

If you can buy it locally, you should.Local = less packaging, more localcommunity revenue

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/http://www.equalexchange.coop/http://www.nosweatapparel.com/http://www.transfairusa.org/http://www.fairtradefederation.org/http://www.globalexchangestore.org/http://www.globalexchangestore.org/http://www.fairtradefederation.org/http://www.transfairusa.org/http://www.nosweatapparel.com/http://www.equalexchange.coop/http://www.oxfam.org.uk/

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Further reading

Michael Pollan The Omnivores Dilemma

The Botany of Desire

In Defense of Food

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

Food Politics by Marion Nestle

Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by

Barbara Kingsolver

Further watching: Food Inc. (2008)