12 Things You Can Do to Start an Eco-Food Revolution 12 Things You Can Do to Start an Eco-Food Revolution We literally have the power to change the world. Here are twelve things you can do now that will immediately begin healing our food system. Create A Mass Market For Healthy Food Pledge to buy sustainable or organic fresh produce whenever possible. 1. Calculate how many “food miles” your produce took before you buy 2. Buy from local farms or farmers markets whenever possible. 3. Begin eliminating processed foods from your diet, which harm your health and the environment. 4. Make fresh fruits and vegetables a bigger part of your diet. 5. Grow your own food by starting a small garden or joining a local food cooperative. 6. Pressure Big Food Start a local petition asking your local grocer stock and promote food from eco-farms. 7. Start a local petition pressuring your local school board or county to provide eco-food choices for children. 8. Start a local petition to shut down a proposed "factory farm." 9. Reduce Meals With Meat Start a local petition to shut down a proposed "factory farm." 10. Make Climate Activists Food Activists Make sure your friends in the climate change movement understand the role that industrial agriculture plays in warming the planet. 11. Educate Your Community Lobby your child's school to include more ecological food choices in the daily lunch menu. 12. Source: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/agriculture/Things-You-Can-Do-To-Start-Eco-Food-Revolution/ Presented by

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12 Things You Can Do to Start anEco-Food Revolution

We literally have the power to change the world.

Here are twelve things you can do now that will immediatelybegin healing our food system.

Create A Mass MarketFor Healthy Food

Pledge to buy sustainableor organic fresh produce

whenever possible.

1.Calculate how many

“food miles” your producetook before you buy

2.Buy from local farms or

farmers markets wheneverpossible.

Begin eliminating processed foods from your diet, which harm your health and the environment.4.Make fresh fruits and vegetables a bigger part of your diet.5.Grow your own food by starting a small garden or joining a local food cooperative.6.

Pressure Big FoodStart a local petition asking your local grocer stockand promote food from eco-farms.7.

Start a local petition pressuring your local schoolboard or county to provide eco-food choices forchildren.

Start a local petition to shut down a proposed"factory farm."9.

Reduce Meals With MeatStart a local petition to shut down aproposed "factory farm."

10.

Make ClimateActivists Food ActivistsMake sure your friends in theclimate change movementunderstand the role thatindustrial agriculture plays inwarming the planet.

11.

Educate YourCommunityLobby your child's school toinclude more ecological foodchoices in the daily lunch menu.

12.

Source:http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/agriculture/Things-You-Can-Do-To-Start-Eco-Food-Revolution/

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