Why choose sustainable foods?
More "sustainable" food choices preserve ecosystems, promotes healthier plants & animals and therefore more nutritious foods, promotes a local economy, and is an important component in food safety and food security.
Additional readings in support of sustainable food choices:
Keep money and jobs in our community http://www.eatlocal.net/why.html
Environmental cost of shipping groceries around the world nytimes.com/2008/04/25/business/worldbusiness
Recalled eggs from overcrowding 550-million-reasons-to-support-pasture-based-farming
Genetically modified foods: national security risk, possible allergens http://www.safe-food.org/-issue/dangers.html
Gulf of Mexico dead zone from fertilizer runoff http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1815305,00.html
Antibiotics in feed & drug-resistant staph scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=new-drug-resistant-mrsa-in-pigs
Grass-fed meat: more nutritious, healthier animals, better for environment http://www.eatwild.com/basics.html
Organic food contains more nutrients huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/03/organic-food-is-healthier_n_704812.html
High price of cheap food http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1917458,00.html
Can low income households afford a healthy diet http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/November08/Features/AffordHealthyDiet.htm
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Additional readings in support of sustainable food choices:
Keep money and jobs in our community http://www.eatlocal.net/why.html
Environmental cost of shipping groceries around the world nytimes.com/2008/04/25/business/worldbusiness
Recalled eggs from overcrowding 550-million-reasons-to-support-pasture-based-farming
Genetically modified foods: national security risk, possible allergens http://www.safe-food.org/-issue/dangers.html
Gulf of Mexico dead zone from fertilizer runoff http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1815305,00.html
Antibiotics in feed & drug-resistant staph scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=new-drug-resistant-mrsa-in-pigs
Grass-fed meat: more nutritious, healthier animals, better for environment http://www.eatwild.com/basics.html
Organic food contains more nutrients huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/03/organic-food-is-healthier_n_704812.html
High price of cheap food http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1917458,00.html
Can low income households afford a healthy diet http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/November08/Features/AffordHealthyDiet.htm
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