3 days to go - Green Britain Day 10th July 2009!
Another simple way of minimsing your impact on the environment is by watching what you eat.
Where you buy your food from can make a huge difference to the environment. For instant, when you buy from a supermarket, the food has had to travel hundreds or even thousands of miles to get to you! (Think of all those transport fumes polluting the air! Urgh!!)
Here is my simple set of guidelines to ensure you eat well, while still doing your bit to be green;
1) Don't buy imported foodstuffs if there are alternatives available in your own country. Imported foodstuffs have the largest harmful impact on the environment because of the enormous distance they have to travel. Also, by not buying imported food, there is an economic benefit to your country!
2) Even ensuring that you only buy foodstuffs produced in your own country is not enough. Even then, some products may still have travelled hundreds of miles to get to your dinner-plate. So, where possible, buy from local farmers markets and other local producers. The distances involved may then only be a few miles - much better for the environment! It goes without saying that whatever you buy should also be certified organic, to ensure no harmful chemicals were involved in the food production.
There's another great reason for buying from a farmers market - farmers are having a tough time, what with the recession and everything, but mostly because the big supermarkets are squeezing the prices they pay to farmers. By buying direct from the farmers, there's no middleman taking his cut, so you're helping your local economy stay prosperous, without spending any more money!
3) The best way of all is to grow your own food - that way the harmful impact on the environment is reduced to zero! And of course, your own costs are reduced to practically zero!
Now, in reality, even the greenest of us can't practically grow all our own food - but we can all be more selective about what we buy and where we buy it from.
To sum up -
1) Grow your own food if you can - if you can't, then buy local produce.
2) If you can't buy local produce, then buy products made in your country from the supermarkets.
3) And ONLY if you can't buy an equivalent product made in your country, should you buy imported food.
That way, you're being as green as you can be, when buying your food!
Another simple way of minimsing your impact on the environment is by watching what you eat.
Where you buy your food from can make a huge difference to the environment. For instant, when you buy from a supermarket, the food has had to travel hundreds or even thousands of miles to get to you! (Think of all those transport fumes polluting the air! Urgh!!)
Here is my simple set of guidelines to ensure you eat well, while still doing your bit to be green;
1) Don't buy imported foodstuffs if there are alternatives available in your own country. Imported foodstuffs have the largest harmful impact on the environment because of the enormous distance they have to travel. Also, by not buying imported food, there is an economic benefit to your country!
2) Even ensuring that you only buy foodstuffs produced in your own country is not enough. Even then, some products may still have travelled hundreds of miles to get to your dinner-plate. So, where possible, buy from local farmers markets and other local producers. The distances involved may then only be a few miles - much better for the environment! It goes without saying that whatever you buy should also be certified organic, to ensure no harmful chemicals were involved in the food production.
There's another great reason for buying from a farmers market - farmers are having a tough time, what with the recession and everything, but mostly because the big supermarkets are squeezing the prices they pay to farmers. By buying direct from the farmers, there's no middleman taking his cut, so you're helping your local economy stay prosperous, without spending any more money!
3) The best way of all is to grow your own food - that way the harmful impact on the environment is reduced to zero! And of course, your own costs are reduced to practically zero!
Now, in reality, even the greenest of us can't practically grow all our own food - but we can all be more selective about what we buy and where we buy it from.
To sum up -
1) Grow your own food if you can - if you can't, then buy local produce.
2) If you can't buy local produce, then buy products made in your country from the supermarkets.
3) And ONLY if you can't buy an equivalent product made in your country, should you buy imported food.
That way, you're being as green as you can be, when buying your food!
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