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"Eaters must understand that eating takes place inescapably in the world, that it is inescapably an agricultural act, and that how we eat determines, to a considerable extent, how the world is used." Wendell Berry

Action Ideas[]

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Local food - see separate article


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  • pass on home cooking skills to younger people, for example young parents
  • Visit an organic farm
  • Wholefood supplies
  • Food co-operatives
  • Bulk buy schemes
  • Healthy eating initiatives
  • Food Forest, see for example: It’s Not a Fairytale: Seattle to Build Nation’s First Food Forest. Forget meadows. The city’s new park will be filled with edible plants, and everything from pears to herbs will be free for the taking. takepart.com, February 21, 2012
  • school-community kitchens, eg Rethinking School Lunch: school-community kitchens on ecoliteracy.org


Why it matters

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Random facts[]

  • The number of chronically hungry people is expected to top 1 billion in 2009, up from 850 million in 2007. Source: Worldwatch Institute, October 1, 2009

Why it’s green to be vegetarian

  • Farmed animals produce more greenhouse gas emissions (18%) than the world’s entire transport system (13.5%). [1]

Related[]

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  • Food First Information and Action Network W
  • Low carbon diet W
  • Organic food W
  • Vertical farming W
  • Solar Cooking Archive WikiNode
  • Vegan - dedicated to the collation of a structured argument in favour of veganism as a lifestyle. The central advantages for veganism include human health, environmental / sustainability considerations, animal suffering, economic, sociological and for some people there are religious reasons to be vegan.
  • Ethical eating and food production on Appropedia


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Blogs



Wanted pages and external links


Food Img13714 Portal - news - images - local - personal options - A-Z / UK - USA - Canada - Europe - Australia

References

  1. The Vegetarian Society, September 2007

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