Our Beef Craze
First, let chat about how what you do and don’t eat, can help or hinder the environment. For example, red meat takes a considerable amount of natural resources to go from farm to market. Beef alone requires twenty-eight times more land, six times more fertilizer and eleven times more water to process, compared to poultry and pork. In addition, beef alone adds up to about five times more greenhouse gas emissions. If you try to simplify your beef intake, instead of going cold turkey, this could lead to better outcomes for you and the environment. To put this into perspective, plants require 6 times less natural resources than that of beef. It is evident, our diets require a lot of natural resources; but making little changes can further benefit the longevity of our planet for our future generations.
Coffee pods are convenient, but at what cost?
In the past few years, making full pots of coffee has slowly become a nuisance. With Keurig starting the individual servings of coffee they have made it fast and simple to get a cup of coffee at any time. If however, you do have a coffee machine that uses pods, worry not! There is a solution! Many manufacturers provide cups that are reusable, as you simply add coffee grinds to them. This makes it easy to reduce waste. These reusable pods are not expensive, and many grocery stores carry them; some even as low as $8 USD. In addition, some coffee companies create disposable coffee pods. All you have to do is look on the packaging and see if the pods are eco-friendly.
Buy Local!
Obviously, non-local food requires transportation, causing more trucks to release fuel emissions. If you want a grocery store that sells local produce I would personally recommended Whole Foods. I personally believe in them and highly respect their mission statement to sell local produce. Whole Foods carries great produce at a reasonable cost and you get to feel good about helping out your local farmer. Cutting down on transportation helps the farmer directly by reducing cost. I recommend checking out your “local” food section at your closest grocery store. Many stores have sections dedicated to local farmers and their produce. So, I encourage you to buy these products,not only to help the hard working men and women who make a living by putting food on your plate, but to help the environment as well!
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