I totally agree with you about minimizing our food waste. One of the things that I have loved in this process of making changes is that each change I make spurs me on to more changes by regularly making me more aware. Composting has really opened my eyes to how much food I waste. So, we really have been working on eating our left overs and only buying what we will consume. We actually canceled our CSA share because it gave us more food than we could possibly eat and decided to just start going to the farmer’s market each week.

I would love to hear more about what you have been learning through your research. So, if you have time it would be great if you could share some of your knowledge.

Thank you so much for your comment!! Have a great day.

I\’ve been researching the issue of wasted food for a while now and it has some serious environmental impacts (such as greenhouse gas emissions and leaching into groundwater at landfills). You\’re on the right track with composting, but minimizing what we don\’t eat is a better way to respect the earth and minimize our impact.

Thank you so much. I totally agree that buying fair-trade chocolate is equally as important as buying organic. I have mentioned in other posts the importance of buying fair trade and i actually have a post that has been in the work for many months on buying fair trade. The decision to not add it to this list was because it was solely an environmental list and I was deliberately trying to keep it focused on that.

It is becoming a lot easier to find fair trade chocolate in the U.S. They are beginning to sell it at more supermarkets and isn’t being limited to places like Whole Foods or Natural Food stores or Food Co-ops. While I don’t love supermarkets, the majority of Americans shop buy their groceries from them and it is good that they are exposed to fair-trade options.

Thank you so much for your comments. I love getting them and thank you for encouraging and bringing attention to the importance of fair trade products.

Have a great day!