Tips for a carbon-conscious diet
- Reduce the amount of beef and cheese you eat.
- Avoid wasting food. Buy only what you need, dish out smaller portions and finish them so less ends up in the landfill producing methane gas.
- Compost fruit and vegetable scraps.
- Buy more food grown locally and in season. That will cut down on heated greenhouses and air freight and trucking.
- Eat lower on the food chain. Much of the greenhouse emissions from meat come from the production of crops used for animal feed.
- Drink tap water rather than bottled water. If you must drink from a bottle, choose domestic water rather than bottles from Italy, France or other exotic locales.
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Sources: Bon Appetit Management Co. Foundation; Dalhousie University; UC Davis
