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Five Ways to Eat More Eco-Friendly

By: Sahana Selvaraj

Grow your own food

Growing your own food ensures that you know exactly where your food comes from and what is being put into it

Buy locally sourced food

This can help reduce carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels involved in packaging and shipping

Sustainable eating is important because harmful agricultural practices are one of the leading reasons for global environmental changes in the world. We can fight this by making sure the food we get comes from healthy sources and that everyone is able to get nutritious food. Information provided by Harvard University and To Taste

Eat more vegetables

This reduces pollution from greenhouse gases and livestock

Waste less food

Around 119 billion pounds of food go to waste every year in the U.S every year, which releases methane in landfills

Buy food that is in season

Food purchased in season tends to be fresher and more nutrutious. It also won’t have to travel as far to get to you