Top 12 Ways to Eat Green

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Research the options to find the best fit for your priorities and lifestyle. It’s not about perfection, it’s about making positive change. Better choices make a better world.

Avoid Animal Products

Shift toward a flexitarian, vegetarian, vegan or similar lifestyle. Meat and other animal products are both resource and energy intensive. Animal products are inefficient to produce and result in a net loss of available calories and protein.  Reducing/eliminating animal products is the top recommendation for eating a greener diet.

Enjoy Whole Foods

Choose whole grains, whole fruits & vegetables, nuts, and dried legumes, which result in less processing, less packaging, and better health. Try making salad and home-made soup your main course. Eating more whole foods will automatically reduce consumption of less-ideal foods.

Color Your Choices

Mix it up by enjoying a wide variety of fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and protein-rich legumes. Food colors represent different antioxidants and nutrient-composition. Eat a wide variety to improve health and well-being.

Gentle on the Junk

Avoid trans fats, high fructose corn syrup, artificial sweeteners, and other “junk” foods. Junk food is over processed and devoid of nutrients. Choose healthy treats and minimize the “cheats” – your budget, your body, and your planet will thank you.

Choose Quality Over Quantity

Healthy living begins by eating less quantity but higher quality foods. Eating less is a great way to save money and energy. By adopting healthy eating habits and appropriate portions, you can reduce health care costs too.

Live Large with Leftovers

Save some for later. Leftovers are a great way to avoid waste while saving time, money, and maybe calories. Instead of finishing it off because it’s so good, enjoy it later instead. Making larger portions and enjoying leftovers saves time, especially with more elaborate recipes (many of which taste better the next day anyway). In addition to saving time, you save money and energy by spending and cooking less.

Eat Simply So Others May Simply Eat

Keep it simple. While it’s important to eat a wide variety of nutrients, simple meals are also easy, cost-effective and great for being green. Consider integrating the PB&J Campaign daily sandwich recommendation and other simple, budget-friendly meals. Reducing our demand for staples (by reducing animal products and quantity more generally), reduces the price-pressure on the world’s resources and makes more available to the world’s poor (more on hunger connection).

Pack Light

Reduce packaging by eating more whole, unprocessed foods and using the bulk bins for items that have a long shelf-life. For items with a short shelf-life, like fresh produce, bring your own bag and prioritize items that are not pre-cut and pre-packaged. You’ll spend a little extra time, but you’ll save money and resources.

Support Sustainability

Look at labels and get to know your farmers directly. Organic is a great short-hand for better practices, but there are other sustainable practices (some even better than organic) that don’t have an official government certification.

Like Local & Savor Seasonal

Favor local and seasonal products to avoid the extra energy and preservation costs of long-distant transport and greenhouses. Local is best when products are in season as greenhouses may be more energy-intensive than some transportation.

Connect with a CSA

Bolster local and sustainable practices while supporting smaller farmers by joining a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) and/or a community garden. Prices and food quality are often better at CSAs, which provide a good supplement or alternative to chain stores.

Grow an Edible Garden

Grow your own. Home edible gardens are increasingly popular and let you grow amazing foods or herbs just the way you like them.

Bonus – Fair Labor

In addition to nourishing ourselves, our planet and others around the world, we want to support fair policies that treat workers with respect and allow them to earn a living wage.

For details about the treatment of food workers, visit the Food Empowerment Project and the TransFair USA.

 
环保饮食十二招

翻译：townking
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这里有一打可以让你合理消费的方式。研究这些选项并且选出最适合你的偏好以及生活方式。它不关乎完美，而是关乎做出积极的改变。我们好的选择成就好的世界。

避免动物产品
朝着一个弹性素食者、素食主义者，严格素食主义者或者相似的生活方式转变。肉类和其他一些动物产品都是资源、能源密集型的。动物产品是生产效率不高的，并且会导致可用的热量和蛋白质的净亏损。减少/消除动物产品是更加绿色饮食的最高推荐。

吃五谷杂粮
选择全谷物、全水果和蔬菜、坚果和豆类，这样可以减少加工处理、减少包装并且有更好的健康效果。尝试制作沙拉和自制汤、主菜。吃更多的全食品会让你不自觉的减少不理想想食品的消费。

增色你的选择
混合食用各种新鲜水果、蔬菜、全谷物和富含蛋白质的豆类。食品的颜色代表不同的抗氧化剂和营养成分。不吃偏食可以改善健康和福祉。

软化垃圾食品
避免转化型脂肪酸，高果糖谷物糖浆，人工甜味剂和其他垃圾食品。垃圾食品的缺乏营养并且过度加工。 选择健康对待，尽量减少欺骗——你的预算、身体以及你的星球都会感谢你。

选择质量而不是数量
通过吃少而精的食品以不超标。少吃是一种节约金钱和能源的好方式。通过健康的饮食习惯和适当的分配，也可以降低医疗成本。

食用剩余食物、畅享美好生活
为 以后节约一些。食用剩余食物是一种不错的选择，这样既可以避免浪费同时也节约了时间、金钱甚至卡路里。推迟享受而不是因为好吃就大快朵颐。做更合适的分配 和享受剩余食物可以节约时间，尤其是有更详细的食谱（其中许多反而是第二天品尝更加美味）。除了节省时间，你也会因减少炊事而节省金钱和能源。

吃的简单，使更多的人有的吃
保持简单。虽然吸收各种各样的营养是很重要的… 剩饭剩菜也味道鲜美… 然而简单的饭菜却也是容易的，低成本和环保的。结合考虑PB&J活动网站的日常三明治推荐和TryVeg网站的其他简单、预算友好的饮食。减少我们的主食需求(通过更加广泛地减少动物产品和数量)、减少对世界资源的价格压力从而是全世界的穷人有更多可获得的资源。(更多饥民链接)

轻装
减少包装，通过吃全食品、未经加工的食品以及对物品使用有很长的保质期的散装箱。对于保质期比较短的物品，如保鲜产品，带上你自己的袋子并且优先处理那些没有预先切开和预包装的物品。你会花一点额外的时间，但你可以节省资金和资源。产品也可能更新鲜。

支持可持续性
看标签或你能直接跟农民交谈的商店。有机是一种不错的短期做法。但也有其他没有官方或政府认证的可持续的做法（有些甚至优于有机）。

喜欢本地的和品尝季节
支持当地和季节性产品，以避免额外的能源消耗、节约远距离运输成本和温室。当产品像温室种植一样入季时，在当地是最好的，或许比一些通过运输更能源密集。

联系社区支援农业
改善本地和可持续的实践，同时通过加入CSA(社区支援农业)和/或 社区花园支持小农户。CSAs的食品价格和质量往往更好，可以给连锁商店提供一个好的补充或者选择。

种植一个可食用的花园
种植你自己的(花园)。家庭食用花园越来越受欢迎，它可以让你以喜欢的方式种植很棒的食物或草药。

额外要做的–逐步走向公平交易
除了养活我们自己，我们的星球和世界各地的人 ，我们要支持公平的政策，这些政策要求尊重的对待劳动者并且让他们挣得可以谋生的工资。想要了解更多关于公平交易的信息，请访问 Food Empowerment Project 和TransFair USA 网站。