How To Drink & Eat GREEN

A few tips from Christie Matheson's Green Chic on how YOU can Drink and Dine GREEN:

1. EAT LOCAL FOODS: Typically food travels 1,500 MILES from where it was grown/made to your plate and so by buying your food local you will be using 30 TIMES LESS dangerous greenhouse gases. Also produce becomes LESS HEALTHY the farther it has to travel. Local food is HEALTHIER, TASTES BETTER, SAVES THE EARTH, and SUPPORTS YOUR LOCAL ECONOMY. For restaurants that BUY local check out http://www.dinegreen.com/.
2. EAT ORGANIC: I wont harp on this point too long as I've already blogged about all the reasons you should eat organic... BUT I will say this: Obesity has skyrocketed and continues to get worse and worse every year which is CORRELATED with the increase in PROCESSED foods (over 17,000 new processed food items are added every year). As Christie says, "Green women don't get fat!"
3. DRINK ORGANIC: Lets be honest do you really want to drink wine made from grapes grown in pesticides, insecticides, and fungicides... gross! Check out my favorite organic wine: Bonterra Vineyards.
4. BE AWARE OF PACKAGING: Choose food with minimal packaging. Avoid single serving containers, avoid plastic packaging, and carry your groceries home in a reusable bag.

Check out this great website by LOCAL HARVEST: "The best organic food is what's grown closest to you. Use our website to find farmers' markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area, where you can buy produce, grass-fed meats, and many other goodies."

(15 Miles Farm)