Buy locally grown food
Shop at a local farmers’ market whenever you can.
It’s easy to be a “locavore” if you can shop at a farmers’ market, which is a predominantly fresh food market that operates regularly within a community, at a focal public location that provides a suitable environment for farmers and food producers to sell farm-origin and associated value-added processed food products directly to customers. Find your nearest farmers’ market on the Australian Farmers Market Association web site.>> more
Eat food that’s in season.
As well as local food, look for food that’s in season. This supports the production of crops that are appropriate to the local environment and alleviates the modern reliance on the long-distance transport and refrigeration of foods that are grown thousands of kilometres away. In addition, foods grown in sync with the seasons are more in tune with our intuitive nutritional needs: after all, who wants a cucumber sandwich in the middle of winter? The Natural Strategies Group has a guide to what’s in season when. >> more
Join thousands of Australians taking action to say "no" to genetically engineered food.
Join the True Food Network and download their shopping list for healthy, GE-free food. >> more
Reconfiguring our eating habits and expectations so as to have the lightest impact on the environment is a simple way to address climate change (via reduced transport and industrial energy) and support local communities and farmers.
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