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GREENSCORE is a "green" practice and product scoring or rating system. Discover your impact on the environment. while learning to identify true "green" products.
 
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Food and Agriculture choices involves answering questions about how our food is grown and how that growing process affects the environment, as well as who grows our food and how far our food travels. The food system in the United States has become increasingly centralized and sometimes difficult to negotiate for people interested in living a healthy and sustainable lifestyle. We appear well off – food prices are low and supermarket shelves are bursting; but upon closer inspection this bounty may reveal potentially risky food additives, use of consumer psychology by marketers, and hidden costs to our health, environment, and future. Most people today are further removed from our food than ever before.
 
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Support local, sustainable, and organic farmers by purchasing their products directly or through farmer's markets, community supported agriculture farms (CSAs), food co-ops, natural food stores, local grocers, etc?
Eat in-season foods to reduce the amount of miles your food has traveled?
Encourage crop diversity on our farms by seeking out seasonal varieties and local specialties?
Make the most of your interactions with farmers by talking to them about their products and growing practices - get engaged, ask questions, and tell them what you think?
Patronize restaurants that buy from local farmers and serve healthy environmentally-friendly food - bring your own container for leftovers?
Buy bulk foods and reuse your bags to reduce packaging waste and save money - seek out recycled or recyclable packaging?
Find substitutes for foods that are environmentally costly - buy hemp products, substitute honey for sugar, avoid endangered fish, and diversify animal protein with plant protein?
Compost kitchen scraps and appropriate paper products - you can also reduce your kitchen waste by waiting to purchase produce until you are ready to use it?
Prepare meals from scratch using fresh or raw ingredients rather than relying on convenience food, which may include harmful preservatives, dyes, and low-quality ingredients?
Understand key terms like organic, fair trade, free-range, grass-fed, and natural? The greater your understanding of issues like pesticide use, the cost of food transportation, and food labeling laws, the better able you are to make choices that reflect your values and allow you to vote with your dollar.
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