Reduce your consumption of red meat:
- The meat industry has an incredibly large carbon footprint
- Participate in Meatless Monday
- Lower your greenhouse gas emissions
- Production of plant-based foods requires less energy
Buy local – defined as the Pacific NW:
- Support local farmers/markets
- Buying local saves emissions from transportation as well as packaging that goes into shipping foods
- Talk to your grocer or restaurant staff about where their products originate
- Do some research → be an educated consumer