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Reported by: Nicole Kilmer Monday, Mar 10, 2008 @04:00pm CDT WTVO/WQRF - You don't have to become a fanatic to be environmentally friendly. It can be as simple as how you buy your groceries. It's just a fact of life. Everyone has to eat, and that means a trip to the grocery story. Decisions you make there can impact the environment. One thing you can do is consider foods that are organically produced. They're free of chemicals and the organic process benefits farm workers and the environment. If you don’t have an organic specialty store nearby, you still have options. "Talk to your grocer, talk to your butcher, figure out where these things, figure out what you're eating is coming from," says David Devereaux of Wholesome Foods. Buying locally grown produce also has benefits. Generally speaking local food uses less packaging, is fresher and arguably tastier. The trip your food took to market is something else to consider. When you buy local you reduce the miles your food traveled. That reduces the amount of carbon emissions connected to each morsel. "The carbon foot print of whatever it is that you're buying is extremely small, says Devereaux. “It was grown here, it was bought and sold here, and it didn't have to travel thousands of miles." Cutting down on the amount of meat you eat can be the greenest move you make. Red meat is the most resource-intensive food you can put on your table. Raising cattle requires large amounts of land, water and grain. Some say it takes 12,000 gallons of water to produce one pound of beef. The average |
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
| Oregon, IL Bed & Breakfast Goes Green New owners take steps to make an old building a little greener. |
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
| Byron Public Library Goes Green The new Byron Public Library was built environmentally-friendly. |
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
| Governor Quinn Announces Guidelines for Illinois' ENERGY STAR® Appliance Rebate Program Over $12 Million in Federal Recovery Funds Available to Increase the Use of Energy Efficient ... |
| Governor's Green Youth Awards Illinois EPA accepting project applications from Illinois students. |
| Electric Car Maker Gets Federal Loan Tesla will borrow $465M loan to build a factory in Southern California. |
| IDNR Makes Plans to Restock Rock River Catfish among target species for 2010. |
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
| $6M Recovery Grant for Green Jobs in Illinois Rockford will benefit from green energy grant. |
Monday, January 18th, 2010
| Pine Mulch Now Available in Winnebago County Get pine mulch from recycled Christmas trees. |
Thursday, January 7th, 2010
| Christmas Tree Recycling Program 2010 Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful Christmas Tree Recycling Program |
