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Go Green, Go Veggie!

The Environmental Working Group has created a tool that allows people to easily see how the food choices they make affect their health and the environment. The guide takes into account all aspects from food production through food disposal.

What foods top the list of leaving the biggest carbon footprint? Lamb, beef and cheese top the list. What foods leave the smallest carbon footprint? Lentils top the list as a great source of protein with the least amount of environmental impact. Tomatoes and organic milk complete the top 3 foods leaving the smallest carbon footprint.

The report found that wasted food also contributes significantly to the emissions associated with the life cycle of the product. So only buying and serving what you need is a great way to reduce greenhouse gases.

What can all of this attention to your food consumption really save? The group is asking that we all reduce the amount of meat and cheese in our diet. According to the EWG tool, reducing the amount of meat and cheese in your diet equates to:

• If your four-person family skips meat and cheese one day a week, it’s like taking your car off the road for five weeks – or reducing everyone’s daily showers by 3 minutes. ¹¹

• If everyone in the U.S. ate no meat or cheese just one day a week, it would be like not driving 91 billion miles – or taking 7.6 million cars off the road. ¹³

The EWG is looking for 100,000 people to take the pledge to eat meat and cheese one less day a week for a year. Are you interested in taking the pledge? Check it out here!

Even as an avid cheese fan, I think I'm up to reduce my carbon footprint and eat more produce and eliminate cheese at least one day a week. What do you think?