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Save money, be healthier, reduce negative impact

-- What We Eat & Drink -- We eat breakfast, lunch and dinner with perhaps a few snacks in between and several drinks throughout the day. Each time we put something in our mouth we have the opportunity to vote on the direction we want to see society take in the future: - Looking at how the food was grown – whether it was done sustainably, fairly, ethically, and environmentally sound. - We can learn more about the products by reading the labels and visiting the websites… choosing producers have more of a positive impact on the environment, that ship the product fewer miles, those that support causes we believe in, and those that use green energy. - We can simply choose to make meals based not only on what is on sale, but what is in season locally, produced locally… and save a great deal of money. - We can choose to eat less meat; simply put less meat on the plate, or less meat than recipes call for. - Take a look at how much packaging is associated wit...