Would you like to have information to help you make seafood choices that are safe and responsible? I don't eat seafood very often myself because I live thousands of miles from the nearest ocean, but, when I do, I want to make the best possible choices. In earlier editions of this resource I've offered links to a couple pocket guides to help you make seafood choices that won't contribute to overfishing (they're still included below). The Seafood Choices Alliance now offers a pocket guide to making choices that also take into account limiting one's exposure to pollutant contaminants in seafood. You can find it at http://www.seafoodchoices.com/seasense/ . There's also a new eco-label called Seafood Safe that you can look for in stores in the future to determine safe consumption levels for seafood. A company called EcoFish is the only one bearing these labels right now, but it should become more widely used over time. Here's the site for the Seafood Safe certification program: http://www.seafoodsafe.com .
Would you like to learn how to preserve food at home? The National Center for Home Food Preservation can help, online at http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/ .
When you're in a situation where you see no better choice than to buy conventionally-grown foods, would you like to have some guidance as to which foods are likely to be contaminated with higher levels of toxic biocide residues and which with less? If so, you can print out the wallet version of a Shopper's Guide at http://www.foodnews.org/pdf/walletguide.pdf and carry it with you.
Would you like to keep up with the latest developments in the organic agriculture movement? You can through the Organic Consumers Association site, http://www.organicconsumers.org , and their e-mail publication, Organic Bytes. Their mission is to "promot[e] food safety, organic agriculture, fair trade, and sustainability."
Want to stay informed about and take part in the effort to halt the spread of biotech foods? Here're two sites:
Want to know more about which foods are known to contain biotech ingredients? Check out Greenpeace's True Food Shopping List at http://www.truefoodnow.org/gmo_facts/product_list/ .
Want to find a "green" restaurant in your area or while travelling? Check out the directory of the Green Restaurant Association at http://www.dinegreen.com/restaurant_guide.asp ?. You can also look to the GRA for resources if you work for or patronize a restaurant that you'd like to go greener. You can read more about that at http://www.dinegreen.com/restaurants.asp ?
Are you interested in finding sources for meat, eggs and milk from pastured, grassfed animals in your area? Check out http://www.eatwild.com/products/index.html , which also includes lots of fab articles on the health, ecological, and animal well-being benefits of animal foods produced this way.
Would you prefer to buy from small, family farmers rather than big agribusiness corporations? While there's no guarantee that small, family farmers are going to farm sustainably, at least you can sit down with the owners and talk to them as people who are pretty darn likely to have more in mind than the bottom-line. Check out http://www.familyfarmer.org for more info about why family farming matters.
Interested in finding small family farmers, farmers' markets, Community Supported Agriculture subscription services, restaurants and food coops in your area where you can buy locally and organically produced foods? Check out the directories at http://www.localharvest.org , http://www.foodroutes.org , and http://www.ams.usda.gov/farmersmarkets/map.htm .
Want to buy your veggies and fruits direct from a local farmer through a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) subcription program? Check out http://www.csacenter.org or http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/csa to find one in your area.
Would you like to shop at a cooperative rather than a corporate grocer? To find out if there's one in your area check out http://www.coopdirectory.org or http://www.cooperativegrocer.coop .
So you want to eat seafood, but how can you know what species to choose so as to avoid contributing to overfishing? Here're a couple sites offering some guidance:
Are you interesting in interested in growing some of your own food?
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