Yes, you can eat sustainably – in 7 simple steps!
Yes, you can eat sustainably – in 7 simple steps! Can you afford to ignore the need to change to sustainable eating – not if you want to be healthy. It is no secret that modern food production is not only harmful to the environment and animals but personal health. Globally, the impact of industrial food production means pesticides, additives, preservatives and other chemicals find their way into your food. These have been linked to birth defects, damage to the nervous system and even cancer . Mono-cropping – growing only one crop in an area – reduces the genetic diversity of a plant and makes them more susceptible to diseases. This means entire crops are at risk of being wiped out by pests. Factory farming means animals are kept in unsanitary conditions, often crammed together with no free movement. Sickness is rife and easily spread. These poor animals are then used for mass food production – their welfare exchanged for...