Whole green produce, meat, coffee & tea, beer & wine, herbs & spices, kitchen appliances and more.
Your grocery list can be a blueprint for a greener life if you simply strive to Eat Well. Buy less, but buy better. Start by learning where your food comes from and how it was grown, processed, packaged, and transported. The green goal is to “eat low on the food chain,” to make fresh, minimally processed plant-based foods from your own region the cornerstone of your diet.
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Alice Waters
A word from Alice Waters, Founder, Chez Panisse. In my book The Art of Simple Food, I outlined my eight basic principles for cooking and living well:
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Here are three of the more than 1,000 Whole Green resources you’ll find in the catalog:
EQUAL EXCHANGE: FAIRLY DARK CHOCOLATE
Dark Chocolate
Dark chocolate is chock-full of the same flavonoids that make deep-colored fruits and vegetables so rich in antioxidants…
BIGGEST AND BEST OF THE ORGANICS
Nature’s Path
Nature’s Path, North America’s biggest manufacturer of organic breakfast cereals, has been making whole grain cereals…
SPORT SOLAR OVEN
Green in So Many Ways
The ultimate carbon-neutral way to cook is the solar-powered oven. This “negawatt” novelty uses only the sun’s…
Know what kinds of produce are most likely to be contaminated with pesticides: Download the Environmental Working Group’s pocket-size shopper’s guide to the “dirty dozen” fruits and vegetables at foodnews.org. The guide provides a list of the “Cleanest 12″ fruits and veggies, too.
