Buy local!!

Last night I read an article on bioengineered food, and while the article was well-balanced as to the pros and cons, the dangers and the benefits, I decided that from now on I would make an honest-to-god effort to buy locally supplied groceries. Better that than food that isn't really food.

The article pointed out that growers are not required to label their food as bioengineered (and most don't), but you can tell which foods aren't bioengineered from the packaging. Those who label their foods as "organic" are prohibited by law to use bioengineered techniques in the producing their food.

In any case, Rebecca points to the top 10 ways you can conserve nature, one of which is

Buy locally grown and produced food: Buying locally reduces greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants from food transportation. One study estimates that the average meal travels 2400 km (1500 miles) from the field to your table.

Farmer's markets, here we come!