A neighbor turned me on to the Eat Well Guide.
The site is a sister site of sustainabletable.org, and features a zip code locator which lists farms, stores, restaurants and organizations in your area which support sustainable agriculture, more specifically as it pertains to eggs, meat and poultry.
Perhaps it is sheer laziness on my part, but I feel if you start off with quality ingredients, you don't have to fuss around too much to make something delicious. So, it would follow that I do my best to seek out the best ingredients whenever possible, both at home and when I go out to eat. This site is a great resource for finding quality ingredients and sources for them. Additionally, there are links to many of the farms, many of which you can visit to get an upclose and personal view of sustainable farming. I'm already planning a visit to one of those farms soon.
But what does that sustainable label mean? To quote sustainabletable.org, a product can be considered sustainable if its production enables the resources from which it was made to continue to be available for future generations. A sustainable product can thus be created repeatedly without generating negative environmental effects, without causing waste products to accumulate as pollution, and without compromising the wellbeing of workers or communities. Many different agricultural techniques can be utilized to help make food production more sustainable.
Unlike organic foods, sustainable foods are not certified by a USDA-approved food certifying agency, but often sustainable and organic go hand-in-hand. The sustainabletable.org and Eat Well sites recommend visiting your local farmers to learn more about where your food is coming from.
Check out sustainabletable.org to learn more about the tenets of sustainable agriculture and why it is an idea whose time has come (or come back as the case may be). For example, did you know that an average meal comes over 1,500 miles to get to your table? Think about all of the resources that can be saved buying from local farmers.
http://www.sustainabletable.org/home/
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