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My favorite snacks often come from my local farmer’s market, the bulk bin at the co-op, or recently, from my own plot in my local organic community garden! Hey, snacking happens, it might as well be good for you! So, to the delight of green-minded grazers everywhere, I present my top ten favorite healthy sustainable snacks.

A pretty intersting post encouraging more ecologically sound food choices spun from a vanity perspective. An excpert:

You want to lose weight. You want to save the world. These are not necisarily mutually excluseive goals. Turns out that eating green (and clean) will make you healthier and can actually make you lose weight.

David Gracer is a guy that thinks consuming insects is bothleasing to the palate and good for the planet. He’s a bug eater and likes his creatures sautéed, filleted and roasted. Most importantly, Gracer thinks we all should do it.

This is a great guide to buying meat that is healthy for you and the earth.

Great tool to help you get a greener, healthier, more delicious diet... in only 30 days! From sumptious recipes to organic wines, "European-style" milk and much more.

Fast food is the bane of both health and the environment. This post shows you how you can break away from eating fast food.

I've always wondered what is considered "free range" VS "cage free" when it comes to buying eggs. This answers many of my questions. Also, who regulates the word "organic" on food products? What if it says "natural" instead of "organic". What's the difference there?

Now, Frito-Lay is embarking on an ambitious plan to change the way this factory operates, and in the process, create a new type of snack: the environmentally benign chip.

Ever think about what’s on your dinner plate before digging in? Where do the poultry, greens, veggies, cheese and bread really come from? And more importantly, why should you care?

Finally some good news!  This study found that a staggering 8% (and yes that's HUGE in the green world) of families surveyed reported exclusively eating organic when they had the option.