About Today: 9 Ways to Green Your Diet

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Today From Jen Hubley, your About Today Editor The other day, just for fun, I decided to take a look in my fridge and determine how far my food had to travel before it got to me. 9 Ways to Green Your Diet The good news: Eggs and milk from about twenty miles away, and cereal and bread from the continental United States. The bad news? Uh, I'm going to need a lot of frequent flyer miles if I want to visit the birth place of either my grapes or bottled water. Healthy Foods for a Healthy Lifestyle Tips for Better Grocery Shopping 10 Ways to Start Eating Local Foods I then realized that I have no idea what's even in season right now. Eggplant? Lingonberries? Knishes? (Those grow on trees, right? And if so, how do I go about getting a knish tree for my very own?) Regional Produce Seasonality Guides Produce Seasons Why Eat Locally? 8 Reasons Here's my favorite reason to eat locally: the food tastes better. I find it so much easier to be good when being good is also delicious. How Does Eating Locally Grown Food Help the Environment? Is Organic Food Worth the Cost? 10 Tips for Shopping at the Farmer's Market The farmer's market will be opening soon in my neighborhood, and this year, I need a strategy. (Last year, I bought food according to the "Ooh! Pretty!" plan and wound up with a lot of leftover greens moldering in the crisper.) 10 Steps to a Healthy Child How to Find Local Foods Today Ads Diet Menus Diet for Dog Slimming Diet Diet Meals Fitness Diet Featured Articles Did Global Warming Cause Iceland Volcano to Erupt? Free Things to Do 10 Best Small Business Ideas for Students It's Turnoff Week - Do You Care? How to Treat Hay Fever Follow Us on Twitter!   More from About.com Disney Trip Planner Everything you need to plan the perfect Disney vacation -- from when to go and what to do, to saving money and picking a hotel. More > Join About.com's User Panel! Share your opinions and help us make About.com more relevant, informative and enjoyable to use. More>   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Today newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2010 About.com   Advertisement