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  • What does it mean to switch from conscious consumer to engaged citizen?

    Going from personal changes, to creating changes in larger polices and institutional practices, leading change in the community
  • What are some benefits of eating seasonally and locally?

    Sends a message that we will support local food
    Fresher and tastier produce
    Less Fuel for transport
    Food can be picked at a riper stage
  • How can consumers find out whats in season?

    Ask the market manager
    Contact a local co op
    Google
  • What two technologies help extend the season for eating local?

    Freezing
    Hoop houses/ greenhouses
  • Why is it important to buy food locally?

    Supports the local economy by creating jobs
    Stronger tax base
    Helps preserve farmland
  • Organic foods have strict standards for how food is grown, but what doesn't organic food ensure?

    That it supports fair treatment of the workers 
    or that the profits are distributed equitably
  • What does the Food Alliance certification mean?

    Produced in a system that is humane, fair, and without pesticides or fertilizers
  • What does free range mean?

    The animal has some access to the outside, but it does not state how much or for how long, or how much room they should have
  • What should consumers do to ensure that chickens are humanely raised?

    ask about the farm's practices
  • What does the claim "grass fed" mean?

    Fed only grass and forage for it's entire life
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