INTRODUCTION
Cup cakes are essential for many people If you desire to live a true green life, then on your journey that has you going true green, a realization must occur about our fundamental and essential levels of existence. Our basic needs to exist must be addressed with intellectual assessments. What we eat is part of going true green and inherent to all of us. Sustainability practices include what we eat. For me, as I learn more details each year, I want to grow more of my own food and buy less. However, we all continue to go food shopping and struggle to avoid that impulse purchase of those... You know, little chocolate cakes stuffed and topped with cream.
A survey conducted in the U.S. showed that 25% of food shoppers make their purchases based on health, environmental concerns and social justice. An earlier posting on my blog talked about LOHAS, the Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability. The title was Speaking Greenish: Part Seven and published on May 28, 2013. With this 25% of food shoppers buying based on health and sustainability, companies found these results to be profitable with almost 3 billion in sales for this market.
However the shopper is going NUTS trying to understand food labels just to buy healthy and support a sustainable environment. Most people will invest a limited amount of time to get beyond the confusion of all the labels, but without real government guidelines and laws, consumers find themselves in a quandary.
Our goal at GTG is to help clear the confusion with explanations of these important labels. Each week a new posting will be presented and when completed, our Category called Food Labels Decoded, can be used anytime as a reference tool. There are several different labels on the market, here are a few examples:
Allergen Labeling, Biodynamic, Cage-Free, Farm Raised, Heart Healthy, Hormone-Free Meat or rBGH-Free Dairy, Natural, All Natural, 100% Natural, Organic, 100% Organic, Rainforest Alliance, Shade Grown, UTZ Certified, 100% Vegetarian Ingredients, Wild Caught.
In the end, the solution is not with companies working to produce more food with GMOs on less farms to feed the masses, but with more people being allowed to grow their own 100% Organic food, unrestricted by legal battles!
Bill Lauto, at GoingTrueGreen.com
Environmental Scientist
International Sustainability and Energy Consultant
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However the shopper is going NUTS trying to understand food labels just to buy healthy and support a sustainable environment. Most people will invest a limited amount of time to get beyond the confusion of all the labels, but without real government guidelines and laws, consumers find themselves in a quandary.
Our goal at GTG is to help clear the confusion with explanations of these important labels. Each week a new posting will be presented and when completed, our Category called Food Labels Decoded, can be used anytime as a reference tool. There are several different labels on the market, here are a few examples:
Allergen Labeling, Biodynamic, Cage-Free, Farm Raised, Heart Healthy, Hormone-Free Meat or rBGH-Free Dairy, Natural, All Natural, 100% Natural, Organic, 100% Organic, Rainforest Alliance, Shade Grown, UTZ Certified, 100% Vegetarian Ingredients, Wild Caught.
In the end, the solution is not with companies working to produce more food with GMOs on less farms to feed the masses, but with more people being allowed to grow their own 100% Organic food, unrestricted by legal battles!
Bill Lauto, at GoingTrueGreen.com
Environmental Scientist
International Sustainability and Energy Consultant
Contribute your comments!
