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Food & Drink

Our food and drink choices directly determine the methods used to produce food within our environment, and the quality of the food and drink we ingest to maintain our wellbeing. So how do we move our diet toward a sustainable and healthy path?

Eat Less Meat

Replace one meat meal per week with a vegetarian option. Land used for beans and vegetables produces 10 times as much protein as land used for raising beef.

Adopt a Vegetarian Diet

Join the mung bean nation! Improve your health, and hit the jackpot in terms of reducing your ecological impact.

Buy Local and Seasonal Food

Locally produced food that is grown in sync with the seasons is fresher, and it doesn't take as much energy to produce it and transport it to you.

Don't Eat Endangered Fish

Avoid eating overfished and threatened fish species.

Eat Organic Produce

Too many pesticides, herbicides and fungicides in your energy intensive genetically modified food? Try eating organic.

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Environmental

Many food and water production practices in Australia have resulted in soil loss, salinity and reduced productivity. The widespread use of fertilisers, pesticides and herbicides have a detrimental effect on surrounding ecosystems. The required shift in farming practices from farming crops to farming soils and nurturing ecosystems requires consumers help. We need to identify and purchase quality produce to support these positive farming practices.

Wellbeing

Food and drink percolates though the fabric of our bodies and our lives. It provides a wealth of opportunities to improve (or harm) our wellbeing. We can enhance our health through the growth, collection, preparation, cooking and eating of things delightful and necessary.