7. Do the bulk of your shopping at the farmers market or join a CSA.
The easiest way to lower your meat consumption is to start with the freshest seasonal vegetables. The flavors are so vibrant and they are such a pleasure to cook that it will be easy to make meat an after-thought.
Up next week in The Green Plate: tips and tricks for shopping the farmers’ market.
This is the latest installment in Vanessa Barrington’s weekly column, The Green Plate, on the environmental, social, and political issues related to what and how we eat.
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