Sustainable Eating Habits
As climate change is becoming talk of town, people are trying to adopt more and more sustainable habits like, recycling, reusing etc. We get to hear about veganism, vegetarianism it's high time that we discuss about sustainable eating habits and how its important for both environment and individual health. Sustainability ensures that people live a life considering earth and the ecological limits. Sustainable agriculture that enables to produce healthy food without compromising the future generation's ability to do so. Sustainable eating habits ensures eating of food that’s environment friendly and healthy. It also has everything to do with the global food economy and unhealthy eating habits that leads to sickness and produce in such a way that nothing goes waste and no ones hungry.
Factors That Bestow To Sustainable Eating
Organic Food Movement
Sustainable healthy eating empowers farmers as well. Eating organic, pesticide free, nutritional is becoming a bit of challenge nowadays. Government has many initiatives that supports farmers to makes organic produce. Starting a mini garden at home to produce needed vegetables that’s easy to grow at home itself and using the used vegetable scraps as compost maybe a good way to start.
Local & Seasonal Produce Purchase
Buying directly from the local markets ensures that you get fresh, healthy veggies and not the cold storage dumped ones. It is cost effective and local vendor doesn’t charge you with GST. Also many high-end restaurants reach out to local farmers produce to prepare their gourmet recipes.
Grow & Cook your Food
Due to sustainable eating, kitchen garden trend is back in town. Urban horticulture enthusiasts are cultivating on their terraces and balconies to set up innovative gardens.
Donate & Reuse Food
Food waste may be biodegradable but lack of proper segregation and increasing food wastage causes food crisis. Always plan your shopping and purchase only needed. Use peels and organic waste to make fertilizers for your garden. If you have food leftover from party or function donate it to people who need it than to waste it.
Sustainable Food Tips
Given the current world situation, there are billions of people who are malnourished and the population is rapidly growing. Considering the sustainable food development, the ultimate goal is to ensure a sustainable future where the increased population also gets the needed amount of healthy and nutritious food. Here are some of the tips that we can follow in our day-to-day life for more eco-friendly living.
- Balance your diet with that is rich in green, pulses, fruits & vegetables.
- Reduce consumption of meat, dairy products in your diet.
- Increase more of natural products and less of processed and packed foods.
- Avoid wastage. Only buy the food that you can eat.
- Include products that are free of pesticides and harmful chemicals.
- Eat seasonal fruits and veggies. It reduces the CO2 emissions.
- Choose foods that promote a respectful business relationship.
- Join consumer group will help you access the local products without intermediaries.
Advantages Of Sustainable Food Systems
Many countries like Germany & Brazil are including food sustainability in food policies and educational guides for consumers. Some of the benefits include
- Acts against climate change.
- Protects forests.
- Improves health & contributes to food security.
- Protects threatened species.
- Preserve natural resources.
As advances species in animal kingdom its upon us to take necessary measures to protect earth and other living species before its too late. As they say its better late than never.









