You may not be able to get to Denmark, but you do have a chance while the conference continues to change a few food habits. Here’s how to develop your own climate change menu.[rssbreak]
Nearby rules
Choose local when there’s a choice, but stay focused on the fact that not all short-distance munchables are sustainable.
Use tree logic
Favour food from perennial plants that don’t require plowing. It could break the local rule, true, but getting calories from oranges, apples, pears and other tree fruits means less tilling and less releasing of carbon from the soil.
Get carbon slim
Fill up on 10 servings a day of veggies and fruit, five from perennials.
Go cold turkey on red meat
It takes 8 pounds of grain to make a pound of beef, 2 for chickens, and cows belch and fart methane gas, a more powerful warmer than CO2.
Chuck processed cereal
Frosted flakes and sugar pops suck up too much energy. Stick to muesli or oatmeal.
Can tin cans
Instead, soak dried beans, simmer your own tomato sauce. Make it up.
Shop local and often
Weekly grocery hauls lead to food waste and over-reliance on vehicles. Go light go regularly.