Eat no evil. When you learn something bad about food, put the fork down. Opt out. If someone or something was hurt or used or lost that you can’t bring yourself to think about easily- do not put that food into your mouth. It’s harming you too, deep inside.

This is what we write about, what we will come speak to your group about, or coach you with as you take it step by step.

Remember that when people making your food don’t care about doing harm, that includes your health and safety, directly and environmentally. When you find a food producer with an excellent standard for any of your morals, count on unseen benefits.

Here are some rules so you know it really is something you can do for yourself and the world.

Rule #1: Let yourself be arbitrary. This is your plan, not something with judgments and an absolute scale of good or bad.

Rule #2: Pick one or two things to change that are easy and meaningful.

Rule #3: Get used to a certain degree before becoming more stringent. If you start buying local, become good at shopping in a wider radius definition of local and shrink it later as a second goal. That second goal might not be as important as others waiting.

Rule #4: Know what foods and products cost approximately, then pick the better product if it is inside that budget. If you have a coupon in the car and you’re already in the store, do you go back for it? If a savings isn’t enough to make a trip to the car over, it isn’t enough to trump your desire to get something you feel is better in the world. (more…)