Summary of article from Real Green Winter 2009 issue by Alexia How to use the power of your food dollars for eating well and doing good: Buy Local and Organic Support communities financially, culturally, living-wage jobs for farmers Curb global warming emissions by reducing food miles Buy Fair Trade Sustains livelihoods and communities of small-scale farmers Helps raise living standards by guaranteeing fair prices for the harvest Support Family Farms Organic Valley & Equal Exchange are two cooperatives who network American family farms Striving for a more equitable and cooperative economy Protect America’s Farm Workers The UFW helps farm workers to organize to effect change Advocate for fair wages and healthy working conditions Agricultural Justice Project develops standards for what social justice means in context of sustainable, organic agriculture A Hand Up for the Unemployed Enterprises that produce food as vehicles for training and employing people Also employment program caterers who provide much-needed jobs and job training |
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