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THE IMPACT OF YOUR FOOD CHOICES

Animal products have a high carbon footprint due to both methane released and the amount of food required to feed them. Whereas plants are the opposite, they can capture the carbon! Other environmental benefits include decreased fossil fuels used to power tractors, fishing vessels, transport, processing, chemicals, packaging materials, refrigeration, and supermarkets. 


Benefits to you: Eating less meat can lower your risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes; and save money!

The Simple Steps to Take: Cut down slowly. Try meatless Mondays. Meat alternatives have become easily available. Shop local when possible.

Easy Food Choices for the Planet

Which foods have the highest and lowest carbon foot print? Find out the carbon footprint of what you eat and how little changes can make a big impact on the planet! Learn what makes a Reducatarian diet beneficial for our planet, ourselves and future generations. A more detailed video also available: Understanding the Impact of your food choices.

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“Revolutionizing your diet is easy.  When you think about it, most people have about eight or nine favorite recipes that they tend to choose from…First, think of three meals you like already that happen to be vegetarian…Second, choose three recipes you can modify to become vegetarian…Third, try out three new recipes…”

PETA. Cooking with PETA., Book Publishing Company, 1997.

Common Substitutions

Local Restaurants with Plant-based Options

Cook New Types of Meals

Recipes you already make can be adapted to be plant-based or even just substitute turkey for beef. Learn about some substitutions that make this possible.

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Cook New Types of Meals

Local Restaurants with Plant-based Options

Cook New Types of Meals

There are lots of cultures that have great tasting meals that do not feature meat as the protein. Learn some of these great recipes from some new cookbooks or online recipes.

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Local Restaurants with Plant-based Options

Local Restaurants with Plant-based Options

Local Restaurants with Plant-based Options

Try out some vegetarian or vegan options at local restaurants.

Local Restaurants

Common Substitutions

•  Dairy Milk = plant-based milk such as almond, hemp, soy, oat, etc.

•  Buttermilk = 1 cup plant-based milk with 2 tsps. vinegar or lemon juice

•  Ricotta = mashed tofu

•  Cheese = vegan cheese such as Daiya, Miyoko, Violife, Chao

•  Yogurt = plant-based yogurt made with soy, coconut, almond, etc.

•  Eggs in baked goods = flaxseeds and water (1 egg = 1 TBS ground flax + 2 ½ TBS water), aquafaba (1 egg = 3 TBS aquafaba), mashed banana or applesauce (1 egg = ¼ cup of banana or applesauce), baking soda and vinegar (1 egg = 1tsp. baking soda + 1 TBS vinegar)

•  Butter = oil or vegan margarine

•  Mayo = vegan mayo such as Vegenaise

•  Chicken or beef broth = vegetable broth or bullion

•  Chicken/Fish = meat substitute, beans, tofu, tempeh

•  Beef = meat substitute, beans, dehydrate texturized vegetable protein

•  Sausage = meat substitute, seasoned tofu

Some Favorite Cookbooks/Recipes

Cookbooks

Vegan Richa's Everyday Kitchen (digital book through DelCo libraries)
The Super Easy Vegan Slow Cooker Cookbook

Recipes

Curried Lentil Tomato and Coconut Soup (is great served over rice too!)

Oven baked Falafel (this is amazingly good but does take quite a while to make)

Local Restaurants with Plant-based Options

  • Ox's Way (Havertown)
  • Boardwalk Vegan (Havertown)
  • Mangos & More (Havertown)
  • Hip City Veg (Ardmore)
  • Sweetgreen (Ardmore)
  •  Jules Thin Crust (Ardmore)
  • El Limon (Ardmore)
  • China Bowl (Ardmore)
  • Hummus Mediterranean Kitchen (Ardmore)
  • Tabouli (Suburban Square)
  • Sabrina’s Cafe (Wynnewood)
  • Tiffin (Wynnewood)
  • Naked Lunch (Bryn Mawr)
  • Ekta (Bryn Mawr)
  • Sunset Moon Wellness Center (Bryn Mawr)
  • Harvest Seasonal Grill (Radnor)
  • Gangster Vegan (Norristown and Media)
  • P.S. & Co. (Philadelphia) 
  • Vedge (Philadelphia)
  • Wilson’s Secret Sauce (Upper Darby)
  • All Thai restaurants

Search for Restaurants happycow.net

Understand Food and Environement (1 hour)

Join us to learn about the impact of your food choices - both on the environment and your health. We will be discussing what you can do to reduce your impact and will be providing resources. We hope that you will each leave the session with a goal of what you will do next!

Carbon Footprints of Foods/diets

Carbon Footprint of the food you eat

    Organic

    Information coming soon

    Helpful Links

    Educational Resources

    drawdown.org

    reducetarian.org

    coolclimate.berkeley.edu

    forksoverknives.com

    foodrevolution.org

    hsph.harvard.edu

    footprintnetwork.org

    Documentaries

    Cowspiracy

    Seaspiracy

    Supersize Me

    Food Inc

    The Game Changers

    Forks Over Knives

    History 101

    Dive!

    Books

    Davis, Brenda & Vesanto, Melina. (2000) Becoming Vegan. Summertown, Tennessee: Book Publishing Company

    Hawkin, Paul. (2017) Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming. New York, New York: Penguin Books

    Apps

    happycow.net

    Local Produce

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