Earth Day

One last tip from Stonyfield Farm

SUPPORT LOCAL FARMERS
Find a Farmer’s Market near you.
Join a Community Supported Agriculture project. Local Harvest can help you find locally grown organic food.CONSIDER ORGANICS
Learn about the National Organic Program.
Stay on top of news from and about the organics industry, visit the Organic Trade Association.
Learn what the EPA has to say about pesticides in your food.
Find suggestions for sustainable agriculture, and controlling pesticide use in the home at the Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides
OPPOSE GMOs
Learn what Genetically Modified Organisms-- GMO -- can mean to you and your family.
Join the campaign to require GMO labeling in the United States.

So for Earth Day we planted a tree (a Satsuma Mandarin) and a rose (Peace). We went to the library (rather than buying new books) and shopped for organic groceries. We had planned to take our plastic grocery bags back for recycling but had a minor issue with the vehicle (not driving would have been even more environmentally friendly, but I had a mystery shop at the grocery store which was too far away for walking) and ended up having to leave it at the library while we walked home and got the other car (it was just a battery malfunction, I'm happy to report it is now running fine).