Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Protect and nourish the earth







Happy Earth Day


I've been trying to decide what to do today to celebrate Earth Day. I was looking for something food related, so I finally took the leap and sent an email to the director of food services for my school district. I requested that they consider reducing or eliminating artificial colors and preservatives in school lunches. I sent a link to a slide show about school lunches. Check it out if you want. It's from the Feingold Association.

I feel really strongly that we need to work harder to reduce petro-chemicals not only in food but in general. I think there are lots of things the little people in families all over the globe can do. I thought it was a good day to post this video about the effects of plastic bags. We made the change to re-usable canvas bags several months ago. We use them just about every time we go to get groceries. They actually work so much better than plastic: easier to carry, fit more stuff, and they don't roll around or spill in the car as easy.


So celebrate the earth today.

2 comments:

Mom4Change said...

Okay, time to buy those cloth Publix bags! Adorable picture by the way!

food dye diaries said...

Thanks, I was enjoying her so much I had to share her.