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Eating for a healthy planet…and a healthy child
2010-00-28 


Good health for your kids; a healthy environment for their future. “You can’t separate them,” says Bob DiBenedetto of Huntington-based healthy-planet.org. “If you’re making good environmental choices with your child’s eating, you’re making good health choices, as well.” Here are some good, healthy choices you can start making just in time for back to school:

GOOD:
Gradually introduce fresh local produce into your child’s diet. Apples, eggplant, zucchini and lettuces and are all in season right now. Cut apples and zucchini are great bite size snacks. Lettuce can be used to scoop their favorite dip.

BETTER:
Join the Meatless Monday movement by having one day a week where your family skips meat. It will help reduce your carbon footprint and save precious resources like fresh water and fossil fuel.

BEST:
Bring the kids to the supermarket and let them pick out organic and locally grown foods, beginning their appreciation of how local food is better for the planet. The more involved kids are in
the shopping, the more likely they’ll be to cooperate with the eating!

One Simple Thing
Pack your child’s lunch in an organic lunch bag—an eco-friendly, washable New Wave Enviro Bamboo Lunch Bag.  $15.97 at www.choicenutritionals.com


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