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The Importance of Eating as if the Planet Mattered

FoodTank Apr 24, 2018
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Giving Compass’ Take:

• FoodTank shares with us ways to eat what to eat that will more sustainable for the environment whilst having a positive impact on one’s health. 

• How can we change eating behaviors to be geared towards environmental sustainability?

• Read an interview with Lynsi Burton, a journalist committed to a meat-free lifestyle while writing about how eating habits affect the environment. 


Eating as if the planet matters means eating more healthful foods, wasting less, helping reverse climate change, and reducing the rates of overfishing and overexploitation of soils. These changes can also help consumers save money and build more resilient communities.

In honor of Earth Day, Food Tank is highlighting five high-impact actions each person can take to eat as if the planet mattered:

  • Tailor your portion sizes- Overeating hurts more than just our bodies. The environmental impacts of industrialized food production and consumption cost the global economy trillions of dollars through water pollution, habitat destruction, antimicrobial resistance, and other avenues.
  • Waste less: Some 1.3 billion tons of edible food go to waste every year globally. This is equal to more than two tons (4,000 pounds) of wasted food per hungry person per year. National, international, and industry initiatives are making significant gains in increasing consumer awareness of the environmental impacts of food waste.
  • Eat a more plant-based diet: Americans eat more meat than residents of any other country, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Eating a plant-based diet means rethinking the way meals are organized and, instead, making plant foods the focal point of the plate.
  • Eat Low on the Marine Food Chain: When choosing which seafood products to incorporate into meal plans, an easy way to keep environmental impacts low is to aim low on the food chain.
  • Eat Forgotten and Endangered Foods: Globally, agrobiodiversity is in rapid decline. Ninety percent of crop varieties have disappeared from farmers’ fields and only 12 plant species account for 75 percent of the world’s total food supply, according to the FAO.

Read the full article about eating like the planet mattered by Danielle Nierenberg at Food Tank

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    Giving Compass' Take: • An event hosted by Justice Equity Diversity and Inclusion (J.E.D.I.) Collaborative and Food Funded discussed the barriers for Black investors to support Black food businesses.  • One of the most significant challenges for Black businesses to secure investments is spending too much time proving their capabilities. How can investors help share and redistribute wealth so Black businesses can thrive? What can donors do to contribute to power-building in Black communities?  • Read more about the impact of community power-building movements.  Black leaders in food and finance spoke on the challenges Black entrepreneurs face at a discussion organized by the Justice Equity Diversity and Inclusion (J.E.D.I.) Collaborative and Food Funded. The event,  “All Checks on Deck for Racial Equality,” emphasized the need to create a regenerative economy that amplifies Black voices. The event was divided into three conversations. Kelly Carlisle of Acta Non Verba and Common Future’s Rodney Foxworth began with an overview of systemic oppression. A discussion on Black entrepreneurship, moderated by Tanya Holland of Brown Sugar Kitchen, featured entrepreneurs Kai Nortey of Kube Nice Cream and Chef GW Chew of Something Better Foods. And Leslie Lindo of Candide Group, Tiffany Brown from Chordata Capital, and Jenna Nicholas from Impact Experience & Illumen Capital spoke on investor strategy tools. “Wealth and power go hand in hand,” says Foxworth. “What [Common Future] tries to do is recognize that what there really is, is a power gap, there’s not an intellectual gap or a talent gap. One of the things we talk about when shifting capital is doing it in a way that enables greater power building for communities.” The panelists agree, but report that it is difficult for Black organizations or companies to accumulate this wealth, when they must regularly prove their capabilities in business. According to a study by Kauffman Foundation, Black entrepreneurs are the most reliant on personal credit to fund new business endeavors compared to their white counterparts. “People of color, Black, and Indigneous folks, we lose so much time and money constantly proving our worth to those with power,” says Holland. “We don’t get the investment to increase capacity or infrastructure until we prove that we can do the work without the investment and capital infrastructure.” Read the full article about investing in Black food businesses by Sabrina Endicott at Food Tank.


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