Food

Oh Say Can You Please… Choose Natural Grilling

Eating is a big part of any holiday, and there is no exception to the Fourth of July. But don’t forget the environment when you are preparing your various salads – fruit, pasta, potato – and grilling vegetables, hamburgers and hotdogs under the summer sun.

• For produce, eat locally grown organic food. Support your local farmer’s market or look for the organic food section at your local grocery store.

• Serve organic condiments.
• If you are feeling especially green, go vegetarian. Veggie burgers and tofu-pups or tofu hot dogs are great to barbeque and are healthier, less expensive and easier to cook than conventional hamburgers and hotdogs.
• Avoid food that was raised on factory farms and produced with chemicals. Also avoid food that traveled hundreds of miles to get to your plate.
• If you opt not to go vegetarian then choose chicken that is free-range, beef that is grass fed and fish that is sustainably harvested. Look for products that are hormone-free and antibiotic free. Check your local grocery store for these products or go to a grocery store that has organic products.