Karen Fasimpaur

Why Our Food Choices Matter

Karen Fasimpaur

Why Our Food Choices Matter

Karen Fasimpaur

Why Our Food Choices Matter

Karen Fasimpaur

Why Our Food Choices Matter

Karen Fasimpaur

Why Our Food Choices Matter

Karen Fasimpaur

Why Our Food Choices Matter

Karen Fasimpaur

Why Our Food Choices Matter

Karen Fasimpaur

Why Our Food Choices Matter

Karen Fasimpaur

Why Our Food Choices Matter

Karen Fasimpaur

Why Our Food Choices Matter

Karen Fasimpaur

Why Our Food Choices Matter

Karen Fasimpaur

Why Our Food Choices Matter

Karen Fasimpaur

Why Our Food Choices Matter

Karen Fasimpaur

Why Our Food Choices Matter

Karen Fasimpaur

Why Our Food Choices Matter

Karen Fasimpaur

Why Our Food Choices Matter

Karen Fasimpaur

Why Our Food Choices Matter

Karen Fasimpaur

Why Our Food Choices Matter

Karen Fasimpaur

Why Our Food Choices Matter

Karen Fasimpaur

Why Our Food Choices Matter

Karen Fasimpaur

Why Our Food Choices Matter

Karen Fasimpaur

Why Our Food Choices Matter

Karen Fasimpaur

Why Our Food Choices Matter

Karen Fasimpaur

Why Our Food Choices Matter

Karen Fasimpaur

Why Our Food Choices Matter

Karen Fasimpaur

Why Our Food Choices Matter

Karen Fasimpaur

Why Our Food Choices Matter

Karen Fasimpaur

Why Our Food Choices Matter

Karen Fasimpaur

Why Our Food Choices Matter

Karen Fasimpaur

Why Our Food Choices Matter

Karen Fasimpaur

Why Our Food Choices Matter

Karen Fasimpaur

Why Our Food Choices Matter

Karen Fasimpaur

Why Our Food Choices Matter

Karen Fasimpaur

Why Our Food Choices Matter

Karen Fasimpaur

Why Our Food Choices Matter

Our food choices affect…OURSELVES

• Taste

• Convenience

• Finances

• Health

Our food choices affect…OUR COMMUNITY

• Small farms

• The local economy

• Sustainability and self-sufficiency

Our food choices affect…THE WORLD

• Economic priorities

• Treatment of animal

• Treatment of workers

• The environment

Incremental change: Take a step and

do what makes sense for you!

• Make the best choices for you.• Vote with your dollars.• Know your food!• Start a garden.• Visit a farm stand or farmer’s

market.• Look into the local food co-op.• Buy local.• Get to know your neighbors.• Eat local (non-factory-farmed)

eggs.• Support your local farms.• Eat completely local food one

day a month (or week).• Eat organic. • Try Meatless Mondays.• Buy local and seasonal.• Learn to cook something new.

• Compost • Visit a local farm.• Eat food that you love!• Freeze, pickle, can, dry.• Think about selling or bartering

things you make or grow.• Have a local potluck.• Eat heirloom.• Buy whole food.• Learn more about community

self-sufficiency.• Find out about community-

supported agriculture (CSA).• Help build our local farmer’s

market.• Get to know others who are

interested in food choices. • Share what you’ve learned

with someone else.

Thank you!

You are invited to La Buena Vida Farm.

Good Food, Good Life!A celebration of food

 Sat., October 2

beginning at 11:00am

Presentation by Karen Fasimpaur, licensed under CC BY SA

Credits: Schwan’s photo by Roadsidepictures; Footprints photo by Kaptain Kobold