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Progress Project Zoranger Goal: $7,000
Kiva Team - $150 in microloans before endof the semester
Supporting Hungry Hokies with Fast-a-Thon
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Coming Up
DATE AUCTION
Wednesday, 11/11 - Hillcrest Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Fast-a-Thon
Tuesday, 11/17 Dinner @ GLC, 5:30 p.m.
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How to help FUNDRAISING
Bake & Sell
Monday, 11/16 Zoranger Well Project Meeting
MARKETING
T-Shirts
Video
A-frames, table cards & Flyers
LETTERS
To your Congressperson
Holiday Oxfam donations
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Why eat
responsibly?
Environment
HealthHuman Rights
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EnvironmentalCosts
Water & AirPollution
Erosion
Soil Depletion
Deforestation
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oncen ra eAnimal Feeding
Operations Produce as much meat with as little cost andin the shortest amount of time so that themost return can be gained.
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Western diseases
Exposure to chemicals
Food poisoning
Health
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Slavery
Low pay
Dangerous conditions
Human Rights
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oco a eSlavery 30% of children under age 15 in sub-Saharan
Africa are child laborers.
200,000 children work in the Ivory Coast cocoaindustry. Up to 12,000 are defined as victims ofhuman trafficking and slavery
West Africa provides 80% of the worlds cocoa.Ivory Coast = 46%.
Cadbury, Hersheys and Nestle all buy cocoa atcommodities exchanges Ivorian cocoa ismixed in.
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Tomato Slavery inthe U.S.
Immokalee Florida Tomato capital of the U.S.
Up to 90% of the domestic tomatoes we eat come from SouthernFlorida.
Immigrant workers are underpaid, forced in to debt by growers, andabused.
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Genetically ModifiedOrganisms
Organisms that have been altered by combining DNA from varioussources to create new genes or by splicing genetic information fromone species into that of another. These organisms and their genes arepatented by companies.
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Organic Foods
Organic crops aretypically grownwithout syntheticpesticides,
artificialfertilizers,irradiation, orbiotechnology.
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Steps to ethicalconsumption
KNOW WHAT YOURE BUYING!
Read labels
Avoid processed foods & foods from industrial farms
Buy Fair Trade
Eat local and in season
Blacksburg Farmers Market
Compromise
Avoid waste: Buy what you can eat
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Labels
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Grocery Guidelines The most important thing is that youre eating
real food. The fewer ingredients, the better.
Health: Avoid foods high in High Fructose CornSyrup, enriched flour, partially hydrogenated oils
Environment: Avoid foods containing palm oiland soy products. Choose sustainably raisedmeat.
Look at unit prices
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Certifications
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Places to patron
On campus
Farms & Fields Owens Dining Hall
Homestead Creamery Ice Cream @ Deets &
West End
Off campus
EATS
Farmers Market
Kroger Be sure to read
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Places to patron
Online
www.oxfam.org.uk
www.equalexchange.coop
www.nosweatapparel.com
www.transfairusa.org
www.fairtradefederation.org
www.globalexchangestore.org
If you can buy it locally, you should.Local = less packaging, more localcommunity revenue
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Further reading
Michael Pollan The Omnivores Dilemma
The Botany of Desire
In Defense of Food
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
Food Politics by Marion Nestle
Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by
Barbara Kingsolver
Further watching: Food Inc. (2008)