Rachel’s core environmental connections come to her through what she puts in her body; like many of us, food and nutrition helped her understand how connected we are to the health of the planet. Growing up with a mom who was passionate about gardening and other environmental concerns, as well as the increasingly obvious realities of global warming and other human-caused eco problems put her on the path to green awareness and outreach.
What she says:
Scientists have proven that agricultural chemicals and petro-packaging materials are contaminating the soil, water, air and the food we ingest. It’s no coincidence that cancer rates are on the rise and that other species are suffering as well. Of course, there are more pieces to the puzzle. I believe GMOs are also a major threat to nature’s infinite wisdom and design along with the brutal reality of factory-farming.
Not only is there a total lack of reverence towards life that is embedded in those business practices, but most of the meat people eat in this country is pumped full of antibiotics, hormones, and corn. That undermines everyone’s health plus ecosystems as far reaching as the oceans. There is no doubt in my mind that we need to support organic farming and eat less or no meat. In fact the U.N. published a report a couple years ago stating that Americans could have a greater impact on climate change and pollution by adopting that priority than by driving hybrids. I say, let’s do both!
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