Healthy food. Healthy body. Healthy planet.

Healthy Food. Healthy Body.
Healthy Planet.

Healthy food is what we would all prefer to eat, isn't it? We want tasty meals and snacks full of fresh flavors, not full of chemicals. But how do we know that the foods we eat, and serve to our families, are safe, healthy, and humane?

We're so busy - with our commutes, our families, our jobs - that the simple pleasures of growing flowers and vegetables, cooking from scratch, and sharing a leisurely meal with family and friends seem like luxuries from far away and long ago. Even trying to navigate the marketing claims - all natural,organic, low-fat, family-farmed, cage-free, fair trade, etc. - can be time-consuming and frustrating.

And yet, eating is perhaps the most sigficant thing we each do as individuals that affects not only our own quality of lives, but the quality of our air and water, the lives of food growers, and the lives of future generations. No matter what else is on my to-do list, the one thing I do every day is EAT. So I figure that whatever time I invest up front to understand where my food comes from, to learn how to make better choices, and to build good habits into my daily life is time well spent.

Fortunately, the journey towards healthier eating is fun. It's more an adventure than a chore. And my life is becoming more like a movie about a year under the Tuscan sun than I ever imagined, without my ever having to leave home. Feeling better in my body, and at peace with my shopping choices, is its own reward. But for a food lover like me, the best reward is how wonderful healthy food tastes.

I hope to nudge you on your own journey by providing useful, easy to find and understand information on a variety of food-related issues. In tasty, bite-size peices.

Bite Size Green
Bite Size Green: the writers and hosts behind the healthy food site - and how to join us.

Tasty Bites of Healthy Food
The latest news on organics, fair trade, local and seasonal eating, high fiber and easy vegetarian meals. New healthy food recipes and updates to www.bite-size-green.

Local Food
Local food systems let you save money, support family farms, eat healthier, fresher food, and reduce global warming. Learn how to support them.

Organics
Choosing organics whenever you can is a wise move for your personal health. And it is a key to a sustainable future for us all.

Shop Fair Trade
Can't shop locally? Think globally and shop fair trade! It's like an international farmer's market.

Seasonal Eating Calendar
Seasonal eating lets you celebrate your best fresh, local foods all year. This calendar provides healthy holidays recipes and highlights healthy food events.

Easy Vegetarian Meals
Easy vegetarian meals from around the world. Most recipes are low-fat and high-fiber - and all are delicious.

Healthy Food Snacks
Healthy food snacks to enjoy at home, on the road, or at the office. Vegetarian snacks and appetizers are naturally simple, low in calories, and high in fiber and vitamins.

Solar Cooking
Solar cooking for emergency survival, camping, boating, or just a backyard barbeque.

Safe Seafood
Safe seafood includes many types of fish, from wild salmon to farmed oysters, that are good for our health without endangering our ecosystems.

Green Kitchen
A green kitchen does more than just produce healthy food. Explore your choices about cleaning, storing food, cooking equipment, recycling and composting food waste.

Set a Green Table.
Set a Green Table for 2 or 2,000. Eco-friendly linens, tableware, clean-up, and caterers.

Healthy Food Movies
Healthy food movies inspire us to create, share and make good eating a central part of our lives.

High Fiber Foods
High fiber foods are a natural part of healthy food choices and a low-carbon diet. Find out which foods are best, and get easy recipes.

Healthy Food. Healthy Body. Healthy Planet.

Healthy Food. Healthy Body.
Healthy Planet.