We should remain open to all food choices By Cam Dahl Everyone
should have the right to buy the food they want, whether or not
those decisions are healthy or environmentally friendly. But
individual preferences should not be forced on others or be
turned into regulations that restrict the choices of farmers and
consumers. Do the food choices we make impact the environment?
Are our choices sending the right message to policy makers? Are
we basing our choices on fact or perception? Not many of us will
ask ourselves these questions when we make the daily run to the
grocery store, but we should. Food movements like "organic" and
"buy locally" have received a lot of attention in the last few
years. These options are touted as healthy and environmentally
friendly food choices. But are they? Let's take the
environmental question. A review of organic production in the
United Kingdom has found that organic milk requires 80% more
land and releases about twice as much pollution into the
watershed when compared with trad