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Eating local, organic, fair trade foods

The CAC is committed to exploring and purchasing, when possible, local, organic and fair trade food for both our work sites and internship house. Eating is an intimate act. We are constantly making choices throughout the day as we put food into our mouths. Purchasing and eating food that is consistent with an ethic of life is important. Thus, our food practices become a faith issue. Food choices can be spiritually mindful and faithful to the biblical mandate of good stewardship and justice by considering some of the following questions:

Is the food you purchased grown in a way that does not use destructive practices such as pesticides, gmos (genetically modified organisms), mono-culturing of crops?

If you are a meat eater, are the animals (This Steer’s Life) grown without hormones/antibiotics and methods that cause suffering? Re-Thinking the meat guzzler

Are the growers and harvesters of your food given a fair wage and safe, fair working conditions?

Local food or the local food movement is a collaborative effort to build living local economies which are locally based, self-reliant food economies - one in which sustainable food production, processing, distribution and consumption is integrated to enhance the economic, environmental and social health of a particular place and is considered to be a part of the broader sustainability movement. It is part of the concept of local purchasing and local economies, a preference to buy locally produced goods and services. Those who prefer to eat locally grown/produced food sometimes call themselves "localvores" or "locavores".

What we are doing

supporting our local food cooperative in Albuquerque and purchasing fair trade coffee for our staff kitchen.

staff is encouraged to use local and organic markets as well as fair trade items.

purchasing non-toxic cleaning and soap supplies.

encouraging vegetarian eating practices through education and modeling at work.

providing a way for staff to compost their organic food matter at our garden on-site.

What you can do