November 25, 2009 at 8:15 am by Vanessa Barrington
Ecosalon Recipes: Greening Thanksgiving with a Doubly Good Recipe for Taters, and More!
Thanksgiving can be either a gluttonous extravagance, or one of the greenest holiday feasts.
Here’s why: One of the biggest contributors to greenhouse gasses is livestock production. Turkey is faster growing than cows, so it’s more efficient from a resource input point of view. Plus, turkeys don’t emit methane.
Another big contributor to greenhouse gasses is food waste. After Thanksgiving, we tend to eat our leftovers, using every spare scrap of food.
Other than the turkey and the cranberries, most Thanksgiving dishes are seasonal, plant-based foods that can typically grow anywhere. Potatoes, sweet …
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