Food and Land Use

Choose to eat less meat and dairy.

• David Suzuki Foundation: Food and Climate Change
• The New York Times: “The Meat-Lover’s Guide to Eating Less Meat“
• The New York Times: “Your Questions About Food and Climate Change, Answered“
• Project Drawdown: Eating a plant-rich diet is ranked #4 on Project Drawdown’s list of the top 100 solutions to global warming.

Buy local food grown using organic/regenerative principals.

• LexFarm
• Lexington Farmers’ Market
• Meadow Mist Farm

Protect trees; plant native species.

• Lexington Tree Committee

Green your yard and garden.

• LexGWAC: “Planting New Ideas”
• Plant an organically managed vegetable garden and grow some of your own food.
• Plant pollinator-friendly native flowers, bushes and trees in your yard.
• Manage the grass you keep with all-natural solutions for fertilizing and, when needed, pest management.
• Avoid use of pesticides/herbicides that are dangerous to our health and to the health of pollinators.