Slate has a green challenge going on. and you could win a t-shirt! (woohoo!)

but more pertinent to the issue at hand, this week’s focus is food:

^{It takes 17 percent of the fossil fuel consumed in the United States to produce the food we eat. The result is three-quarters of a ton of carbon dioxide emissions per person, according to researchers at the University of Chicago. And that doesn’t account for the fuel it takes to get the products to market. Food travels an average 1,500 miles before it’s bought and eaten. Even carbon-friendly organic food comes with an emissions price tag—the CO2 given off by processing, packaging, and transportation. As organic food becomes mass-produced, there’s increasing debate about whether the movement is losing its soul and its ethic of sustainability. Whatever the upside of big organic, there’s no question that eating locally grown foods and shopping at your farmers’ market help reduce CO2 emissions by cutting down on transport.}

solutions? they’ve got ‘em. here’s an overview:

-Change agricultural practices (go no-till, organic)
-Buy locally grown food
-Buy organic food
-Avoid processed foods
-Cut back on meat
-Buy food that comes with minimal packaging
-Plant your own garden
-Read The Omnivore’s Dilemma
-Hunt
-Gather