"10 takeaways from my search for sustainable eats"

"Climate change is overwhelming, but there’s something we do every day that can change your carbon footprint: we eat.

For my three-week newsletter “Cooked: the search for sustainable eats,” I spent six months talking to anyone who could help me understand how our food choices affect the environment. WBUR even hired some graduate students from Tufts to dig around and crunch some numbers for us. Some of what I learned surprised me, and I bet it will surprise you, too.

If you sign up for Cooked, I’ll show you what you can do in your own kitchen with your own food to help the planet — and have a good time doing it. You can subscribe here. In the meantime, here are the top 10 takeaways that made the biggest impression on me, just to whet your appetite. Enjoy!" Read more