Judy Seybold, MS, RDN, LD, CLC
Chief Nutrition Officer

Make a Positive Impact on Climate Change

Sifter selects products that match your diet and values. I like to shop for food products that positively impact the environment. By making this conscious choice, it makes a difference on the carbon footprint left behind.

For example, research has told us that cutting back just 18% on meat-based purchases can vastly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Remember Meatless Mondays? This could be the switch that will benefit your health by eating more vegetable alternatives—and decrease the demand on meat supply, which adds to stress on the environment.

How can you begin to help? Sifter offers several SiftTags (filters) that can help you find environmentally-friendly food:

• Vegan
• Certified B Corp
• Fair Trade
• Grassfed
• Hormone Free
• Humanely Raised
• Non-GMO
• Sustainable Seafood

When you select one or more of the above SiftTags, you'll only see food products that have been certified by special organizations that look out for the health of the environment, including people, animals, and the land.

Let's start shopping for meatless products with an eye toward reducing our carbon footprint. Log into Sifter, and scroll down to Responsible Practices. Toggle on Non-GMO. Then, head over to Aisles. Select Meat, and then select Plant-based Meat Alternatives.

Here are some of my favorite Meatless Monday options.