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Learn which labels you can trust, the meanings behind expiration dates, and how to find companies that align with your values.

About

This website was created by students of the Sustenance and Sustainability course at the St. Paul's School during the 2013 session of the Advanced Studies Program in the hopes that it will help consumers make smart, thoughtful decisions at the store without being influenced by the confusing terms used by large corporations. 

Labels

Food companies like to use many different labels, sometimes meaningless ones, to try to influence consumers into buying their products. Read more about these labels to discover which ones are good, which are bad, and which are meaningless.

On top of the plethora of labels designed to influence the consumer, companies also like to use words that sound positive, but in reality are meaningless. Learn which words, like 'organic,' actually carry meaning, and which ones, like 'cage-free,' do not.

Definitions

It can be very hard to find other resources that compile this information in specific categories. For that reason, we have compiled a list of internet sources for you to use, print, and take with you to go. Check them out and learn more in depth about some of the subjects touched upon in this website.

Resources

Fact 1

St. Paul's ASP

Tomatoes harvested in Florida are sprayed with gases to turn them red, since they have to be picked early to survive transportation.

St. Paul's ASP is a 5-week summer program held at the St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire. This program gives the best and brightest of NH public school students a chance to experiment with the college experience and improve upon writing and public speaking skills.

The average US family loses $2,275 every year from food waste alone.

Fact 2

“I learned the alarming statistics of hunger and obesity and the direct links to the crop we grow and the kind of processed foods produced from these crops. Then I understood that the true costs of the way we produce and make our food also include the hidden medical costs of diabetes, heart disease, and other obesity-related diseases individuals, we pay the human tax that allows giant corporations and the agriculture industry to maintain their profits under the false pretense that they are providing a product that we must consume to survive” ~~ Peter Pringle, A Place At The Table

 

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