CONSCIOUS CONSUMER CATALOG 23
Preface to the Conscious Consumer Catalog
Curated below are a few resources, organizations, and brands that I support or follow actively to learn and actionize on a regular basis what it means to be a conscious consumer. Every dollar and little action is a vote in the direction that you want our system to move.
No one’s perfect and it’s a process. Hope these resources can help you in your process.
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CONSCIOUS FOOD CONSUMPTION
Imperfect Foods or Misfits Market will help you fight food waste and save big. It’s a win/win!
Regenerative Buyer’s Guide by Savory Institute - They’ve compiled a diverse list of products with verified regenerative ecological outcomes. No greenwashing here – we’re talking measured and verified real-world change with your dollar!
#EatForClimate Purchasing Guide by Savory Institute and Kiss the Ground - Learn how you can help build, support, and contribute to a healthy planet with your daily purchases. Download your free guide today at the link above.
ButcherBox is a subscription-based ethical meat door delivery service with 100% grass-fed, organic, free-range, wild-caught options.
Patagonia Provisions rethinks the food supply chain and supports regenerative agriculture farmers.
Grocery Outlet (or T.J.Maxx) shopping organic and ethical food secondhand is easy here and is one of my favorite spots to check for discounted organic snacks.
Find My Local Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Program - Consider trying a local CSA program and support your local farmer directly.
WWOOF: World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms - A directory that I’ve used in the past to identify different farms to visit and explore volunteering with or buying food from.
Find My Local Farmers Market Tool - This is a great weekly or bi-weekly routine to supplement some of your fresh produce. Also the seasonal items are usually incredible at a local farmer market.
Local Foods Directory - Resource for mapping out more local food options in your community.
RECOMMENDED PODCASTS
New Food Order - Exploring the business of tackling our climate and social crises through food and agriculture from Food+Tech Connect and AgFunder.
Environmentality - A podcast for environmental news, brief lectures and interviews with the experts. Learn about what is happening in the environment today, why it matters, and how it’s relevant to your day-to-day life.
The Farm Report - The Farm Report is a show about the people, processes, and policies that shape how food is produced today. From the latest agricultural innovations to the day-to-day challenges of running a viable business growing vegetables and grazing cattle, host Lisa Elaine Held engages in conversations with farmers and farmworkers and the people who work alongside them—like chefs, researchers, activists, and investors.
The Doctor’s Farmacy - A podcast hosted by a doctor in nutrition. He brings on fascinating experts from Kimbal Musk to Mark Bittman to discuss nutrition, the environment, and our food system. His pointed topics and experts brought on the show always fascinate me and I come away with a few more nuggets of knowledge.
PEOPLE + PLANET JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Climatebase - A jobs board featuring companies that are people and planet oriented.
Food+Tech Connect - A future of food job board, featuring innovative companies
Patagonia Action Works - Patagonia Action Works connects committed individuals to organizations working on environmental issues in the same community.
1% for the Planet Directory - Use the official directory to find local environmental partners and businesses near you that might be hiring and match your people and planet values.
World Resource Insitute Careers - A global research nonprofit working on six critical goals that the world must achieve this decade in order to secure a sustainable future: climate, energy, food, forests, water, cities & transport.
PEOPLE + PLANET ORGs TO SUPPORT
National Young Farmers Coalition
Harvest Craft, Haiti Center for Agroecology
*If you are looking for more local options to support or connect with I have additional organizations to consider from Colombia to Palestine to anywhere in between. Please feel free to reach out.
DOCUMENTARIES + VIDEOS
Future Proof - Highlights the efforts of brands and corporations to make business better for the future… or the lack thereof.
Ron Finley: A guerilla gardener in South Central LA
It’s Not the Cow, It’s the How by Savory Institute and TEDx
Unbroken Ground: A New Old Way to Grow Food by Patagonia Provisions
Kiss the Ground - Available on Netflix
Chasing Coral - Available on Netflix and “Official Sundance Winner”
Mission Blue - Available on Netflix
Green Gold by John D. Liu
ARTICLES + PUBLICATIONS
Civil Eats - An online publication that promotes critical thought about sustainable agriculture and food systems.
What is Regenerative Organic? - Patagonia Provisions
Can Dirt Save the Earth? - The New York Times
A Climate Change Solution Beneath Our Feet - Washington Post via UC Davis
A champion of the unplugged, earth-conscious life, Wendell Berry is still ahead of us - Vox
The role of soil carbon in natural climate solutions - Bossio & Nature Sustainability
Accelerating regenerative grazing to tackle farm, environmental, and societal challenges in the upper Midwest - Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
A Different Kind of Land Management: Let the Cows Stomp - The New York Times
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Garden City by John Mark Comer - A book that examines work, rest, and the art of being human. A super-powerful message for someone coming from two cultures fixated on output and being busy.
Wendell Berry anything but probably start with The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture. His pointed and timeless social commentary and observations have put to words feelings that I could not quite capture.
In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto by Michael Pollan
Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foehr
The Dorrito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Flavor and Food by Mark Shatzker
The One Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming by Masanobu Fukuoka
MEAL + GARDEN TOOLS
Earthed - Earthed is the nature skills platform where you learn to grow. Find a course for you, and help nature flourish in your local community or home.
Forks Over Knives (FOK) app - The #1 food and drink app in the App Store. It features hundreds of easy-to-make delicious whole-food, plant-based recipes. Includes a helpful shopping list feature and favorites tab for making meal planning simple and fun.
My Garden: Inspiration to Grow app - Based on your location, projects, and skill level this app helps you with starting your own food forest.
MasterClass - Ron Finley teaches Gardening - Take a class with a favorite food mentor (AKA the Gangsta Gardener) that I had the honor of volunteering in South Central LA. He’s real and will help you go from zero to garden hero in no time for sure.
Garden Design Best Practices by The Ecology Center - A good list to run through before you start on your garden building.
CREATIVE + INSPIRING
Ecobranding - Ecobranding is a new eco-friendly design process that transforms your brand design to be more ecological and more economical.
The Next Wave of Sustainable Fashion is All About Regenerative Farming
The Circular Design Guide by IDEO
Earthrise Studio - A digital media platform and creative studio dedicated to communicating the climate crisis
All or Nothing - Their tagline, “Big ideas for the people and brands our planet needs” captures the essence of this purpose-driven creative agency based in Melbourne.
CONTRIBUTE TO THE CATALOG
Please reach out if there are additional questions or recommendations on additions to the conscious consumer catalog.