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EarthSave Food FestivalBy Judy McCluney Did you know that just by modifying your diet to include more vegetables and grains and less meat, you can do a lot to protect the environment, and your health as well? For every hamburger you bypass, you save the outflow of at least 3,000 gallons of water, 65 sq. ft. of tropical forest, and 54 calories of fossil fuel per calorie of protein (compared with two calories of fossil fuel used per soy protein calorie.) You might even save yourself bypass surgery with a heart-healthy plant-based diet. Interested, but need ideas, advice, and some inspiration? Mark your calendar and come to the Taste of Health Food Festival. It features live cooking demos by some great chefs like Susan Rizzo and Chas. Chiodo, lots of free tasting courtesy of exhibitors who want to tempt you, and advising by health professionals such as Dr. Bill Hoffman, D.C. (board-certified nutritionist), the agricultural extension home economist, and others. It’s put on by the non-profit organization EarthSave, Space Coast chapter. Free admission. Sunday, March 16, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eau Gallie Civic Center (Highlands Ave., next to the Museum of Art.) For information, call 799-2365 or go to www.spacecoast.earthsave.org. For questions about participation, e-mail Judy McCluney at contactj@mpinet.net. |