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Produce and the
Environment
Although the primary reason to
enjoy fresh produce
is for its taste and texture, and for its health
benefits,
the environment appreciates it, too. Most of us feel
an obligation to lighten our impact on the
environment. Produce is the most direct way to
convert the sun’s energy to our life
sustaining
needs. The less processing we subject our foods to
before we consume it, the less resources
are used. Eating fresh produce lightens our footprint
on the environment.
Of course, once you have the produce home, it makes no
sense to waste it. Technically, produce is
“biodegradable”. Sounds good, but in a land
fill after burial the conditions become anaerobic very
quickly. With no oxygen, biodegrading does not happen.
Most of the produce that you throw away takes up space
in the landfill for generations to come.
Conservatively, the use of the E.G.G. should cut your
spoilage in half. Besides the money that saves, it
takes a load off our disposal systems, too.
The sachet in the Ethylene Gas Guardian that contains
the active ingredient used in the Ethylene Gas Guardian
is registered by the Organic Materials Review Institute
(http://www.omri.org/). It is
approved for use in the processing and handling of
organic produce.
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