Small changes can have large, lasting impacts, so join the millions of people who are now making wiser choices about the food they eat. Find out what you can do – and then go do it!

Visit our Get Involved section for suggestions on simple actions you can take, from shopping in your supermarket to starting your own community garden.
To find sustainable meat, dairy and eggs in your area, visit The Eat Well Guide. Our Shopping Guides section also lists other local and national directories for sustainable food.
Learn how to cook sustainably by visiting Sustainable Kitchen, where you'll find mouth-watering recipes, sustainable cookbook reviews and articles on healthy, wholesome food.
Read Farm Aid’s “10 Ways to Ensure Healthy Food for You and Your Family”.
Read through as much of the Sustainable Table site as you can. You’ll find tips and ideas throughout each section. If you have a question, first visit our Frequently Asked Questions or FAQ page. If you don’t see an answer, or you would like to share something with us, please drop us a line at info@sustainabletable.org.
Ask questions. Visit our "Questions to Ask" section for more information on how to approach sustainable producers and retailers.

For more information:

Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal, by Eric Schlosser. This New York Times bestselling, nonfiction book gives a thorough and accurate account of problems with today’s fast food society, including conditions on factory farms and in slaughterhouses. Excellently written and researched.
“How Sustainable Agriculture Can Address the Environmental and Human Health Harms of Industrial Agriculture,” Leo Horrigan, Robert S. Lawrence, and Polly Walker, Center for a Livable Future, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health. Well researched and easy-to-read article on the benefits of sustainable agriculture and the problems with factory farming. Published in Environmental Health Perspectives, a peer-reviewed journal, in May 2002.
My Year of Meats, by Ruth Ozeki. Though fictional, this easy-to-read novel exposes the American meat industry for what it is. Ozeki uses humor to make a confusing, overwhelming issue palatable.
The Meatrix and The Meatrix II: Revolting. For short, entertaining films on the problems with our meat and dairy supplies, watch the award-winning animated Matrix spoofs produced by Sustainable Table and Free Range Graphics.