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Offsetters.ca

Calculate your business’ carbon footprint (International)

Use this online tool to calculate how much energy your organization consumes and understand how greener choices can reduce your business’ carbon footprint.

BC Association of Farmers' Markets (B.C.)

Buying locally reduces the distance your food travels, saving the production of tonnes of carbon. Farmers' markets operate in every corner of B.C. Reflecting the communities they serve, markets vary in size and type, from large sheltered public markets to a few vendors clustered in a local park or on a parking lot. Buy local fresh produce and fruit, processed foods, and arts and crafts.

Simply in Season Guide (International)

The Simply in Season Online Fruit and Vegetable Guide focuses on the principles behind local, seasonal eating. Find tips on how to choose, store, prepare, and use selected fruits and vegetables.

Green Table Network (Lower Mainland, B.C.)

Food service operators certified by the Green Table Network have undergone a sustainability audit and taken measurable steps to reduce their operations’ impact on the environment. Green Table members range from food courts to fine dining, family-owned independents to brand-name chain restaurants.

100-Mile Diet (B.C.)

When the average North American sits down to eat, each ingredient has typically travelled at least 1,500 miles. In 2005, two B.C. residents decided to try a year of buying or gathering their food and drink from within 100 miles of their home. Their journey spawned a whole movement around the world and now their website offers lots of information, resources, recipes, and forums to exchange ideas and develop campaigns around eating locally.

Get Local (Lower Mainland, B.C.)

Get Local is a community of B.C. food producers, businesses and groups working together to promote eating locally in the Metro Vancouver area. Get Local offers education about the benefits of eating locally, a growing list of businesses that are producing and selling local food, and other resources to help you choose more local food. Their chart of what foods are in season each month is incredibly thorough.