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What motivates your choices at the grocery store? Is it price? Quality? Name brand recognition? We are bombarded with information as we walk down the aisles of any store in search of our next meal and it can be challenging to distinguish a marketing claim from actual information about the products we are eating. Third-party certifications offer one solution for consumers looking to learn more about what they are buying at the grocery store.
Local Yolk eggs with Animal Welfare Approved certification are sold throughout Nevada County.
Photo courtesy of Belinda Gutierrez
Third-party certification occurs when an independent organization reviews the manufacturing and production process of a certain product to determine its compliance with a specific set of standards. Many of these certifications, like Certified Organic and Fair Trade Certified, are readily available at most grocery stores. There is a growing number of third-party certified products
Due to its meteoric rise in popularity, organic food has become more accessible than ever with organic-certified products readily available at even huge retail outlets such as Target, Walmart and Costco. Yet still, less than…
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Nevada County Food Policy Council (NCFPC), pictured, has launched a 20% Whole-sum food by 2025 challenge. “The goal,” said Miriam Limov, the council coordinator, “is that by 2025 at least 20% of the food that Nevada County residents consume will be local or regional, fair trade, ecologically produced and/or humanely raised.”
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Nevada County Food Policy Council (NCFPC) has launched a 20% Whole-sum food by 2025 challenge. “The goal,” said Miriam Limov, the council coordinator, “is that by 2025 at least 20% of the food that Nevada County residents consume will be local or regional, fair trade, ecologically produced and/or humanely raised.” According to their recent Food System assessment only 10-15% of the food we eat falls into one of these categories. Here are the top six reasons why individuals, businesses, and institutions should prioritize purchasing and eating this way.