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Sustainable Table educates, advocates and builds community around food. Our new site offers brand new content, updates to many of our pages, and tried-and-true tools like Eat Well Guide and The Meatrix movies. Sustainable Table has long been the heart of GRACE's Food Program, but our new site also integrates the GRACE Water and Energy Programs, so we can better illustrate the interconnections among all these issues.

The Issues

Everything you need to know about sustainable food and agriculture from the basics to key issues in depth.

In The Kitchen

Find out how to shop for and prepare sustainable food, and learn how it can benefit your health.

Take Action

Learn how you can take action and educate others to help build a sustainable food future!

Eat Well Guide®

Find farms, stores, restaurants, CSAs and other sustainable food sources near you!

The Meatrix®

Learn the truth about industrial agriculture through our award-winning Meatrix movies!

Recent Blog Posts

The latest food and agriculture posts from our Ecocentric blog.

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Quick Facts

Genetically engineered soybeans, corn and cotton in the US make up 93%, 88% and 94% of the total acreage of each respective crop.
About 10% of energy consumption goes toward raising, distributing, processing and preserving crops and animals used in the American food system.
Crop irrigation accounts for 31 percent of all freshwater withdrawals in the U.S.
Due to inappropriate breeding strategies that favor growth over bird welfare, 90% of broiler chickens have trouble walking.
Red tape can add up: Local permitting and inspection add $0.50 per watt, or $2,516 per residential install, to the cost of solar.
Power plants in the US withdraw 143 billion gallons of fresh water every day; more than irrigation and 3 times that's used for public water supplies.
Together, China and India have 37 percent of the world's population, but are home to just 10.8 percent of the world's water.
One slice of bread has a water footprint of 11 gallons.
Creating a gallon of ethanol consumes about 100 gallons of freshwater. In some regions, ethanol production can take three or more times that amount.
One pound of cheese has a water footprint of 600 gallons.
By 1965, 10 billion livestock animals were slaughtered annually. Today, that number has risen to 55 billion!
$ of a gal. of gas includes: cost of Crude Oil 76%; Refining Costs and Profits 6%; Distribution, Marketing, and Retail Costs and Profits 6%; Taxes 12%
The US consumes 800 million gallons of oil each day.
41% of energy used in the home is for space heating, which is the #1 energy user in our homes.
A single margherita pizza requires 333 gallons of water, enough to fill almost ten bathtubs!

Water Footprint Calculator
Food Safety
Water Footprint - Concepts and Definitions
Welcome to Sustainable Table
Food Waste
Energy Program
Real Food Right Now and How to Cook It: Fresh Shell Beans
The Water Footprint of Food
Food & Personal Health
Water Program
Sustainable Livestock Husbandry
Public Health
The State of Clean Energy: State Policy Impacts Markets
Heroic Endeavor: A Clean Energy Park for Long Island
Outdoor Water Use at Home

Staff Picks

Going Green? 12 Ways to Reduce Your Impact on the Food, Water and Energy Nexus
Take Action
How To Save Water
AQUA Conserve Water
Freeing the Grid
Welcome to Sustainable Table
Social Media
Health and Nutrition
Shop Sustainably
Handouts - Questions to Ask
Drought and the Food, Water and Energy Nexus
The Basics: Energy Efficiency 101
The Meatrix
Local Permitting for Renewable Energy
Me, My Wife and Irene

Eco News

Food Production and Energy Usage, Efficiency
Long Island’s Power Problems Mean Big Paydays for Wall Street
Solar Industry Will Boom Globally and Challenge Cheap Natural Gas - Citigroup
’’Sh*t, Just Ship It’’: Felony Prosecution For Salmonella-Peanut Executives
Food Law Society to Host Harvard Law School’s Conference on Food Labeling
Ikea Withdraws Meatballs After Horse Meat Is Found
Iceland Looks to Export Power Bubbling From Below
China’s New Carbon Tax and the Crumbling Case for Inaction
The Next Big Thing in Energy: Decentralization
Obama Administration Reaches Out to Local Governments to Spread Its Climate Message
The Shale Phenomenon: Fabulous Miracle with a Fatal Flaw
Alaska House Passes Resolution Opposing ’’Frankenfish’’
ADAPTATION: Flood Experts Seek to Revamp Federal Coastal Policies After Superstorm Sandy
Survey Finds That Fish Are Often Not What Label Says
The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food

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