By Laura Everage

If we listened to all the news about food security and food safety, we’d surely believe that we were traveling on a dangerous path that ends in a steep cliff. 

Not to be an alarmist, but there is some credibility to all this news. The choices we make on what we eat are important. But all too often we half-listen to the news, then get on with our lives and take the ‘If it doesn’t make me sick today, then I don’t need to worry about it,” approach. 

As we make our way through January, I got to thinking, what is it that I (we) could do without? If not for me, then for our children, I’ve decided to act upon a few lifestyle changes that will definitely benefit us all.

In our Year of Living Less Dangerously post, Family Eats takes a look at five changes we can make in our daily lives that will lessen our impact on the environment, lessen our exposure to things which may be making us sick, and allow us to reconnect with the food we eat and the family we love.

We hope to inspire your year of living less dangerously.