Currently anywhere between 70-80% of entrepreneurial investment goes to men so ANYTHING we can do as shoppers to support women is helpful! I started by asking friends and family for referrals and then hitting up our local farmer's markets. 

no I had not heard of it, but it sounds like a great idea - a sort of returning to the natural way of operating as an ecosystem.

Regionally I think that our water sources have been challenged recently due to flooding.  I think our government will work to protect wells from flood water so that communities are not without water in emergency situations.  In my household, we practice "yellow let it mellow" to save water.  We recently rented a house with an actual green lawn, so we water it only in the morning, when it is cool.  Eventually I'd like to move to a house where we can have a natural, prairie-type lawn area, in a neighborhood that doesn't look down on a non-traditional lawn.

I've been changing my lifestyle over the last several months—one better choice at a time. I started eating fewer processed food products and more real whole foods. Then I bought fluoride filters so my water doesn't kill me. Did you know that fluoride is a neurotoxin? Now I'm about 95% organic, even found an excellent source for grass fed, grass finished meats. If it's not grass finished, why bother? I'm just starting to change over to plant based cleaning products and tackling the nightmare of finding cosmetics without chemicals. Actually that part isn't so hard. It's finding anything without soy, but that's a different soapbox.

Organic produce is expensive here but I feel so much better that it's well worth the cost. By eating real food, I find that I don't need to eat as much as I did on the standard American diet of processed food products. So I can naturally reduce portion sizes and stay fuller longer. Eating less means I can buy less which means I waste less.

Diverse organic food production is better for the planet. To start with it's real FOOD. Did you know that about 80% of US corn production is used for biofuels and animal feed? The corn that does make it to your table is mostly in the form of high-fructose syrup. Fructose is metabolized in the liver and is usually converted immediately to fat because of limited storage which can lead to a fatty liver or diabetes. Organic farming practices produce higher yields than mono-cropping, don't saturate the ground and water with chemicals and toxins, and don't require deforestation of huge tracts of land.

I recently learned that if you chew each small bite of food 40 times and use a chewing motion when you take a sip of liquid, it signals your brain that you're full even faster. Phenomenal thing the brain.

politics of farming and advertising, diet fads, ease of available products. We area consumer culture. 

use less plastic ziplock bags, wash clothes less often  

this was fun- i got to experiment with other foods i don't normally buy, and also used my fennel bulb to start a new plant-and it is growing like crazy. 

I love riding my bike to work, it is often quicker than driving for my short commute, and it is less stressful.