How to Choose Sustainable Products (Links for informed food purchases)

      

Links to product scorecards grading the sustainable options. 

      Index

1. Chocolate
2. Coffee
3. Seafood
4. Tissue Products (toilet paper, paper towels)
5. Dish detergent
6. Homemade Cleaners 

Sustainability Scorecard

1. Chocolate bars: Problems: Child labor / forced labor, deforestation, farmers earning below poverty level wages, high levels of lead or cadmium in some dark chocolate bars. 
1. 11 Fair Trade Chocolate Companies For Your Conscious Cravings
2. The 5 Best Sustainable & Ethically-Produced Chocolate Brands
3. 7 Fair Trade Chocolate Brands (NOT Owned by Corporations)
4. The 8 Best Fair Trade Chocolates of 2023
5. Ethical Chocolate: Why it Matters Plus 15 Fair Trade Chocolate Brands
2.  Coffee:
1. SMITHSONIAN BIRD-FRIENDLY COFFEE
3. Seafood:
1. Monterey Aquarium Seafood Watch
2. Oceana Sustainable Seafood Guide
3. NOAA Fishwatch
4. The Best Sustainable Seafood Choices - The Spruce Eats
4.  Tissue products - Toilet paper, paper towels: 
1. A BUYER’S GUIDE TO THE SUSTAINABILITY OF AT-HOME TISSUE PRODUCTS(2022) Product list and Sustainable grade.
2.  2022 Tissue Scorecard: TP’s Future Lies in Sustainability  Text article.
3. Best TP for Septic Systems
5. Dish detergent: 
1. The 9 Best Eco-Friendly Dish Soaps of 2023
6. Homemade Cleaners
1. Homemade Non-toxic All-purpose cleaner
2. VT Dept of Health Living Clean Guide