Environment

Industrial farming increases yield by growing plants out of season, raising them in non-indigenous terrain, and cultivating them aggressively. In addition to the obvious environmental consequences of topsoil erosion, these techniques all exert stress on plants. Stress leads to slowing of plant growth and reproduction, which in turn leads to an unraveling of the food web and a progressive disruption of environmental integrity.

This resource deprivation also exerts stress on animals by compromising the quality of their food intake. Diets altered via artificial manipulation in a bid to increase size and flavor can also lead to gastrointestinal effluvia and the production of methane emissions, all of which are harmful to the environment. The decision to embrace Low-Stress Food movement can help resolve all of these issues. The local sourcing of foods in accordance with the philosophy of Low-Stress Food would also reduce the production of emissions associated with transport.

At the core of all mainstream belief systems is the "Golden Rule"—the idea that kindness and cruelty both return in kind. Low-Stress Food extends that notion to the food that we eat, and espouses the broader holistic philosophy that good relationships, whether personal or systemic, are the foundation to building a better world.

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