Pistachios Are The Perfect Eco-Friendly Snack

A nutritionist speaking at a recent food and nutrition conference suggested pistachios as a nutritious snack that is also eco-friendly.  Among the reasons to choose pistachios as a frequent snack: only two calories of fossil fuel are need to produce one calorie of plant food like pistachios, compared to as many as 80 calories of fossil fuel to produce a calorie of animal food; pistachios have a minimal carbon footprint because they are a one-ingredient food; pistachios do not required energy-guzzling refrigeration; the discarded shells are compostable; and their light shipping weight means fuel consumption is minimized.