Eco-Kashrut

Eco-Kashrut, also called the Eco-Kosher movement, is a movement to extend the Kashrut system, or Jewish dietary laws, to address modern environmental, social, and ethical issues, and promote sustainability.[1] Eco-Kashrut reflects a trend of Kosher-keeping Jews to eat only food that has been ethically and sustainably produced, and in some cases, also locally sourced.[2] Eco-Kashrut can be expressed in the sharing of sustainable shabbat meals.[3]

Eco-Kashrut is related to Magen Tzedek, a proposed additional certification for food that aims to address health, safety, and other labor issues in food production.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Arthur O. Waskow, "Eco-Kashrut: Environmental Standards for What and How We Eat", MyJewishLearning, Originally Published in the Jerusalem Report.
  2. 1 2 "Eco-Kosher", Schott's Vocab, New York Times, May 14, 2009.
  3. ↑ "'Eco-kosher' Jews have an appetite for ethical eating", LA Times, May 8, 2009.


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