Food Choice: Environment only an after thought

When I make my food choices I primarily think about the nutrition of the food I am buying compared to the cost. I also consider what is easy to make and food I like. A significant amount of food that I eat is frozen because I cannot finish large portions of food quickly. Honestly, I rarely consider the environment when purchasing food. I do believe that my eating habits may be slightly more environmentally friendly, I try to avoid buying all packaged foods and buy a small amount of meat. I do not take this into consideration when shopping though. When going out to eat, my decisions on what to get are only based on what looks good and maybe some health factors. I do enjoy going to restaurants that buy locally but do not frequent these kind of places. In the past few days I have consumed many different types of food but I would say the ground turkey and sliced turkey that I ate has the largest environmental impact. First, like chickens, turkeys are most likely fed corn and antibiotics that have a negative impact on the environment. Micheal Pollan discusses the amount of corn that is in an American's diet and how this is use of corn for everything damages the land and animals. Also, the chemicals used to treat the turkey for packaging are most likely toxic as well. Finally, the packaging and shipping of the turkey has used a large amount of oil in both the car and plastic of the package. The use of oil is horrible for every part of the environment. Other foods that I ate in the last few days are probably close to as harmful as the turkey but I believe the turkey is worst.