Sustainable Happy Life is a holistic lifestyle in which daily choices lead to a happier self and more sustainable world. The following two, very important, daily choices we make dictate how we feel during any given day: eating lively, local food and connecting with lively, happy people (the best happens to be when you combine the two!).Today I want to focus on organic fruits and vegetables. The USDA recommends half of your food intake be fruits and vegetables. They came out with this nifty new plate design in 2011 for their Choose My Plate initiative to suggest percentages of food groups that should be eaten. 
Fruits and vegetables are essential to your health and are awesome to cook and delicious to eat (coming from a woman who would pick around pieces of onion in her pasta sauce 6 months ago-but I digress).I want to recommend buying organic, local fruits and vegetables for two main reasons:1. Less chemicals in your diet and2. You are supporting local farmers.Attending farmer’s markets is a great pleasure I look forward to every other Saturday in my town. It is fun to discuss where the person’s farm is located and what their specialties are. Some create their own lotions/lip balms/ candles while others knit hats along with raising animals and planting/harvesting vegetables.I love discussing recipes and different ways of cooking the foods and the farmers are more than happy to give tips and tricks! Buying a product directly from someone you meet and get to know gives a feeling of happiness and camaraderie as well as trust in the product- in this case the food we put in our bodies. When you buy carrots and winter squashes from a local farmer you know how far the food has traveled (significantly reducing air emissions from tractor trailers) and you can picture the farmer working in their field to produce this food for you. It brings a sense of connection to the food which is the first step to fundamentally changing your diet. Understanding where the food comes from and how it was produced helps you to analyze if it is good for your body or not.It is a lively event and it brightens my day every time I attend.