2/3 Cup – Raw* Granulated Sugar ****
2/3 Cup – Brown Sugar ****
1/2 Cup (1 stick) – Organic** Butter (softened)
1 Tablespoon – Vegetable Oil
1 Teaspoon – Baking Soda
1 Teaspoon – Ground Cinnamon
1 Teaspoon – Vanilla****
1/2 teaspoon – Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon – Salt
2 – Large Organic Local Farm***-Raised Eggs
3 Cups – Organic Old Fashioned Oats
1 Cup – Organic All-purpose Flour
1 Bag (Heaping Cup) Fair Trade**** Semisweet Chocolate Chips

1. Heat over to 375º
2. Mix all ingredients except oats, flour, and chocolate in a large bowl. Stir in oats, flour and chips.
3. spoon tablespoonful of dough onto buttered cookie sheet
4. Bake about 12 minutes or until light brown. Remove from cookie sheet and place on wire rack to cool

About 120 calories per cookie

* Raw sugar is created earlier in the refinement process and therefore requires less energy and water to create.
** Organic food is grown under the principal of “First do no harm”.  Organic farmers use natural compost and fertilizers and control weeds by hand or using natural mulch.  Insects are controlled using natural predators.  Conventional farming often uses synthetic fertilizers to “recharge” soil that has been depleted due to careless soil management.  Additionally conventional farms routinely use pesticides and herbicides to control pests and weeds.  Many of these have been proven to cause cancer and disrupt the endocrine system in humans among a host of other potential negative health effects.  No Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) did you know you might be eating grain with salmon DNA spliced in to help it weather the cold?  No?  That’s because conventioal farmers do not have to tell you if they use genetically modified seeds.
*** Local Food/ Chickens - The average meal in the USA travels 1500 miles to reach your plate.  Buying local supports local farmers and saves energy and Green House Gas emissions.  Many smaller farms allow chickens to roam as part of the eco-system of the farm.  If left on their own chickens will roam the farm eating many of the troublesome insects conventional farmers spray to control.  This is also more humane than the industrial chicken coops with thousands of chickens raised in horrid conditions.
**** The Fair Trade Certified™ label guarantees consumers that strict economic, social and environmental criteria were met in the production and trade of an agricultural product. Fair Trade Certification is currently available in the U.S. for coffee, tea and herbs, cocoa and chocolate, fresh fruit, flowers, sugar, rice, and vanilla.

Fair Trade principles include:

• Fair prices: Farmers receive a guaranteed minimum and an additional premium for certified organic products.
• Fair labor conditions: Workers on Fair Trade farms enjoy freedom of association, safe working conditions, and living wages. Forced child labor is strictly prohibited.
• Direct trade: Empowering farmers to develop business skills for competing in the global marketplace.
• Democratic and transparent organizations: Fair Trade farmers and farm workers decide democratically how to invest Fair Trade revenues.
• Community development: Farms and workers invest Fair Trade premiums in social and business development projects like scholarship programs, quality improvement trainings, and organic certification.
• Environmental sustainability: Harmful agrochemicals and GMOs are strictly prohibited in favor of environmentally sustainable farming methods that protect farmers’ health and preserve valuable ecosystems for future generations.