Food Network Magazine's 2024 Green List

Our love of sushi and seafood has led to overfishing around the world, but a company called Aqua is producing surprisingly realistic mock fish from fermented fiber. It has a texture and taste similar to sushi-grade tuna and is being served at Chicago-area restaurants, including Eden and Spirit Elephant. The company will be expanding to other cities soon.

Find locations serving Aqua at aquaculturedfoods.com.

Chains like Shake Shack, along with notable chefs, have been trying this breakthrough cooking oil created from fermented sugarcane. It’s produced with fewer natural resources than other oils, and it contains more healthy fat than olive oil.

Cultured Oil, $27 for 16 ounces, zeroacre.com.

A cool new condiment called Wanna Greens consists of teeny-tiny water lentils grown in an indoor farm that uses renewable energy and recycled water. They’re nutrient-dense with a sprinkles-like texture and taste great on an omelet or rice bowl.

$10 for 200 grams, wannagreens.com.

These placemats are made from paper coated with biodegradable wax that makes them stain-resistant. When dinner is over, you can wipe away spills and the placemats are ready for tomorrow’s meal!

Tec Spezzato Placemat, $16, us.uashmama.com.

Unlike typical hens that eat corn and soy, the ones at Kipster Farm feast on surpluses from bakeries and other food producers, so they’re laying the first-ever carbon-neutral eggs.

Simple Truth + Kipster Eggs, starting at $5 per dozen, kroger.com.

A whopping 44 percent of plastic floating in oceans can be traced to takeout food. DeliverZero is tackling that with reusable polypropylene containers. You can add them to UberEats and DoorDash orders for 99 cents.

Visit deliverzero.com for details.

Gathering edible wild plants isn’t just a treasure hunt—it means less food is transported to stores, which reduces fuel and emissions. In her new book, vegan chef and forager Chrissy Tracey dishes out identification guides, tips and recipes for every season.

Forage & Feast, $33, penguinrandomhouse.com

Trendy buckwheat has made its way into the plant-based milk aisle. It tastes rich and nutty, and it’s an eco-friendly pick: The crop requires less water than others and regenerates overfarmed soil.

BAM Buckwheat Milk, $9 for 28 ounces, available at select Whole Foods Markets

Recycling pencils is tough because of the wood, graphite and metal parts. When you’re down to the stubs of SproutWorld’s pencils, though, you can plant them to grow herbs or produce: Instead of an eraser, one end contains seeds!

Herb Edition, $12 for 5 pencils, sproutworld.com

Until recently, you couldn’t check the Energy Star certification for induction cooktops and ranges. Now the EPA has certified seven from LG Electronics. Expect almost 20 percent energy savings annually!

LSIL6334F Smart Induction Slide-In Range, $2,299, lg.com for buying info

Some 77 million tons of household food goes to waste in the US every year. These reusable silicone caps seal the unwrapped end of cheese and butter so they’ll last longer.

Butter & Cheese Huggers, $18 for a set of 5, uncommongoods.com

This innovative water bottle has a 12-ounce coffee cup inside: Just unscrew it to use it at your coffee shop—and help cut down on the 16 billion disposable coffee cups we toss out every year!

Bottle & Cup Kit, $68, carryhitch.com

Most yogurt is made from dairy or plant-based milk, but Nature’s Fynd is produced using a fungus sourced from Yellowstone Park. The process involves a fraction of the land and water required for traditional agriculture.

$2.50 each, available at Whole Foods Markets

Sawdust is much more useful than you might think. The company Smallhold infuses blocks of it with mushroom spawn to grow six organic varieties, including harder-to-find trumpet mushrooms.

Oyster Mushroom Pack, $8 for 8 ounces, smallhold.com for buying info

About half of the wine industry’s greenhouse gas emissions come from producing and transporting glass bottles. Frugalpac’s bottles are made from recycled cardboard that’s five times lighter than glass.

Visit frugalpac.com for buying info.

Cookware that looks good can do good too: Kana makes Dutch ovens with 40 percent recycled cast iron. This spring, the company is launching compact versions of its best-selling designs.

Milo Dutch Oven, from $125, kanalifestyle.com

More craft breweries are using renewable energy, and Sierra Nevada in Chico, CA, is leading the charge with solar panels that provide up to 100 percent of its electricity. Their popular IPA is now available nationwide.

$13 for 6 cans, sierranevada.com for buying info

More and more people are using blocks of dish soap with scrub brushes instead of plastic bottles full of liquid soap. This version, packed in a refillable ceramic ramekin, comes in three scents and lasts up to six weeks.

Solid Dish Soap Set, $24, cambridgeandcarlino.com

Plastic utensils will sit in landfills for hundreds of years, and that’s motivating people to bring eco-friendly cutlery to work and school. The fork, knife, spoon and chopsticks in these sets are made mainly of wheat straw fiber.

Reusable Portable Cutlery Set, $17 each, visparadisegoods.etsy.com

This 8" x 9" countertop bin comes in 12 colors, and it’s super easy to clean: It’s dishwasher-safe!

Astrik Composter, $40, bamboozlehome.com

This cult-favorite electric model composts food scraps in hours, including meat and dairy.

Kitchen Bin, rentals start at $30 per month, mill.com

You can clip this little bin on the side of a trash can and bring its inner bucket to the counter to add your scraps.

Compost Caddy, $50, simplehuman.com

It’s handmade from sturdy climbing rope that’s sourced from rock climbers and gyms.

$4 each, alwaystheadventure.etsy.com

This 8-inch beauty is put together using strips of wood cut from worn-out skateboards.

$130, flourpailkids.etsy.com

Send in a used bat to this company and they’ll repurpose it into a grilling tool.

$50, baseballbbq.com

This baking mix is flavored with powder created from blemished carrots rescued from farms.

Carrot Cake & Cupcakes Mix, $13, bakemehealthy.co

Restaurants and university cafeterias have been using a groundbreaking flour made from both wheat and stalks—and the company behind it, Supplant, is turning the flour into a new line of pasta, debuting this spring.

Starting at $6.75 for 16 ounces, supplant.com for buying info

Pickle ends have found their calling: Daily Crunch sources them from a fermented food company and pulverizes them into a paste to flavor this nut snack.

Dill Pickle Sprouted Almonds and Pepitas, $22 for three 4-ounce bags, dailycrunchsnacks.com

Every 10 pounds of milk can produce one pound of cheese—and lots of leftover whey. Wheyward Spirit distills the whey into a whiskey-like spirit that has notes of vanilla and warm spice.

Wheyskey, $70 for 750 ml., wheywardspirit.com