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Declaring food independence

Over at MNN, we’re pushing a campaign spearheaded by Kitchen Garden International, the same organization that asked for the WHO Garden (White House Organic Garden – and it did happen!). The campaign is called Food Independence Day. What’s it all about? Basically they are asking all of us to declare food independence by making our [ READ MORE ]

Someone to root for

Is your favorite baseball team letting you down this early in the season already? Do you need someone really worth rooting for? How about rooting for Nathan Winters as he starts his “adventurous, real time and interactive bike ride across America dedicated to raising awareness for land and nature conservation starting May 10th in Maine.” [ READ MORE ]

10 reasons to buy local food

Today we were scheduled to have a very charming interview with an 8 year old environmentalist (no, it’s not one of my boys), but e-mails went awry, and we’re going to have to wait till next week to hear from her. Instead of scrambling and pulling something out of the air, I’m going to point [ READ MORE ]

Green Term of the Week: Farm to Table

Whenever I go to a major city, I always try to find a farm to table (also called a farm to fork) restaurant to eat at. Back in November, my husband and I visited Founding Farmers in Washington DC, and we had one of the best breakfasts out we’ve ever had (see picture at left). [ READ MORE ]

Make Sure There’s Some Local Harvest on Your Thanksgiving Table

Anyone who has been through third grade can tell you that what the pilgrims were celebrating at the first Thanksgiving was the harvest. Those construction paper cornucopias that every 8 year old creates don’t have green bean casseroles or sweet potato casseroles (YUM!) coming out of them. They have things like gourds and hard tri-color [ READ MORE ]

Green Term of the Week – Food Miles

I’ve mentioned food miles on a few post before, but I’ve never had a full discussion about them. The term food miles refers to how far a food has to travel from where it is grown or raised to get on your plate.  I first learned about food miles when I read Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal, [ READ MORE ]

Q & A: If You’re Only Going to Buy a Little Organic Food, Which Should You Buy?

I got a question on Wednesday’s post about organic milk, and I thought this would be a good post. So instead of just answering it in the comments, I thought I’d start doing Q & A’s from time to time when a question in the comments section lends itself to an entire post.  Q: OK, [ READ MORE ]

Jersey Fresh Canned Tomatoes

I don’t know if the rest of the country views Jersey Tomatoes the way we view them here in New Jersey. In my state, if you’ve got a vegetable garden, you grow tomatoes. It’s what New Jersey soil was made for, or so we’re raised to believe here in the garden state. I grew up [ READ MORE ]

Stale Coffee and the Choices we Make

Good morning. I woke up this morning to cold coffee. Somehow instead of the coffee maker starting it at 6am, it brewed many hours ago. Our machine shuts off its warmer after two hours so I have no idea when it was actually fresh. In my efforts not to waste food (or coffee beans and [ READ MORE ]

Buying Local at the Peak of the Season Saves Money

Green Saves Green Day 7 I went to a local farm stand today because I missed the farmer’s market on Saturday. I got really fabulous apples for 99 cents a pound. That’s an awesome price. The price was so reasonable because it’s the peak of the season for apples. When fresh fruits and vegetables are [ READ MORE ]

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