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After having every fruit and vegetable imaginable at your local grocery, do you think you could or even would shop at a market that only offered fruits and vegetables that were in season? What if that was the only available option? What if you could make your diet more secure and sustainable by eating seasonally, opting Read More >>
I’ve done the couponing thing. I’ve done the only-shop-at-Costco thing. I’ve done the no spend thing. I’ve done the live-off-an-emergency-food-supply thing. I’ve done {and am still striving for} the $100 a month thing. So what’s my next challenge? {If you’ve been a follower for any length of time, you know they’ll be a new challenge!} Read More >>
Today was a great day in the quest for local food. I found a local organic farm about 25 miles from the house. Today we picked up 2 dozen organic eggs (we even got a peek at the happy cage free chickens), lettuce greens and a few beets for dinner. I also picked up a Read More >>
I just finished reading a book called Plenty: Eating Locally on the 100-Mile Diet. I’ve been thinking about the whole eating local thing since I read Barbara Kingslover’s book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. I had no idea the average food miles (food from the field to the table) was 1,500 miles. I guess it hit Read More >>
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