Blogs1 - 10 of 37 recent posts for tag:"food miles"
08
Feb
2012
New menu items created for Mardi Gras celebration – Daily News

4 days ago by Jane Long

Published February 8, 2012 GALVESTON — Mardi Gras revels, from floats to costumes to behavior, rarely have been a time for subtlety. Bright colors and bold strokes predominate, even in Mardi Gras menus. One popular Galveston Mardi Gras event is managing this year to balance its festive approach with ...

Yummy Meal Plans - yummymealplans.com/blog · Rank: 119,166

07
Feb
2012
Almost Vegetarian?

5 days ago by Gavin Webber

Okay, I know there is no such thing as an 'almost vegetarian'. That is a bit like saying just a little bit carnivorous, or half an omnivore! So this post is an update for the goal I set at the start of the year, "Reduce our meat intake by 80%". Well one thing for sure, eating mostly a vegetarian die ...

The Greening of Gavin - greeningofgavin.com · Rank: 101,208 · 55 references

08
Jan
2012
The Best of All Possible Worlds

34 days ago by Deborah

Video De-convenience

Cheers! Happy New Year, Everyone! Relax. No resolution suggestions will be shared here. I am a Resolution Free Zone. I just don’t make them. And I’ve come to accept that I cannot convert everyone to my way of thinking. Make your New Year resolutions. And have fun. And if you still have some inspirat ...

Portage - portagecoach.com/wp · 10 references

05
Jan
2012
The Pleasure of Local Fruits in Winter

37 days ago by The Nature Conservancy

By Sarene Marshall, The Nature Conservancy A friend once observed about me that I “like holidays just a little bit more than the average person.” What he noticed was actually a symptom of a deeper condition I think of as “seasonally ecstatic disorder.” While some people might get frustrated with the ...

Care2 Healthy Living - care2.com/greenliving

2012 AGM a great year ahead………..

38 days ago by Eira

Glamorgan WFU invite you to come along and join them for their 2012 AGM: Wednesday 7.30pm at Heol Y Cyw Rugby Club Directions to Rugby Club here The AGM will be followed by a business meeting to arrange the programme for the year please bring along suggestions & ideas for interesting events. To conf ...

Women, Farming & Action - glamorganfarmers.wordpress.com

30
Dec
2011
Food Waste

44 days ago by Gavin Webber

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If you are like me, you hate to waste food. Whether you grow it yourself or buy it from the farmers market or at a pinch the supermarket, so much energy and water goes into growing our food that it is almost a crime to waste it. All those food miles consumed just so we can throw it away into landfil ...

The Greening of Gavin - greeningofgavin.com · Rank: 101,208 · 55 references

11
Dec
2011
Local butter famine

62 days ago by Michael

It's a tragic comedy when costly actions designed to help a situation only make it worse. Hat tip to Mike Munger for this most recent example, Norway's clunky tariffs combined with a new butter-heavy fad diet and lower milk production to create a massive butter shortage. Localists talk about "food s ...

Young, Hip and ... - younghipandconservative.com · Rank: 176,368 · 6 references

09
Dec
2011
Mediterranean Understory & *Guild Plants for Food Forests – Part 1

64 days ago by Cerena Childress

This is a great time to install native plants and fruit trees, so see if any of this info affects where and how you place them. A food forest can be anchored by a south opening ‘U’ shaped planting of trees that captures heat for growing veggies in its center area. It can start with a single tree. Re ...

Green Bean Connection - greenbeanconnection.wordpress.com

02
Dec
2011
Freight Farms Allow Anyone to Grow Food Anywhere in Recycled Shipping Containers

71 days ago by Tafline Laylin

The Boston-based founders of Freight Farms have found an urban farming solution that can work anywhere and for just about anyone. These amazing recycled shipping containers are outfitted with climate and system controls that allow even the most inexperienced person to grow virtually any kind of prod ...

Inhabitat - Green Design ... - inhabitat.com · Rank: 111 · 844 references

26
Nov
2011
Proper feeding for infants

78 days ago by global

In the food miles of the flavor components are common and important because it is easy to find food, providing more energy, easily digestible and safe for children. The growth of the child in the first year the highest for any stage of life. Thus the energy needed for child development has increased ...

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