Guest Post by Bonnie Grove It started on a Saturday, or maybe it was Thursday. I recall it was out of a desire to lose weight. Actually, I wanted to save the world by buying only Fair Trade products. What I meant to do was buy local—support my local economy. Oh, organic. Yes. That’s how…
Being a locavore isn’t the only way to be ‘green,’ but it IS one of the few ways that you can see a benefit to your own life and health while improving the planet. Eating local seasonal food is practical and measurable. But what about the more traditional environmental approach of the 3 Rs: Reduce,…
Guest post by Jennifer Slattery Sweat stings Bertina’s eyes as she toils beneath the hot El Salvadoran sun. The rough bags, loaded with coffee beans, weigh heavy on her sixty pound frame. The muscles in her back and shoulders cramp. She looks first to her parents, then to her brothers and sisters, one of 100…
Who home-cans beans, anyway? Black beans, kidney beans, garbanzo beans, pinto beans. Can’t you just buy those at the store in tin cans for pretty cheap? Um, yep. You can. And still a crazy few persist in cooking up beans from dried, then processing them for future use. At home. Okay, I might be the…
For the last few months I’ve been posting recipes most Mondays. With the exception of around Christmas time, most of my recipes have been the kind that take advantage of seasonal food. It occurs to me that I haven’t really talked about that much and, in fact, it may not have been the slightest bit…
It takes a community to support farms. What’s the use of farmers growing grains, meats, fruits, and vegetables if they have no viable place to sell these products? Many people give lip-service to the concept of supporting their local farmers, but farmers need more than a few random believers. We need communities. In this article,…