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A Few Environmentally-Friendly Tips For The Big Game

February 3, 2012

Image by Triple Tri / Creative Commons The big game is almost here and if you are any kind of football fan you’ve probably already figured out who you are watching the game with, where you are going to watch … Continue reading →

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Green Game Plan For Your Super Bowl Party

January 29, 2012

As a huge Patriots fan, I’m so psyched for Superbowl XLVI and it is even better because the Patriots are playing the Giants, my in-laws’ team to whom the Patriots lost to in Superbowl XLII.

Earlier this week, the NFL and the Indianapolis Hosts too…

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Edible Weeds: 7 Recipes for Stinging Nettle (that aren’t Soup or Tea)

January 25, 2012

Eating stinging nettles – doesn’t that hurt? No, and furthermore, this “weed” is incredibly versatile… you can use it for traditional soups and tea, or recipes from a wide variety of culinary traditions.
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  1. Vegan Recipes Monday at The Higher Pie
  3. How to Make Your Own Eco-Friendly Cleaning Products (with recipes)
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Aflatoxin: A Toxic Potential of Climate Change

January 24, 2012

One of the most toxic and carcinogenic threats in the human food supply is a natural chemical called “aflatoxin”; the chance that it will contaminate a crop is enhanced by drought and/or insect damage – both conditions expected to be more common with the onset of climate change.
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  1. Food Supply Worries of an Agricultural Scientist Part 4: Aflatoxin
  2. Concern and Encouragement In The News About Climate Change and Food
  3. Should “Charismatic Megafauna” be the “Face” of Climate Change
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Corporations Can Legally Dump Toxic Waste in Fertilizers

January 12, 2012

Why would anyone choose organic gardening? Besides being a lot healthier, it is a whole lot cheaper than the alternative. Unfortunately there are a handful of very powerful multi national corporations that don’t want you to know that and they have politicians on both sides in their pocket. Now why is that so important to them? Their goal is to keep you ignorant and enslaved to having to repurchase their seeds, fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides. In spite of the fact that it is destroying our environment, altering our DNA and propagating and even creating new disease.

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Bumper 2011 Grain Harvest Fails to Rebuild Global Stocks

January 11, 2012

2011′s grain harvest was massive: the largest ever. Given the number of lean years prior to it, though, the grain produced will not replenish global stocks… and, thus, stabilize food prices.
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  1. Rising Meat Consumption Takes Big Bite out of Grain Harvest
  2. Iowa Eclipses Canada in Grain Production, Challenges China in Soybean Production
  3. Growing Water Deficit Threatening Grain Harvests
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Simple Reasons to Start a Vegetable Garden

January 10, 2012

Image by SteveR / Creative Commons We are very fortunate to live in a time where we have nearly instant access to food of all kinds. That is why when I talk about starting a vegetable garden and growing your … Continue reading →

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Simple Reasons to Start a Vegetable Garden

January 10, 2012

  Image by SteveR / Creative Commons We are very fortunate to live in a time where we have nearly instant access to food of all kinds. That is why when I talk about starting a vegetable garden and growing … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Mindful Carnivore: A Vegetarian’s Hunt for Sustenance by Tovar Cerulli

January 10, 2012

Tovar Cerulli is less famous as a former vegan then, say, Natalie Portman, but he is more interesting because now he is a vocal hunter and proponent of ethical hunting. He recounts this personal journey from veganism to hunting and omnivorism in his forthcoming book The Mindful Carnivore: A Vegetarian’s Hunt for Sustenance.
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  1. Book Review: Hunting: In Search of the Wild Life, Edited by Nathan Kowalsky
  2. Book Review: A Hunter’s Confession, by David Carpenter
  3. Book Review: Caribou and the North: A Shared Future by Monte Hummel and Justina C. Ray
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How to Keep from Wasting Holiday Food: Love Food Hate Waste

December 28, 2011

Even the best parts of the leftover holiday feast get old after a few days. British site Love Food Hate Waste collects a wealth of information on how to “reuse” leftovers… or how to avoid them in the first place.
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  1. Dive! Film Explores Dumpster Diving and Food Waste
  2. The Shocking Statistics of Food Waste (and How to Keep Your Contribution to the Problem at a Minimum)
  3. Seattle Attacks Food Waste
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