Recent Posts Tagged With 'food and farmers'

• TERRA MADRE DAY: SET ASIDE DECEMBER 10 FOR LOCAL FOOD

  Posted on Tuesday December 8th, 2009 at 10:13 in news, sustainable agriculture, Simple living, slow food, local food, food and farmers, ark of taste, slow life, terra madre, endangered food

    m o r e (serving up local) Leave it to Slow Food to organize a day for getting together and enjoying local foods together, with relish. This Wednesday, December 10 is Terra Madre day to celebrate mother earth and her bounty. The pillars of slow ...

• THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE MICROWAVED

  Posted on Friday August 14th, 2009 at 11:24 in sustainable agriculture, farmers, books and films, food and farmers, wild fermentation, food inc., food movement, the revolution will not be microwaved

  m o r e (real food revolution)With Food Inc. out in full force, food is on the brain. And it makes perfect sense. Food is a logical place for people to enter into the simple, slow, green life. After all, most of us eat at least three squares a day wi...

• VEGGIE TRADER

  Posted on Wednesday July 29th, 2009 at 12:12 in Services, Simple living, sustainable food, local produce, food and farmers, lemon tree, veggie trader, neighbor trading site

  m o r e (sharing the bounty)There is a heavy-laden lemon tree in the backyard area of my apartment building (where very few roam). Last night, my husband and I ventured down there for a picnic dinner and saw enough fallen, bruised, moldy lemons to fi...

• WOOLLY POCKETS FOR YOUR PLANTS + GIVEAWAY

  Posted on Tuesday July 28th, 2009 at 11:48 in home, Green Living, Simple living, indoor plants, food and farmers, living walls, vertical gardens, small space gardening, plant containers, lim(b) projects, eco-friendly planters, woolly pocket garden company

  m o r e (growing vertical)Some people love rustic cottages with ivy winding up their walls. But we can't all live in a cottage in the woods, nor would we city folks necessarily want to. But the look and feel of green growing things climbing around us...

• ZHENA'S GYPSY TEA + DISCOUNT

  Posted on Wednesday July 22nd, 2009 at 11:50 in health, home, food and farmers, organic tea, zhena's gypsy tea, fair trade tea, eco-friendly tea, sense of peace tea, sustainable tea, tea discount

  Now until the end of August, get 10% off any tea at Zhena's Gypsy Tea online with this special code for lim(b) readers: zgtoffer!m o r e (organic, fair trade in your cup o tea)I confess I normally buy tea in bulk when I can, but I was so drawn to Zhe...

• MAKE YOUR OWN FANCY WATER

  Posted on Friday July 10th, 2009 at 10:23 in home, drink recipes, Simple living, summer drinks, cucumber water, food and farmers, diy flavored water, fancy water, make your own fancy water, naturally flavored water, summer green drinks

  m o r e (natural cool)When the weather gets warm, I start thinking about cucumber water and peppermint tea, hydrating treats that aren't infused with anything but cooling, well, vegetables/herbs of all things.So I loved Budget Ecoist's roundup up DIY...

• GREEN GARDENS GONE VERTICAL

  Posted on Tuesday July 7th, 2009 at 12:30 in home, container gardening, Green Living, Simple living, environmental action, food and farmers, living walls, vertical gardens, small space gardening, easy green living walls, elt gardens, elt walls

  m o r e (green-thumbed ingenuity) Vertical gardens seem to be all the buzz at the moment. And for good reason. Attributed to Patrick Blanc, stand up gardens are stand out amazing.They are exquisitely beautiful, add a feeling of being in the lush out...

• NO MORE PLASTIC PICNICS

  Posted on Tuesday June 30th, 2009 at 11:46 in home, Green Living, zero waste, bagasse, food and farmers, green fourth of july, compostable dishes, eco-friendly disposables, no waste picnic

  m o r e (mindful merrymaking)In a perfect world, we would have zero waste picnics and July 4th barbecues. In a perfect world, we would all bring our own reusable plates and bowls and utensils. And while I advocate bringing reusable napkins no matter ...

• CALLING ALL GREEN IPHONE APPS

  Posted on Friday June 26th, 2009 at 11:26 in Services, Green Living, iphone apps, food and farmers, locavore, seasonal vegetables, eco iphone, find recycling centers, irecycle, locavore app

  m o r e (green phone tools)If you're lucky enough to have an iphone, now you're really in luck.The new Locavore app [via MNN] has links to local food options in your area: what foods are currently in season, what'll soon be in season, where to find t...

• FOOD INC. AND MORE RESOURCES FOR YOUR TABLE

  Posted on Tuesday June 23rd, 2009 at 12:05 in sustainable agriculture, factory farms, Green Living, monsanto, environmental action, books and films, food and farmers, environmental documentary, green movie, environmental living, humane meat, righteous porkchop

  m o r e (fair fine food)My plead: See it, see it, see it!See Food Inc. (in a theater now or if it's not playing near you, on DVD later) for a perfect primer on the true face of food in our country.See it to go behind the scenes of factory farms and c...

• EAT WILD: SUSTAINABLE MEAT AND DAIRY DIRECTORY

  Posted on Friday June 12th, 2009 at 11:00 in Green Living, organic farming, grass fed beef, food and farmers, sustainable meat, pasture raised beef

  m o r e (mindful meat and dairy)I've talked a bunch of times here about meat's effect on the environment. The good news for meat eaters is that yes, cutting back is the best thing to do. But you don't have to cut it out altogether. It turns out that ...

• CHICKEN TRACKER

  Posted on Thursday May 21st, 2009 at 11:03 in Green Living, sustainable food, food and farmers, sustainable meat, chicken tracker, farm verification, murray's chicken

  m o r e (knowing where dinner comes from)I find the Chicken Tracker tool from Murray's Chicken fascinating [via Eat Me Daily].Each chicken has a special code that you can track at home on your computer. While dinner is roasting in the oven, you can s...

• GROUNDS TO GARDEN: CREATIVE REUSE

  Posted on Sunday May 17th, 2009 at 15:04 in home, recycling, Green Living, reuse, environmental action, food and farmers, reusing coffee grounds

  m o r e (looking at trash and seeing possibilities)Wanted to share Earth 911's recent post on five ways to repurpose household trash.Some are obvious, others are absolutely inspired. I especially like the ideas on repurposing used coffee grounds, cul...

• LIM(B) PROJECT #14: HEALTHY, ENERGY-EFFICIENT, LONG-LASTING COOKWARE

  Posted on Tuesday May 12th, 2009 at 12:17 in health, home, Green Living, teflon, food and farmers, healthy cookware, energy efficient cooking, green kitchen, efficient kitchen, lim(b) projects, healthy pans

  m o r e (healthy home cooking)By now we've all heard about the dangers of Teflon pans, I hope (the emissions of which are set to be reduced by 95% next year). That non-stick one time wonder product can emit little bits of plastic into cooked food and...

• TOO FEW FISH IN THE SEA

  Posted on Monday May 11th, 2009 at 12:27 in overfishing, fish farms, environmental action, marine stewardship council, food and farmers, bycatch, end of the line, sushi guide, seafood watch, sea shepherds, sustainable fish, seafood widget

  m o r e (ocean protection)Overfishing really got on my radar when I watched Sharkwater last year and through it, was introduced to the amazing modern-day pirates protecting our oceans at the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.Now, it's becoming more m...

• SWINE FLU/ FACTORY FARM CONNECTION

  Posted on Thursday April 30th, 2009 at 16:52 in news, organic consumers association, food and farmers, swine flu, swine flu source, swine flu factory farm, swine flu mexico pig farm

  m o r e (changing factory farms)I'm not one to ring the alarm bells over swine flu, but it appears to be important to be vigilant about hand washing and staying home if one's sick and it's a true shame that people who've taken ill with it have passed...

• LIM(B) PROJECT #12: ZERO WASTE PICNICS

  Posted on Thursday April 16th, 2009 at 12:12 in Reusable bags, Green Living, zero waste, green living tips, environmental action, food and farmers, bags and bottles, reusable bottles, lim(b) projects, eating on the street, eco-friendly lunch containers, sustainable to go food

  m o r e (sustainable eats on the streets)Never having been a girl scout, I am still somehow ever prepared with a picnic. If you're eating a homemade lunch on the go, you can make it zero waste, no plastic, no baggies, no disposables. Zero. In my ...

• KALLARI CHOCOLATE: FRESH AT FARM AND FACTORY

  Posted on Thursday April 9th, 2009 at 12:15 in sustainable agriculture, fair trade, Green Living, organic chocolate, sustainable food, food and farmers, sustainable chocolate, fair trade chocolate, good food kcrw, kallari chocolate, whole foods chocolate

  m o r e (fresh, farmer-empowered chocolate)I just heard about Kallari Chocolate on Good Food. I was enthralled by the story of a group of cocoa growers who are actually manufacturing their own chocolate instead of shipping the beans off to far, far a...

• FOR THE LOVE OF BEES

  Posted on Tuesday April 7th, 2009 at 12:35 in home, colony collapse disorder, food and farmers, bee disease, bee plants, urban beekeeping, urban bees, attract bees, bee condo, bee-friendly gardens, bees pollinate

  m o r e (buzzing gardens)You've probably figured out that I'm bee obsessed. And while I'm no keeper--my apartment prevents me from even a condo for their shelter, I'm a reader and writer and observer of bees.About to dig into the beautifully designed...

• LIM(B) PROJECT #11: HOMEMADE TORTILLAS

  Posted on Friday April 3rd, 2009 at 11:49 in Tortillas, food and farmers, whole wheat tortillas, homemade tortillas, tortilla recipe, lim(b) projects

  m o r e (diy kitchen)I never quite got around to baking my own bread, but it turns out I love tortillas anyway as they're lighter and certainly less complicated (kudos to all you bread bakers). By making homemade you use very few ingredients (and the...

• NATURALLY EASY INSECTICIDAL SOAP

  Posted on Tuesday March 31st, 2009 at 12:16 in home, natural pest control, food and farmers, diy pest control, dr. bronner's, diy garden, natural pesticide, homemade pesticide, natural insecticide spray

  m o r e (working with nature)I've heard about this homemade, natural "pesticide" recipe for years. I even once printed it on cards to hand out at environmental awareness fairs on the recommendation of a certified arborist I once worked with. But I'd ...

• SWEET!

  Posted on Friday March 27th, 2009 at 12:43 in natural sweeteners, books and films, food and farmers, natural sweetener cookbook, sweet! from agave to turbinado

  m o r e (natural sweets)Love sweets? Hate sugar? Lovingly referred to by my friend C as the white death, sugar is not so nice. Other, natural sweeteners are easy on the blood sugar and my muffin staple ingredient, agave, is actually sweeter than sug...

• EAST COAST GREENS

  Posted on Friday March 27th, 2009 at 12:34 in eating local, food and farmers, locally known, maine farm, east coast farm, local produce maine

  m o r e (locally grown)If you're an East Coaster who wants to eat your greens but doesn't want them trucked from California's Salinas Valley, look no further than Locally Known. It's more than a farm, it's a whole network of farmers doing things righ...

• MEATLESS MONDAYS

  Posted on Monday March 23rd, 2009 at 12:18 in health, meatless monday, vegetarian meals, food and farmers, sustainable meat, beef carbon emissions, farm animals global warming, less meat consumption, red meat consumption, red meat global warming

  m o r e (mindful meat)For those of us who are meat eaters, for whatever reason, we can still make a difference for farm animals and the environment by eating it mindfully. I still eat poultry and turkey and occasional pork because I had some ill phys...

• GREEN POTS FOR YOUR GREEN GARDEN

  Posted on Tuesday March 17th, 2009 at 12:04 in home, container gardening, sustainable gardening, food and farmers, eco-friendly gardening, small space gardening, green pots, earthbox, biodegradable pots, coconut bots, coir pots, eco-friendly pots

  m o r e (sustainable pots for sustaining plants)Since you're probably wearing green today, you may also be thinking about spring, about planting, about developing your year-round green thumb.I know that spring is making an appearance in my neighborho...

• A WORLD OF GRACE

  Posted on Thursday March 5th, 2009 at 11:40 in art, news, food and farmers, nikki mcclure, world prayers, a world of grace, cultural prayers, mealtime prayers

  m o r e (everybody invited to the table)It's hard not to like Nikki McClure, the earthy, activist papercut artist from Olympia. And it's hard not to like her newest poster design, "A World of Grace," featuring her stark but lovely papercut designs t...

• LIM(B) PROJECT #9: BUYING IN BULK

  Posted on Monday February 23rd, 2009 at 12:03 in home, organic foods, whole grains, eating healthy, environmental action, buying in bulk, food and farmers, eco-friendly shopping, lim(b) projects, bulk organics, organic almonds

  l e s s (plastic packaged food)Since a third of a typical household wastestream is not the stuff it buys, but the packaging and plastic that stuff is wrapped in, buying in bulk is a step toward less waste, more simplicity, and even more savings. Tha...

• BREW YOUR OWN BEANS

  Posted on Wednesday February 18th, 2009 at 11:38 in organic coffee, food and farmers, stainless steel mug, i'm not a paper cup, sigg thermos, good earth coffee, bring your own mug, thermos nissan, to go mug

  m o r e (home brew)I'm not a coffee drinker myself, but I'm probably in the minority. (As I've said, I'm a tea drinking fool though.)  But if you are partial to the bean, by going organic and Fair Trade, you're choosing a brew that does the earth so...

• LIM(B) PROJECT #7: TEA TIME

  Posted on Tuesday February 10th, 2009 at 11:14 in health, home, tea time, healthy tea, tea pot, drinking tea, food and farmers, tea rituals

  m o r e (time for tea)I'll admit it: I am a tea drinking fool. I find that brewing and sipping tea helps me slow down and savor the moment and is an especially good companion for reading and computer work (both activities being the way I spend a bul...

• FAIR TRADE FOR V-DAY

  Posted on Monday February 9th, 2009 at 12:27 in fair trade, Green Living, organic chocolate, food and farmers, fair trade chocolate, endangered species chocolate, divine chocolate, green valentines's day, theo's jane goodall

  m o r e (fair)If chocolate and flowers are in your or your loved one's future, consider buying Fair Trade varieties.  They're sweeter all around.Why does it matter? Because if we all bought treats and blossoms with the F.T. stamp, we'd be saying we ...