Shorten your Food Chain 1. Grow Food Growing your own food saves a huge amount of resources!And heck, it just tastes better when it's fresh.We sell hundreds of pepper seeds from around the world, plus over 44 of our favorite tomatoes! 2. Join a CSAIt's hard (nearly impossible) to grow ALL your own food, so join a CSA
Is this high time for you to support local foods only? Why and how should you practice locavorism? Learn more about it here!
A Jersey City chapter of Buy Fresh Buy Local will be launched today. Today, May 3, has been designated as Jersey City’s shop/eat/stay local day as a way to celebrate the launch the Jersey City chapter of Buy Fresh, Buy...
Sources for sustainable, sometimes organic, whole foods in Grand Rapids, Michigan and surrounding areas. U-pick fruits, organic produce, vegetable farms, raw milk, grassfed meat, pastured eggs, and more!
Community supported agriculture (CSA) programs allow you to eat local food in a cheaper, more convenient way than going to the farmers' market!
\"Everybody Eats tells the story of food justice in Greensboro, North Carolina-a midsized city in the southern United States. The city's residents found themselves in the middle of conversations about food insecurity and justice when they reached the top of the Food Research and Action Center's list of major cities experiencing food hardship. Greensboro's local food communities chose to confront these high rates of food insecurity by engaging neighborhood voices, mobilizing creative resources at the community level, and sustaining conversations across the local food system. Within three short years of reaching the peak of FRAC's list, Greensboro saw an 8 percent drop in its food hardship rate and moved from first to fourteenth in FRAC's list. Using eight case studies of food justice activism-from urban farms to mobile farmers markets, shared-used kitchens to food policy councils-Everybody Eats highlights the importance of communication and communicating social justice in building the kinds of infrastructure needed to create secure and just food systems\"--\nEverybody Eats tells the story of food justice in Greensboro, North Carolina--a midsize city in the southern United States. The city's residents found themselves in the middle of conversations about food insecurity and justice when they reached the top of the Food Research and Action Center's list of major cities experiencing food hardship. Greensboro's local food communities chose to confront these high rates of food insecurity by engaging neighborhood voices, mobilizing creative resources at the community level, and sustaining conversations across the local food system. Within three years of reaching the peak of FRAC's list, Greensboro saw an 8 percent drop in its food hardship rate and moved from first to fourteenth in FRAC's list. Using eight case studies of food justice activism, from urban farms to mobile farmers markets, shared kitchens to food policy councils, Everybody Eats highlights the importance of communication--and communicating social justice specifically--in building the kinds of infrastructure needed to create secure and just food systems.
Even though I am a major proponent of farmer’s markets and buying local, some people just don’t have access to those resources. If the majority of your food shopping occurs at grocery stores, check...
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It is a very uncomfortable and painful time in our world. And in this discomfort, civil unrest, virus and pause, is when the deep feelings…
A local food supply chain represents all processes involved in the movement of local foods from the farm to the consumer, including marketing, markets, distribution, aggregation, processing, packaging, purchasing, preparation, resource recovery, and waste disposal. The Supply Chain Sector links below will direct you to resources, tools and programs on each of the specific topics. Additionally, a new ...
Shorten your Food Chain 1. Grow Food Growing your own food saves a huge amount of resources!And heck, it just tastes better when it's fresh.We sell hundreds of pepper seeds from around the world, plus over 44 of our favorite tomatoes! 2. Join a CSAIt's hard (nearly impossible) to grow ALL your own food, so join a CSA
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Someone once described it to me as the "gateway drug." I can't think of a more perfect description. It certainly leads to all sorts of addictive behavior. Those of you who have read Michael Pollan's
This resource can be used as an all-encompassing unit for when your elementary students are learning about how their food choices affect the environment! Within all activities, there is a huge emphasis on food sustainability. Students will be wrapping up their learning by taking a look into the food practices within their own household. There are three different parts to this resource. The Presentation: This includes information on carbon footprints, sustainable diets, eating locally, buying seasonal foods and avoiding food waste. The Worksheet: This includes 6 questions with an answer key. The questions correspond with the presentation. ‘Food Audit’ Project and Rubric: This is an independent project and must be completed after the above two components. Students will be collecting research on food practices within their households and presenting their findings. I specialize in Health, PE and FCS, Check out my other resources below! CLICK HERE
diverse, conventional Good Better Best FRUITS & VEGETABLES GOOD BETTER BEST prioritize organic for "dirty dozen" diverse, organic, seasonal, local, self-grown whole grain products, canned beans, diverse nuts & seeds GRAINS, BEANS, NUTS, & SEEDS sourdough bread, beans in non-BPA cans, sprouted nuts
Forgotten Foods Farm, LLC CSA We would like to offer our customers the opportunity to ensure that they get their share of fresh produce each week. A CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) is a share…
Forgotten Foods Farm, LLC CSA We would like to offer our customers the opportunity to ensure that they get their share of fresh produce each week. A CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) is a share…
Use these easy and smart strategies in the kitchen and supermarket to enjoy extra cash and a healthier planet.
*****Author’s Note: The following post was published on August 26, 2018 and has not been updated since its initial publication. As this post was written as part of a bigger, older project that has …
In 2015, The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) made a goal to reduce food waste by 50% by the year 2030. This goal was recently reaffirmed by the current administration. Currently, 40% of the food supply is estimated to be wasted. The EPA Food Recovery Hierarchy, an inverted pyramid, sets priorities on how best […]
Farm-to-table dining, which involves sourcing local, organic and sustainable ingredients directly from regional farmers, has become increasingly popular in
Michael Shuman says shifting to 20 percent local food in Michigan would create benefits including as many as 42,519 jobs and $1.5 billion in new ...
If you expected a scandalous tell-all post on local agriculture, I'm sorry to disappoint. This post is just featuring the beautiful invention known as CSA, or Community Supported Agriculture. My personal experience with CSA's is pretty
As we head into an era of sustainability and a time of awareness about the importance of looking after our planet, we need to address the overwhelming issue of food waste. Food waste is a huge issue that is facing us all at home, locally and even globally. Food waste is a massive contributor to global warming, it is depleting our planet's resources and costing us money.
Bright, colourful and adorned with cute graphics, this poster will make a great companion to my 100 Mile Diet or Organic Farming products, or it could take its place in a home ec (foods) lab on its own. ...
Last summer, Dustin and I watched a documentary (Sustainable on Netflix) that motivated us to make a small, impactful change in the way we purchase food. The film touches on the many aspects of growing
Are you eager to join the local food movement, but not sure where to start? Follow these six tips.
Have you ever thought about joining a CSA? If so, check out all of the reasons why I think you should join a CSA and why I've loved it!
WWF’s dedicated food and food growing resources focuses on what can be done to produce and consume food in a sustainable way
