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Waste Not Food Not

My mom always saved her coffee grounds and eggshells. She would put them in a flowerpot until she finally got around to putting them in her flowerbeds. Her sunflowers and tomatoes were always healthy and beautiful. My mom knew about the strong nutrients in food scraps, but I always took it as a farmer’s trick. It [...]

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NAFTA Completion

Were you celebrating the completion of NAFTA, North American Free Trade Agreement, on January 1st of this year?  I definitely wasn’t. I have heard about NAFTA here and there but have not known the details and therefore didn’t even know about the completion of the 14 year phase-in process.  Reading in Yes Magazine, I found [...]

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A Fresh Idea on Frozen Food

In the fall of 2007, Contessa Premium Foods opened the first environmentally responsible, LEED-certified frozen food manufacturing plant in world. Known as “Green Cuisine,” the plant is carbon neutral. So, what is LEED? Standing for, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, it is a third-party certification program, which regulates design, construction and operation of green buildings. [...]

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Going Vegetarian Isn’t The Whole Story

While visiting all of my favorite green haunts on the web today, I took an interesting quiz to measure my carbon emissions. Created by the Global Footprint Network, ecofoot  gives you a cute little avatar and asks a series of questions to determine how much of an impact you make on the environment. I was surprised [...]

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Pigs, Landmines and Truffles

Landmines are often considered the worst and most widespread of all soil pollutants. They prevent people from cultivating land and moving from place to place; they kill and maim, leaving thousands disabled. Clearing minefields is a national priority for many African and Eastern countries, which have been plagued by war at some stage — [...]

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Asian Carp: If We Can’t Beat ‘Em, We Better Eat ‘Em–and fast!

Originally introduced in the early 1970’s by southerners to control algae blooms in catfish farms, bighead asian carp were washed into the Mississippi River after major flooding in the region starting in the 1980’s. These ravenous fish have fought their way upstream ever since, causing much concern to a plethora of ecosystems along the way. [...]

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