Can I go a day without corn? Well, sure. I did it yesterday—at least I think I did—and it wasn’t even hard. Not sure I’d want to do it for an extended period of time, however, as I’ll explain in a minute. But first, you may wonder why I did it in the first place. […]
Entries Tagged as 'Environment'
Corn free, as free as the grass grows
April 18th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Environment, Food in the news, Healthy eating
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Grocery shopping grows complicated
February 18th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Environment, Food selection
Have you found that grocery shopping is trickier than it used to be? Sure is for me. I say that as someone who does not mind grocery shopping, at least as long as I can avoid it with the throngs on Saturdays and the geriatric set on Thursdays. (That’s the day after the grocery ads […]
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Soup uses the whole chicken
October 14th, 2007 · Comments Off on Soup uses the whole chicken · Environment, Food preparation, Food selection, Healthy eating, local food, recipes
I splurged on the Kaw Valley Farm Tour recently and bought three whole, pasture-raised chickens. (Various studies report pastured chickens are better for the environment and better for people eating them (go to page 13 of the report on that link to find the health benefit information). Although these chickens costs less than others I’ve […]
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Food, environment activities plentiful
October 4th, 2007 · Comments Off on Food, environment activities plentiful · Environment, local food
We’re on fall activity overload this month in Lawrence, Kansas, and a few events this weekend and next have to do with food and the environment. Besides the usual Saturday morning Lawrence Farmers Market, check out these events : The 2007 Kaw Valley Farm Tour on Saturday and Sunday, offering visitors (for $10 a carload) […]
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Site resolves the safe-fish quandry
August 30th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Environment, Food preparation, Food selection, local food
Oceans Alive website helps identify best fish to eat and redeems my Salade Nicoise by pointing me to healthier and sustainably caught yellowfin tuna.
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‘Go Organic!’ crowd bodes well for organic future
August 26th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Environment, Healthy eating, local food
The most interesting thing at the “Go Organic!” movie night last week was in the hall, not on the screen. Some 200-300 people (by my estimate) paid $5 to see movies about organic food production and sample the goods supplied by Local Burger last Thursday, August 23, 2007, at Liberty Hall, the old opera house […]
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