Articles tagged “Family Farms”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

Making the Most of Your Organic Farm Visit By Elizabeth Seward IN Travel & Outdoors Apr 2 2009 In his post yesterday, Brian Merchant talks about the importance of visiting an organic farm for organic food education.What's green about driving out to an organic farm only to find that it's pouring rain, creating mud every which way, and you've only got on flip flops and a sundress and your guide doesn't feel... + READ MORE

Consider Agrotourism for your Next Vacation By Josh Peterson IN Travel & Outdoors Apr 1 2009 There is a new form of sustainable travel called agrotourism. The traveler is encouraged to experience life, agricultural life, firsthand. The vacationers work side-by-side with local farmers in the fields or as fishermen. It gives the agro-pilgrim an insight into how a sustainable community works. + READ MORE

How Do I Find a Community Supported Agriculture Farm? By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Mar 16 2009 Isn't awareness amazing? Suddenly, we discover a whole new world right under our own noses: we buy a Volvo and suddenly, it seems, our town is full of them or, for us mothers, when we are pregnant, we suddenly see pregnant women everywhere. When something is important and relevant to us, we take notice. + READ MORE

Got Oil-Contaminated Soil Nearby? Bring in the Chicken Poop By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Mar 16 2009 It's a sad truth that there are many places, even in residential neighborhoods, that have soil that's contaminated with crude oil. Exposure to soil contaminated with crude oil can cause a host of unfortunate health effects. Good thing there's a sustainable solution to the oily problem. And it's chicken feces. + READ MORE

What is Sustainable? By Nicole Willner IN Food & Health Feb 5 2009 At its core sustainable farming is a philosophy not a method that, simply-put, achieves three main goals: environmental stewardship, farm profitability, and social and economic equity. While you may not see a uniform "sustainable" label like you do with the USDA organic stamp, several food labels such as the "Rainforest Alliance" and "Food Alliance" reflect the sustainable philosophy. + READ MORE

Guide to Understanding Food Labels: Organic? Conventional? Sustainable? What's it all Mean? By Nicole Willner IN Food & Health Feb 5 2009 Sustainable, local, industrial, organic, bio-dynamic, natural, conventional...wow, the list of righteous food labeling goes on. Believe me, I genuinely care about these idiosyncrasies, but food shopping has become incredibly daunting lately, not to mention uncomfortable at times—I received sneers upon asking a local farmers market purveyor whether chemical pesticides are used to grow his farm's produce. "In moderation," he quickly responded without making much eye contact. + READ MORE

Meet Lynda Fassa: Author, Green Mom, and Planet Green's Babies and Families Expert By Heather Sperling IN Home & Garden Feb 4 2009 Lynda Fassa is one green mama. In the past two years, this mother of three (who moonlights as Planet Green's babies and families expert) has put out two guides to raising children the organic way: first Green Babies, Sage Moms, and now Green Kids, Sage Families. + READ MORE

Inventing New Uses for Coconut Shells (Baylor University) By Eric Leech IN Tech & Transport Nov 13 2008 Today we are going to look at a project that is being led by some of the students at Baylor University. Who could have thought that so many great things could come out of a coconut? Most of us have probably never come to expect too much out of coconuts besides tropical drinks, dessert toppings, and killer sling shot ammunition + READ MORE

Educate Kids With Local Green Adventures By Sara Novak IN Travel & Outdoors Oct 22 2008 Sometimes entertaining the kids at home just isn't working. Keeping the kids entertained means they're much easier to deal with and nap time doesn't become a dramatic mess. But picking educational activities is so important. Why not show your kids the important role that Mother Nature plays in their daily lives? Here are some awesome ideas for CHEAP green field trips. + READ MORE

Greening the Neighbourhood By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Apr 21 2008 I held a large family dinner last Saturday so I did a lot of shopping during the week and I had the opportunity to make a few observations about the greening of my neighborhood... + READ MORE

Join a Community-Supported Agriculture Co-op By Collin Dunn IN Food & Health Apr 16 2008 Kelly does a great job of showing us great examples of eating green, but where do you turn to get the ingredients to follow her lead?Now that spring is here, local family farms are gearing up for a summer of growing fabulous, fresh foods, and you can enjoy a share of their harvests for yourself by joining up with a... + READ MORE

Build a Green Library: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Jan 30 2008 This is the latest post in a series about recommended reading, for building a green library in your home. Ultimately, the book's most sentient takeaway is this: eating local (or any particular way of eating, for that matter) is not about self-denial while marking the days on a calendar until you can have a Big Mac;... + READ MORE

Watch The Meatrix By Lloyd Alter IN Food & Health Nov 16 2007 If you haven't bought that turkey or ham yet, you might want to watch The Meatrix, a brilliant animated takeoff of The Matrix movies that describes the evils of factory farming, without turning the stomach. In the first, Leo, the pig, happy in his lovely little family farm pen, is greeted by Moophius, a deep-voiced... + READ MORE

Make Your Own Biodiesel By Collin Dunn IN Tech & Transport Nov 5 2007 Usually derived from vegetable oils-soy is very popular these days, but animal fats can also be used-biodiesel is made through a chemical process called transesterification which essentially splits the oil into two parts: alkyl esters and glycerine; the esters are the fuel, while the leftover glycerine is often used to... + READ MORE