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Container Cafe is a View Tube on the Olympic Site

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Images by B. Alter Called the View Tube, this stunning cafe is made out of lime green recycled shipping containers. Perched on a hill overlooking the site of the London 2012 Olympics, it is a cafe, a look-out and a gallery space. It is also much more: a social enterprise, serving as a focal point for the arts, environmental classes, local artists as well as an education centre for the community…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Flip Side of Local – New Hampshire Sees Opportunity In Food Self-Sufficiency

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Blueberries. Image credit: NH Farmers Market Association. University of New Hampshire researchers have analyzed the economic impact of their State’s locally produced food system. Local food or farm market sales – known as ‘direct marketing’ – accounts for 12 percent of New Hampshire’s farm food sold, compared to just half a percent nationally. In consequence, overall economic performance of the NH farm economy is relatively poor, according to a story reported in the Concord-Monitor , and elsew… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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