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Britain’s Allotment Culture: When Residents Demand Land, They Get It (Video)

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: The Journey TV From this awesome tour of a permaculture allotment , to residents battling to keep their gardens , Britain’s ‘allotment’ culture has featured regularly on TreeHugger. And not without good reason. These small plots of land, rented from local government for an affordable fee, are visible in almost every town and city across the country,… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Labeling Food Miles Catches on in Japan: Does It Help?

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: The Association to Preserve the Earth, via Japan for Sustainability Harris Teeter may be stretching the concept of local food more than most, and industrial agriculture may be making efforts to go green , but with the 100 Mile Diet still going strong as a cultural phenomenon, the idea of labeling… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Loblaws’ Grown Close to Home Foods…Aren’t

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Images by B. Alter: Would you rather shop here… Way back in 2007, TreeHugger Lloyd went to Loblaws, Canada’s largest supermarket chain, looking for fresh local food in July and he found: cherries. It’s three years later and things have changed–sort of. Now they have a little booth at the front of the store called “Grown Close to Home” and they are selling Ontario peaches and potatoes and cucumbers. But right behind it they have their cherries from the USA and pineapple from Costa Rica. That’s a rather broad definition of local. We aren’t the only ones noticing this… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Salmonella, What it Actually is and How You Can Avoid Getting Sick

Posted on August 21, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

photo: Sara Novak You’ve likely heard about the latest salmonella scare . This time it revolves around eggs, 550 billion of them in all . Nearly 2,000 people in 17 states have already gotten sick as a result of the recent outbreak. Experts are saying that the outbreak is caused by rodents or tainted feed. But what exactly is salmonella and how does it get into our food, or in this instance, our eggs?… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Finding Local Foods is a Summer Treat

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image from visaltco For many, one of the joys of travel is eating: the restaurants, the markets, trying out new foods and finding new tastes. With all the interest in local and regional foods, dedicated foodies are having fun finding esoteric and unique things to eat wherever they go. One of the new trends is introducing people to wild ingredients that have been “tamed.” The Globe & Mail , Canada’s national newspaper has nosed out some weird spices and sea weeds and toppings from the Canadian wil… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Student-Designed ‘Mobile Ethnic Garden’ Brings People, Cultures Together Over Food

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photos of the “mobile ethnic garden” via Christina Cho . Compared to learning a new language or traveling to another country, digging into a plate of Chinese greens or whipping up a spicy serving of salsa may seem like a superficial shortcut to cultural understanding. But food, and the rituals surrounding it, is often so close to the heart of a people’s history and worldv… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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What’s the Secret to Enjoying a Healthy Diet? Guy Watson of Riverford Organic has the Answer (Video)

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

There’s a myth that to eat healthily we must eat boring tasteless food. But there’s fight on to persuade people that eating a balanced diet can be utterly delicious. Jamie Oliver has taken on the nutrition battle this year with his TED prize , Michael Pollan has published his entertaining

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Your Office Is Where You Are, Unless It Is A Wi-Fi Free Coffee Shop

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Downbeat Cafe, Echo Park, before the WIFI ban Some have suggested that the end of the office is nigh, and that the Coffee Shop is a good alternative if you need some social interaction and a jolt of caffeine, some shops are finding that it isn’t necessarily good business and are unplugging the WiFi. According to the LA Times, when the Downbeat Cafe turned it off, “The complaints poured in, but so did the compliments: Lots of customers appreciated a wireless cup of joe.”… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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World’s Best Vodka is Made from English Potatoes

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image from Chase Vodka Chase Vodka, from Great Britain, of all places, has been named the world’s best vodka, beating out Russia and Poland. It is made of potatoes grown in Herefordshire, a place better know for its cider. But these aren’t just any potatoes… Way back in 1992 luxury potato chips started popping up– we all know them and occasionally eat them–they are made from organic or small farm bred potatoes, they are more expensive, come in great packages and are delicious. One of the nicest was Tyrell’s

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Meet Rouge Tomate: The Restaurant with Both a Michelin Star and a Composting Room

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image via Green Space Today Rouge Tomate is an upscale, Michelin Star-winning restaurant situated in the Upper East Side of Manhattan. But what sets it apart from the countless other restaurants that fit that exact description is a genuine dedication to achieving some bright green ideals — there’s a heavy emphasis on local foods featured on the menu items, the design standards sate the Green Restaurant Association’s requirements, and, yes, they compost all biodegradable waste. Rouge Toma… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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