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Food Hub Model Makes Local and Organic Affordable (Video)

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: Development Trusts Association I recently asked whether organics was the private school of food —nice if you can afford it, but not a realistic option for the mainstream population. Affordability is certainly an issue if local, organic and sustainable food is ever going to bust out of its current market niche. One project in the UK is seeking to make sustainable, local shopping as affordable, and as easy, as going to the supermarket. To do so, they’re cutting out the middl… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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7 Fruit Cocktails (Potentially) Good For Your Health

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo: Sara Novak Can a cocktail be good for you? In moderation, we’d like to think so. The seven drinks here are packed with vitamin-rich fruit. Plus, the easy recipes are proof you don’t have to pay top dollar for great cocktails — you can make them at home…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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World’s Smallest Hydroponic Grow Box: Twitter Enabled

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: PocketGrow Whether we are talking about open source, automated garden monitors , more efficient industrial monocultures , or discussing whether soilless farming can be organic , many of our readers seem to have a strong dislike of overly techno-fix approaches to growin… 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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Designing Their Way Out of a Dam Mess

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

A previous do-gooding design campaign. Photo via Slowalk From educating people about food miles and food security to encouraging them to use less paper, the Korean group Slowalk puts its graphic-design skills in the service of do-gooder causes. The latest target of their clean-lined advocacy? A government project to

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Local Dirt Website Points Locavores to Food

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image via Local Dirt Buying food locally is a fast way to shed pounds…of carbon, anyway. By cutting down food miles, you’re cutting back on the embodied carbon in the food, as well as helping out local growers. But if you don’t have a farmers’ market nearby or can’t make it on a weekly basis, how else might you find locally grown food? Local Dirt wants to fill that information gap and point you in the right direction. However, does it stand out against some of the competing websites and smart phone apps providing the same service?… Read the full story on TreeHugger