New Year Resolutions It’s tough to eat seasonally. A lot of research, experimentation and trial and error goes it find a figure out what’s in season and how to apply it to your daily life. But it’s definitely not impossible with a few helpful tips. New Years is right around the corner and it’s time… Read More How to Eat Seasonally with Local Food
Local Food is Community Supporting our local food system is essential to our community’s survival. The bigger the farms get, the less farmers there are because they’ve been replaced with machines or a bio-tech scientist. These large farms to tend grow until they’ve depleted all that land of it’s resources. They’re in the business to… Read More How To Support the Local Food System
My idea of comfort food might be slightly different than others. This past month, a blog group I was in challenged me to write about my favorite comfort food. It’s a bit of a challenge for me because recipes aren’t exactly something I blog about, but I decided to go for it. After all, who… Read More My Favorite Local Comfort Food
Sustainable Kitchen A key component to a sustainable kitchen is food. Not only what kind of food we buy, packaging, but also how we store it. Proper food storage reduces unnecessary food waste. These zero waste food storage options will help keep your food fresh longer, while also reducing single-use waste.
Treasuring Local Beekeepers Local Beekeepers are truly something to be treasured. Just like the bees, beekeepers spend their time trying to make the world around them healthy and beautiful. It’s no secret that the bee population had a steep decline because of colony collapse disorder. The causes are complex, including but not limited to the… Read More How to Support Local Beekeepers
Food Waste Facts Learning to reduce food waste is one of the most important ways to save money on groceries. It’s a great idea for any budget because it accounts for about 25 percent of our household waste. The less food you waste the less you have to buy.
Tired of the Food Waste Problem? Food waste is an epidemic in America and probably in many of the other first world countries throughout the world. There are many reasons for this problem. Food is getting cheaper and cheaper, so now people tend to undervalue these products. Also, people are so far removed from where… Read More Organize Your Way to Less Food Waste
Why Supporting Local Farmers is Important There are so many reasons to start supporting local farmers. The loss of farmers impact many areas such as, our health, economy and way of life.
Why Buy Fruit in Season? It’s important to pay attention to fruit seasons. Not only will seasonal fruit be at it’s peak in freshness and nutritional value, it will also taste so much better than it’s store bought counterpart. The produce in the store undergo lengthy transit times to get from farm to your kitchen,… Read More Monthly Fruit Seasons Guide
New Year Goals: Dreaming Big. In my humble opinion, writing down New Year Goals is a great activity before starting the new year. Although, New Years is my favorite, if you would have told me last year that I would be able to write this post, I wouldn’t have believed it. This year started with… Read More New Year Goals: Planting Seeds of Change