Looking for healthy, locally sustainable alternatives?
Here are a handful of links to get you started:
Local Harvest is a site that shows any farms, farmers' markets, restaurants, groceries, co-ops, etc. in areas across the country. If something near you isn't listed, you may want to talk to the owner/farmer about including their establishment -- http://www.localharvest.org/
A campaign for 'Real Milk', meaning unpasteurized, unhomogenized milk, can be found here -- http://www.realmilk.com/why.html Sound dangerous? Real milk comes from small farmers who care enough about their animals to allow them to graze on grass instead of force-feed them corn, who allow them to roam about instead of shut them up in tight pens. Real milk comes from farmers not that far from you, so fuel isn't wasted transporting milk from cruelly abused animals across the country. You're supporting an end to animal cruelty, as well as reducing your carbon footprint and helping a small, local farmer survive.
Slow Food USA is a healthy counterbalance to our fast-food nation: http://www.slowfoodusa.org/
One of many providers of heirloom seeds -- (you know, veggies that actually have flavour!):
http://www.victoryseeds.com/information/why_heirlooms.html
www.locallygrown.net is a free online application that allows one to place orders with farmers at the beginning of the week and pick up and pay for goods at the end of the week. Anyone can start one up.
Finally, the Beekman 1802 heirloom garden is an inspiration to me: http://www.beekman1802.com/The_BEEKMAN_1802_Heirloom_Garden.html
Local Harvest is a site that shows any farms, farmers' markets, restaurants, groceries, co-ops, etc. in areas across the country. If something near you isn't listed, you may want to talk to the owner/farmer about including their establishment -- http://www.localharvest.org/
A campaign for 'Real Milk', meaning unpasteurized, unhomogenized milk, can be found here -- http://www.realmilk.com/why.html Sound dangerous? Real milk comes from small farmers who care enough about their animals to allow them to graze on grass instead of force-feed them corn, who allow them to roam about instead of shut them up in tight pens. Real milk comes from farmers not that far from you, so fuel isn't wasted transporting milk from cruelly abused animals across the country. You're supporting an end to animal cruelty, as well as reducing your carbon footprint and helping a small, local farmer survive.
Slow Food USA is a healthy counterbalance to our fast-food nation: http://www.slowfoodusa.org/
One of many providers of heirloom seeds -- (you know, veggies that actually have flavour!):
http://www.victoryseeds.com/information/why_heirlooms.html
www.locallygrown.net is a free online application that allows one to place orders with farmers at the beginning of the week and pick up and pay for goods at the end of the week. Anyone can start one up.
Finally, the Beekman 1802 heirloom garden is an inspiration to me: http://www.beekman1802.com/The_BEEKMAN_1802_Heirloom_Garden.html
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