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Quick Fact

Americans throw away about 10% of the food they buy at the supermarket. This results is dumping the equivalent of more than 21 million shopping bags full of food into landfills every year. (EarthWorks Group. 1990. The Recycler’s Handbook. Berkeley, CA: The EarthWorks Press.)
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Dr. Bronner’s All In One Soap

Your skin is an organ. Everything you put on it is absorbed. This should make you think twice about what products you use and what chemicals are in them.

In an effort to use more natural products and to support eco-friendly companies, I’ve been using Dr. Bonner’s All In One liquid soap for quite some time [...]

What to do with Whole Fish

I recently joined a Community Supported Fishery Program. Once a week I receive fresh caught local fish that I get to take home and prepare. Did I mention it’s a whole fish? The fish is gutted, but I’m in charge of filleting. This got me thinking about what to do with those fishy leftovers.

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Tomato Hornworm Season

It’s that time of year. The tomato plants are flowering. There may even be ripening tomatoes on your plants. Then one day you go out to pick a fresh, ripe, red, and what you hope to be juicy tomato only to find it’s flesh scarred with bites. There are small droppings on the leaves that [...]

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