Gardening and Farming

Meatless Monday – Three-Pea Salad

May 24, 2010
By Beth Buczynski
Meatless Monday – Three-Pea Salad

For today's Meatless Monday recipe, I've selected a salad that should get you thinking about creative ways to turn fresh spring vegetables — like asparagus, peas, green beans, and okra — into gourmet side dishes with fresh herbs, homemade dressings and vinaigrettes, and different cooking techniques.
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Gettin’ Loose: How Drinking Tea Can Reduce Your Environmental Impact

May 20, 2010
By Beth Buczynski
Gettin’ Loose: How Drinking Tea Can Reduce Your Environmental Impact

Based on the idea that organic tea and fair trade tea are better for the environment and for human rights issues, people often buy organic or fair-trade certified tea from teabags, and even organic or fair trade bottled teas. Is this really the most socially and environmentally-conscious choice? Switching over to loose...
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Celebrate World Fair Trade Day!

May 8, 2010
By Beth Buczynski
Celebrate World Fair Trade Day!

Today is World Fair Trade Day, a time for Americans across the country to find out how to replace goods made in sweatshops with Fair Trade products- and keep them out.
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