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Coop : A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting by Michael Perry
We got the next round of CSA veggies on Wednesday. Here they are!
We received: banana peppers, cayenne peppers, serrano peppers, red and green bell peppers, cucumber, turnips, yellow squash, zucchini, green tomatoes, eggplant, green beans, radishes, kabocha squash, collard greens, and mesclun mix.
We’re a little thankful that we received less leafy greens this week. I’ve never had so many salads in my entire life. But this is part of the fun. They hand you whatever they grew. You don’t get to choose. Some of the veggies - like the turnip greens have been surprisingly delicious in frittatas.
Chris and I just got involved in a local CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). We hand a local farmer a certain amount of money at the beginning of their growing season and we get a bushel of veggies every week for 10 weeks.
This was our first batch of veggies on October 14th. It’s been really great so far! We’re having a tough time making it through everything each week and it was certainly overwhelming trying to figure out what to make first.
This week we got kobocha squash, yellow squash, cayenne peppers, serano peppers, green bell peppers, green tomatoes, eggplant, radishes, cabbage, arugula, baby collard greens, mustard greens, mesclun mix, tatsoi greens, and basil.
I read about this website in the August issue of Print magazine and thought the idea was just too good. I’m pretty passionate about food and design and it looks like these guys are too. It’s a way to connect with kids to eat better.
I love the little bios of each of the foods. Too cute!
The Fun Theory {link} is a project aimed at finding ways to get people to do stuff they should be doing, but for the most part aren’t. Taking the stairs is an excellent example. What a great idea!
T.R. Reid: Looking Overseas For 'Healing Of America'
I just listened to this really interesting story on NPR’s Fresh Air {link} about an author who went to different countries all over the world in order to examine their health care system. It was especially interesting to hear what other countries’ doctors suggested for his bum shoulder.
Also! Have you seen the new npr.org {link}? It looks really great! A lot better than the old site!
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Chris and I are participating in our first CSA this fall through the Hands of the Earth Farm {link} and we’re both really excited about it. We visited the farm last night to have a peak at the place and it was absolutely beautiful! It’s sort of a weird time to check it out, because they’re in between the summer and fall seasons and a lot of the farm is being prepared for fall. But it was still really great to see! I can’t wait ‘til we get our first bounty this October!
Health Insurance Reform Reality Check
This is the new website the government has provided to supply information about the health insurance reform and debunk the misinformation that is circulating.
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Sorry kiddos - Fireworks are TERRIBLE for the environment (and your health)!
The gunpowder alone — used for combustion — leaves behind potassium carbonate, potassium sulphate and sulphide, plus unreacted sulphur and levels of fine particulates that cause asthma, cancer and other respiratory problems. Oh, and this make the air often exceed local and national air quality standards. - Ask Vanessa on Mother Nature Network
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Gizmdo reports that a team of scientists have found a way to restore sight {link}.
Here’s something that people with poor or no vision will be excited about: three patients had their sight restored in less than a month by contact lenses cultured with stem cells.
This is unbelievable. Science is so freakin’ cool!
GoodGuide to the Rescue!
As someone who stood in Ulta this past weekend trying to decide between a dozen concealers, I can totally appreciate a service like GoodGuide.
Goodguide is a startup, “for-benefit” company that researches products ranging from make-up to household cleaners and then rates them based on health, environmental, and social performance standards on a scale from 1-10.
Although similar to Skin Deep: Cosmetic Safety Database, they seem to have a more extensive variety of products they review AND you can create shopping guides to determine which products to buy and avoid.
In addition, there will be an iphone app soon, so you can just bust out your little travel interwebs and do your research right there in the store. For those of us that are sans an iphone, you can have them text message you their rating for products (though, I haven’t been able to figure that part out yet! I’ll let you know when I do!)
I’m excited about having the information available so I can make educated choices about the products I buy. Hopefully, this will increase the public’s awareness and hold companies and corporations accountable for the way their products are made.
(And for the record, I walked out of the store without making a single purchase. I’d rather go a few more days without make-up than make an impromptu purchase and regret it later!)
