New York City :

Spinning Your Wheels

02.10.2009

Submitted by bdisylvester on Tue, 02/10/2009 - 1:01am.
The Bite:
imageWasting time looking for seasonal fruits and veggies? Make progress with the help of the NY-area Chew on This chart. This 10-inch, recycled-paper, circular guide (perf for hanging on your fridge) clues you in to which produce is ripe for the eating at local area farms and markets in NY, NJ, CT, and MA. Just spin the top disk to the current month to see what's in peak season (we'll save you one: In February, look out for winter squash and beets at the Union Square Greenmarket, and apples from Red Jacket Orchards). It takes away seasonal guesswork, averts CO2 created by long-distance food shipping, and helps the local economy get ahead.
Wanna Try: 
Chew on This Wheels, available online or at Stinky Brooklyn, 261 Smith St., Brooklyn. Map It (718-522-7425). New York Area Food Wheel, $11.
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Invented by bridge maker George Ferris, the first Ferris wheel - shown at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago - cost $380,000; it grossed twice that amount in ride sales during the expo.

Small Changes Add Up

If 10,000 NY Biters eat one locally grown apple instead of a nonlocal one, we'll conserve enough gas to fill the tanks of 50 cars.

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