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Animal Vegetable Miracle (Barbara Kinsolver) is another memoir that chronicles a family's "year of eating locally." It inspired me to change my ways...I highly recommend it!

Great idea. Here's another one....make one day a week a "friend of the earth" day..i.e. eat only vegetable and non-animal food. Use vegetables grown only by local farmers. The "production" of farmed animals for consumption is a major cause of pollution to water tables and contributes to the methane gas pollution of the ozone. To truly be a friend of the earth, eat a plant based diet at least one day a week. Thanks!

I love these tips but once again they really do not apply to Alaska. Can you try to get more info that includes your cold but green sisters. Thanks Much L

Frankily i would rather go to a farmers market, everything is better there than in stores.

Actually, in terms of carbon, studies have shown that it IS more efficient to grow produce at one large factory farm, even if it is far away, than a bunch of local farms. So really, on a STRICTLY carbon basis, that produce from Brazil is better than local stuff because they can move a whole lot more in just one trip. However, in terms of healthier and better for your local economy, local all the way.

the University of Virginia Department of Urban and Environmental planning has been developing a local thanksgiving for 4 years now! a professor got the idea after meeting the folks in Vancouver who started popularizing it. here's the link to our blog for this year's thanksgiving! http://hundredmilethanksgiving.wordpress.com/ enjoy!

Hey, i am very happy today, I received my Mbt shoes just now, very impressed. They are like sort of a massive slipper, soft, easy to wear and light.