In September, I joined a really cool Toronto group called Not Far From the Tree. They harvest fresh fruit from people’s backyards. The group is made up of volunteer gleaners. Everyone benefits: the tree owners who get a share of the harvest and their yard cleared of falling fruit, the volunteers who get exercise, social [...]
Posts Tagged ‘local’
Not Far From The Tree – picking local fruit
Posted in Scavenging, tagged local, Scavenging on October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Eating local organic in February!
Posted in Foods, tagged harvest, local, organic, seasonal, winter on February 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
At the house we aim to eat a fair bit of local foods which isn’t always so easy in the winter. We shop at the nearby Dufferin Grove Farmers Market where the selection has whittled down to potatoes, beets, cabbage, onions, squash, leeks, turnips, shiitake mushrooms, celery root, carrots, apples, fresh baked bread from [...]
Does the food you eat involve burning dirty fuel?
Posted in Foods, tagged climate change, local, meat, seasonal on February 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Eat local, seasonal and low on the food chain to minimize climate chaos gas emissions
According to a UN study reported in the Guardian, climate change emissions from shipping amount to 1.12 billion tonnes of CO2 a year, or nearly 4.5% of all global emissions of the main greenhouse gas. This is almost three times [...]
Eating local organic in December
Posted in Cooking, tagged farming, harvest, local, organic, recipe, winter on December 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, I went to Dufferin Grove organic Farmer’s Market where there is still a good variety of local produce. I got a large Chinese cabbage, apples, potatoes, red onion, beets, fresh fennel, baby bok choy and a buttercup squash. Behind the red onion (see photo) is a piece of Maria’s delicious organic Spiced Fruitcake. [...]
Foods from our kitchen
Posted in Cooking, tagged ingredients, local, organic on December 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Our banner has been updated with a picture of some the food in the kitchen of our co-op house. From left to right: fresh soymilk from our automatic soymilk maker, red onion, apple and beet, ginger, hot pepper seeds, giant while corn (also known as maiz mote pelado or hominy) that Natalie uses to make [...]
