Compost Stink? Add Cardboard!
Compost Stink? Add Cardboard!
Compost has long been a staple of the green, treehugging lifestyle. As Josh explained in his post about seven reasons to compost (only seven?!), making compost reduces waste, cuts methane emissions, builds soil, promotes biodiversity, and gives you free, nutritious fertilizer.
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High Fibre Composting
High Fibre Composting
High-fibre composting (high carbon) is a system which has been developed and trialled at the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) in Wales with good results. It consists of adding all cardboard (including packaging, toilet roll tubes, cereal boxes), newspaper, magazines, etc. to the composting stream.
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The Basics Of Composting
The Basics Of Composting
Compost is simply decomposed organic material. The organic material can be plant material or animal matter. While composting may seem mysterious or complicated, it’s really a very simple and natural process that continuously occurs in nature, often without any assistance from mankind. If you’ve ever walked in the woods, you’ve experienced compost in its most natural setting.
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Report: Chicago food desert shrinks 40 percent
Report: Chicago food desert shrinks 40 percent
On the eve of first lady Michelle Obama’s visit to a Chicago food desert neighborhood, a report out Monday shows Chicago’s food desert has shrunk by 40 percent in the past five years, but the number of adults and children still thirsting for healthy foods remains high.
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Chicago Farms and Projects
Chicago Farms and Projects
Assisting emerging Community Food Centers and urban and small farm projects in the metropolitan Chicago area. By bringing together food related activities that are typically dispersed, an urban farm as a community food center allows for an integrated approach to addressing food security, ecological, nutrition and public health issues.
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Give Beans A Chance
Give Beans A Chance
Most people in the meat-centric world know beans as the magical fruit that makes one toot, or they may associate beans with poverty. Either way, many steer clear of this healthy, frugal, and sustainable food source. The lowly bean just can't get no respect.
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Beans: Protein-Rich Superfoods
Beans: Protein-Rich Superfoods
More than just a meat substitute, beans are so nutritious that the latest dietary guidelines recommend we triple our current intake from 1 to 3 cups per week. What makes beans so good for us? Here's what the experts have to say:
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Cooking on a Budget
Cooking on a Budget
How do you give your family good quality, healthy meals each day but stick to your budget at the same time? Thanks to our wonderful members who have sent us their favourite recipes, we've amassed a great collection of meals that won't leave you rummaging through your children's piggy banks at the end of the week...and we don't mean chicken nuggets and pizza every day.
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Greenfeast Resource Collection old
Here you will find a listing of informative resources about all the things Greenfeast.org cares about, and is interested in. There are articles about food, policy, health, administration, activism, gardening, cooking, and much much more!
True Nature Foods Rooftop Victory Garden
True Nature Foods Rooftop Victory Garden
Demonstrating the viability of sustainable concepts and practices in urban environments through research, education, and hands-on projects.
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