Use less Ink

Here is a link to a cool website that offers a font that uses 20% less ink when printing. This will save on you money on print cartridges and lower the overall mark on the earth... www.ecofont.eu/ecofont_en.html

Beef... he's the bad guy!

Just an FYI to all out there. The more I read, the more I understand that I need to stop eating beef. It would be best if I could give up meat all together (but I know that's not for me at this stage in my life). But time and time again I am reading if you can't do anything else in reducing your environmental footprint and making healthier choices for yourself, STOP EATING BEEF is flashing in bright red lights on a marquee. Especially stop eating hormone and antibiotic injected, corn-fed feedlot beef, it really couldn't be any more gross to read on and on about how bad that food actually is for you and the world you live in (I won't go into gory details, just believe me that it is GROSS).

So for all my friends and family reading this blog. Please stop eating beef, trust me it is for your own good. In the words of my 3 year old, he's a bad guy, let's shoot him!

How to afford organics and why it costs more...

How to afford organics

1. Comparison Shop(I plan to actually price some things at Jewel, Dominicks, Trader Joes’s and Whole Foods)

2. Buy the store brand- again I plan to add some local prices to my paper)

3. Buy in season (Asparagus .99 this week vs. 5.99 in the fall)

4. Support CSAs (www.localharverst.com) for nearest CSA

5. Buy in bulk

6. Shop sales

7. Grow your own

8. Ask for it (stores will start to carry a wider variety and it will help bring cost down in long run.)

Why does organic food cost more?

1. The fed gov favors conventional crops. “The federal farm bill financially subsidizes massive industrial agricultural operations and their pesticide-intensive practices; it provides comparatively little support to organic farmers, or to farmers who want to transition to organic, a process that takes at least three years.”

2. Organic Farms are more labor intensive

3. Demand Exceeds Supply