Posts Tagged ‘sustainability’
Books to Get You Started Living Simply
Are you looking for inspiration on your dream to live a simple life? This book genre has exploded in the past few years, and it’s no surprise. The ideas of eating seasonally, supporting local farmers and artisans, and becoming self-sufficient are all very much a part of pop culture right now. But where to begin?…
Read More »8 Tips on How You Can Live Locally
Wondering what steps you can take to become more aligned with your local community and environment? Erica Evans, Beginning Farmer Program Coordinator at NOFA-NJ, shares with us 8 ways you can live locally. 1. If your municipality allows, raise your own chickens. In my own hometown, I participated in many town council meetings advocating for…
Read More »Living Local: Find Your Community
How can you make an impact on your local community? What impact does community have on the local food system and sustainability? Chuck Minguez of Door to Door Organics and Jeanna Kane of the Doylestown Food Co-op explore what it means to live locally. Chuck encourages people to go out and join in the change…
Read More »Living Local: Know Your Producers!
What does it mean to live locally? How can you be a local citizen? Alex Jones of Fair Food Farmstand in Philadelphia suggests that getting to know your food producer–literally, the source of the food you are eating–will strengthen your civic pride. In her words: My suggestion would be to not only give your dollars…
Read More »Living Local: Buying Local, and Knowing from Whom You Buy
Wondering how you can support your local community? Try committing to buying local, and buying from people you know. Lisa White, President of the Doylestown Food Co-op, really encourages people to buy local, as much as possible, as a way to ensure the continued vitality of your community. “I love where I live and…
Read More »Living Local: Recommendations from Food Producers, Marketers, Consumers, and Advocates on How to Live a Local Life
I am excited to begin this next blog series, and share with you recommendations from some of Blue Moon’s partners and friends who exemplify the local life. We’ll read through suggestions on raising chickens, buying local, being flexible on price, supporting local farmers, gardening basics, and more. Our first Living Local recommendation comes from Mike…
Read More »Seven Cool Ways to Get Your Compost On!
Imagine a pile of trash 2000 feet tall, one mile wide, and 85 million tons heavy. An enormous pile, almost large enough to be seen from space. That’s how much compostable waste Americans discard in a single year. According to the EPA, food scraps and yard waste account for 20 to 30 percent of what…
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