Potatoes are the future!
supereco.com 3/20/2009 — Every time I get a romantic notion in my head that I can live entirely without plastic (at the very least, of the bag and takeout container variety), I go to the farmer's market and have my hopes dashed. There, at every turn, perfectly bucolic farmers, some actually sucking on a piece ...

Meeting Energy Decline Part-Way - Potatoes?
energybulletin.net 24 days ago — Before 1999 I had never grown a thing in my life except for chia-pets . I then bought a house in North Carolina which had an existing smallish garden of cherry tomatoes, spinach and blueberries, which over the next 4 years, I turned into a 360 ...

Flushing potatoes (video)
youtube.com 3/11/2009 — Watch this amazing video of Eddie Wilcut, the Water Conservation Manager for the City of San Antonio, flushing a Russet potato down a Caroma toilet with the ...

How To Grow Sweet Potatoes
1greengeneration.elementsintime.com 10/14/2009 — They’re truly gorgeous plants, don’t you think? I’m so happy we tried growing them! And it’s incredibly easy. 1. Buy Slips or Grow Them At Home: We bought “Carolina Ruby” Sweet Potato slips from Irish Eyes. You can also grow slips yourself using ...

Discontinued Transgenic Products
cls.casa.colostate.edu 9/10/2009 — These tomatoes, introduced in 1994 by Calgene, contained a genetic sequence that made them soften more slowly than conventional tomatoes. The FlavrSavr tomato often was marketed as a transgenic variety that cost more because of its improved flavor. ...

Happy Labor Day Pesto & Potatoes
fakeplasticfish.com 9/7/2009 — It's Labor Day, and I'm trying to take a break from thinking about plastic. Because you know what? Once you have your systems in place, it's easy to eat great food without worrying about plastic waste. For example, what I'm eating right now... It's a snack, for sure, inspired by my favorite ...

Grow 100 lbs. of Potatoes in 4 Square Feet - Household
lifehacker.com 4/13/2009 — Potatoes seem like the kind of plant you'd need a substantial garden for the kind your grandparents had, right? Actually, tubers aren't all that picky, and you can harvest a whole lot from almost any yard. We're big fans of growing delicious food in ...

The New York Times > Business > Image > The Hot Spots for Organic Food
nytimes.com 5/2/2009 — The New York Times > Business > Image > The Hot Spots for Organic Food

Avoiding Everyday Germ Hot Spots
easyecoblog.com 10/8/2009 — Everyone is on the lookout for H1N1 – Swine flu this season. What are some of the germiest places to avoid? A recent article helped remind us that many common access public areas are germ hot spots. You can use hand sanitizers every couple minutes or wear gloves all day. Areas of ...