MY GREEN BLOG

I’ve mentioned green eating a couple times but never devoted a whole blog to it so I decided (with the help from this month’s Bon Appetit) to take this week’s blog down that path.

We’ve definitely talked about buying local but have you ever heard of the 100 mile rule? Basically, you only eat food grown or produced within 100 miles of their homes. They are also known as Localvores. You can calculate your map and get started by going to 100milediet.org. If there are some farms within your radius and you want to visit them… DO! And while you’re there, ask them some simple questions. Is your farm organic? If not, do you use organic practices such as using non-synthetic pestisides? If they answer yes then you’ve found a Green farmer and a good person to buy from.

Another thing you could do is brew your own coffee. This was a very hard pill for me to swallow myself, but the savings alone are worth it. Go out and buy a French press, you can get one at Target for 15 bucks and find some fair-trade organic coffee (try buying your coffee from the Seattle-East Timor Relief Association, SETRA, at timorrelief.org/how.htm). Give it a few days and you might find you make better coffee than the barista down the street.

One final tip is one that I found most useful in this technological world… FishPhone. FishPhone is a service provided by the conservation group Blue Ocean Institute. Basically, what you do is text 30644 and enter FISH, followed by the name of the fish you want to buy. Seconds later they will response telling you whether that fish is good for you and the earth. Pretty cool.

I have to credit Bon Appetit magazine for this month’s issue with these and SO MANY other great eating green tips. These were just a few of the ones that jumped out at me that I’m going to look into, already do, or start doing today.

Till Next Time,

Jeff