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  • Free Yourself From The Holiday Frenzy With Fresh Ideas For Sustainable Giving
    By: Elizabeth | - At this time of year, even the most environmentally conscious among us can't avoid being caught up in the obligatory shopping frenzy, and if you have children, the blizzard of gifts is pretty much unavoidable. Which begs the question, does living green mean going giftless? I hope not! Alas, Dr. Seuss's holiday-hating Grinch is green - not exactly a pleasant association.
    Fortunately there are plenty of solutions less extreme than avoiding gift giving all together. In fact green, eco-consci ...

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  • Connection Between Sustainable Development And Csr
    By: Kevin long | - Industry experts are of view that one of the major reasons for an economy to go through unrestrained development is non-sustainability. If we keep on making use of resources in an unplanned manner, we will be left with nothing in the years to come. The present needs can be fulfilled with the available resources but what about the needs of our future generations? Many parts of the world have already started facing acute shortage of water and electricity. The rate of population is increasing ...
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  • Sustainable Floor Options For Your Home
    By: DB Wilson | - In today's environmentally conscious society, having eco-friendly features in your home could be a great selling point. Flooring is one way that you can make your home more appealing from this standpoint, as there are many low-impact and sustainable options.

    Reclaimed wood is one option; there are companies that buy wood from demolition sites and use it to make a variety of flooring styles. Wood from older buildings can yield an impressive size of boards and quality of flooring. Som ...

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  • Trends For Sustainable Food Consumption
    By: Kevin long | - Consumption of seasonal and locally grown food has become one of the latest trends as far as the sustainable food movement is concerned. Consumers across the world are realizing the importance of buying food produce from local farm markets as health experts believe that local is healthy. If exotic fruits and vegetables available in the supermarket have travelled miles to reach the market it cannot be considered sustainable because it has resulted in burning of fuel and emission of greenhouse gas ...
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  • Organic Gardening Techniques To Grow Your Own Healthy Foods
    By: Carolyn Anderson | - If you are one of those looking into the option of growing your own organic food, you can actually learn it easily. In fact, most of the things you need to do in starting out your own organic food garden are just practical and easy-to-learn organic gardening techniques.

    The focus of growing chemical-free foods is in applying techniques in gardening that are aligned with nature as well as making your garden self-sufficient and sustainable. Here are some the organic gardening techn ...

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  • Trends Of The Healthcare Industry
    By: Kevin long | - The healthcare industry may be showing an upward growth in countries across the world but several areas are still not being taken care of that will enhance the provision of health care to the common people. Almost 1/5th of the worldwide sale of healthcare is comprised by countries like Russia, Mexico, India, Indonesia, China and Turkey.

    It was in the 1990s that the heath care cost started increasing. The 42 million mark was attained by Americans who did not have any health insuranc ...

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  • Climate Change And Poverty Reduction
    By: Kevin long | - Climate change or poverty- what according to you is a more grave issue? Experts believe that one issue cannot be dealt without addressing the other. While climate change has a direct impact on the poor, poverty in turn poses hindrance in combating the effects of climate change. Deforestation and flooding is causing maximum damage to the people in developing nations. It is also affecting the capacity of low income groups to deal with shortage of food and water.

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  • Food Shortage And Sustainable Investment
    By: Kevin long | - In the last few years, the agriculture sector has witnessed a sharp rise in food prices. Rise in poverty and global warming is being predicted to cause more shortage of food and clean drinking water in the years to come. Developing nations are being said to be the worst affected with such global issues. If experts are to be believed, the present need is to adopt the concept of environmental sustainability and invest in countries that have untapped potential for food production. For instance, cou ...
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  • What Is A Permaculture/ Permaculturalist
    By: Ezra Drissman | - The word Permaculture comes from the combination of permanent agriculture and permanent culture. Permaculture is actually an approach in designing human settlement and perennial agri systems that copies relationships found in the natural ecologies. It is a design system for sustainable living and in all aspect of human endeavor. It is a unique green career.

    The career outlook for a permaculture career is favorable. They make on average $20-$25 thousand a year.

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  • Why Support The Sustainable Food Movement?
    By: Kevin long | - Earths resources are being used to feed more than six billion people. Activities related to industrial agriculture such as irrigation, usage of pesticides, synthetic fertilizers and the packaging and transportation of food items is also taking a toll on the resources available on the planet. Food is essential for the survival of mankind but the environmental problems related to the production of it doesnt seem to be ending. So what are consumers to do? Experts believe that the consumption ...
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  • Are You Supporting The Sustainable Food Movement?
    By: Kevin long | - When it comes to sustainability, consumers give top priority to the food and beverage industry. By choosing locally grown organic produce, they try to make a positive impact on the community. People have become conscious about what is being served to them. They are making efforts to modify their behavior in order to show their response towards economic hardships. Growing concern in organic food and beverages has led companies to enhance their sustainability credentials. The fact that consumers f ...
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  • Balancing Food Issues And Environmental Effects
    By: Kevin long | - Global issues like climate change and rise in carbon footprint has resulted in the tremendous popularity of concepts like sustainable food and organic farming. The term sustainability is the current buzz in the food industry with more than 50% Americans having heard of it. Since factory farming involves the use of harmful chemicals and pesticides, consumers have started demanding access to safe and healthy food that has been grown sustainably. If experts are to be believed, sustai ...
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  • Two Key Trends In Packaging Revolution Drive New Investment Opportunities
    By: Blake Desaulniers | - Higher oil prices and consumer demand for sustainable packing give investors a new way to profit.

    Sustainable packaging represents a massive investment opportunity, as we move away from plastics and into more responsible materials. Packaging comes wrapped around just about every product you can imagine, at some stage in its life cycle. With the annual global market reaching $420 billion, it stands to reason why this will be a hot sector to watch.

    Migrating from Pla ...

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  • Chitosan - Myth Or Magic To Aid Natural Weight Loss
    By: Angela Farrell | - Chitosan (pronounced kite-o-san)is currently promoted as a dietary supplement and a natural remedy for weight loss. Produced from a starch found in the skeleton of crab, shrimp and other shellfish therefore please be aware that if you suffer from shellfish allergies this supplement is definitely not for you.

    This product has multiple commercial uses as a protection against fungal infections, a filtration component in water processing engineering as it binds and removes sediment, i ...

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  • Sustainable Products Save The Environment
    By: Rodney Dagan | - Environmental damage is becoming more and more of a concern with each passing year. For centuries we have been doing great damage to the environment through the way we produce products and through the products that we use. Now everyone is starting to see that the damage done is serious and we must begin to change our ways.

    Sustainable products are one way to help minimize the damage to the environment. Sustainable products are products that do not do damage to the environment at a ...

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  • Food Meditations: Foods of the World, Old and New Trends Shared By: orsiko - Born and brought-up with fresh and genuine food. A background as photographer, [StillLife, Portraits, Reportage]. Then my Culinary Professional Life...

  • Sustainability Marketing: Sustainable Consumption: African Perspectives and Challenges Shared By: WheelsForWells - Examples include beast of burden for transportation, green foods fresh from the farm, fish and meat direct from their natural habitat, choice win e...

  • Green Living: Christmas food - Wharf Shared By: wegogreen - They not only form the backbone of our communities but also care about where your food comes from and how it will taste. Their advice is well worth a...

  • Ministers praise timber industry on sustainability - Builders' Merchants News Shared By: BMerchantsNews - . LONDON: Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Rt Hon Hilary Benn, MP, and Gareth Thomas, International Development Minister,...

  • Dinner table of the future: Canadian berries, Chinese wine local produce – Telegraph.co.uk | Organic Foods 101 Shared By: organicfoods101 - Dinner table of the... they highlighted local, seasonal, and organic foods as the most influential food trends, along with sustainable fish ...

  • Interior Floors: Sustainable Retail: How can The Flooring Industry Play its Part? Shared By: CSR_ticker - The current trend for sustainability is only going to get bigger as consumers become choosier, better informed and more willing to favour sustainable...

  • Action Shared By: Childrensfood - Good Food for Our Money Campaigning for a law on healthy and sustainable food for schools, hospitals, care homes Good Food on the Public Plate

  • Rawmazing Raw Food Shared By: Rawmazing - I once heard it said that desserts are the gateway to raw food. Why not open the door and give some of your non-raw friends a taste how good healthy...

  • Sustainable Organic Vegetable Gardening With Organic Matter | Gardening Tips Plus Shared By: brownthumbgirl - Sustainable organic vegetable gardening can only happen if people know how to use and prepare organic matter. This is because it improves the soil and

  • Red Tomato (RT) is seeking a Director of Development « Sustainable Food Jobs Shared By: Jambutter - RT also offers training and consulting services to groups working on sustainable agriculture and food-system improvements nationwide.  Since 1998, Red...


  • Clarion Group: Improving & Innovating The Food Service Industry Through Experience And Fresh Foods
    By: Toan Dinh | - Clarion Group was established in 1995. It is a nationwide food service consultant with a focus in on-site food services. We are dedicated to improving the value and effectiveness of your food service operation.

    At Clarion Group, we believe that quality and cost are partners and not adversaries. As experienced food service consultants, weve been providing solutions and uncovering opportunities successfully for companies, professional firms, colleges, universities, schools and ...

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  • Fat Loss 4 Idiots Diet Reviews- Discovering A Useful Diet Plan
    By: Robert Muhoho | - There are hundreds of ways to lose weight online including pills, diets, exercises and outright starvation. Some of these methods work well while others just dont work at all. The fat loss 4 idiots diet plan introduces a relatively new concept to losing weight by using your metabolism. You actually will be able to lose weight while changing your diet to 4 meals in a day. The trick has been to learn how to turn on and sustain your rate of metabolism such that it keeps burning the un-burnt ...
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  • Conventional Vs Organic Farming
    By: Helen Disler | - Organic farming refers to the approach through which farmers cultivate and develop agricultural produce such as dairy products, vegetables, fruits, grains and meat. Organic farming is designed to promote water and soil preservation and lessen pollution and its effects on the environment. Farmers who cultivate organic products and rear animals do not utilize conventional techniques to prevent livestock disease, control weeds or even fertilize their soils. Organic farming refers to the process thr ...
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  • Msg Is The New Nicotine: What The Food Industry Does Not Want You To Know
    By: Melody Biggar | - Monosodium glutamate, also known as MSG, is a common food additive. It's toxic and physically addictive. Fast food companies and other food manufacturers use MSG as a "flavor enhancer," so consumers will become "hooked" on their products and keep dishing out money for more. When people consume unhealthy foods containing MSG, they often gain weight and feel sluggish, and some also experience "MSG symptom complex." The symptoms can include headaches, chest pain, heart palpitations, nausea, and oth ...
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  • Organic Farming Show To Be Superior To Conventional Farming
    By: Helen Disler | - Organic farming has become one of the most favoured options for the production of safe, highly nutritious food and long-term sustainability. The market for the produce from organic farms is growing, especially as consumers have become more aware of food-safety issues, environmental preservation and wildlife protection.

    Organic farming is practiced in over 100 countries worldwide, and, as of 2007, there were over 26 million hectares managed under organic farming techniques. Of this t ...

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  • Why Is The Life In Your Soil So Important?
    By: Helen Disler | - The entire food production system depends for its viability on healthy soil. Healthy soil produces the healthy crops that give nourishment to people. Organic farming is intimately related to the concept of soil health because its advocates have always believed that a healthy soil is the key to the sustained production of healthy, nutritious food.

    The main indicators of soil health are the amount of fresh organic matter and the level of biological activity. Soil is a living ecosystem ...

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  • Semi Vegetarianism: A Way To Health And Happiness
    By: Blaine Arnot | - I have always been a slightly conflicted meat lover. Do not misunderstand, I love meat. I love the flavours, the textures, the gorgeous aromas... quite frankly everything! The conflict for me arises in how meat is raised. Like any industry, increased scale begets efficiencies that create lower costs for producer and consumer alike. While this is the natural order of things, my dilemma lies in how animals are treated.

    For anyone who has read the Omnivores Dilemma by Michael Pollan ...

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  • How To Have Sustainable Agriculture
    By: Desial Davidson | - Substantial agriculture will give the fine results of healthy food. The method and the process used for agriculture will give rise to delivery of healthy food to the consumers. Sustainable agriculture system helps in generation of environmental safe and healthy farming and food production.

    There are a lot of things that help in this safe production of food such as fertility of soil, good quality seeds and the technique that is used in the process of production. The fertility of t ...

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  • Take A Culinary Vacation
    By: Robbie Becklund | - Looking to travel to another country to experience their food? Or do you want to stay in the U.S. and see what life is like on small farms that practice sustainable methods and grow heirloom produce. This and more is available in the facinating world of culinary vacations. Think of how exciting it would be to take a vacation centered around one of the greatest passions of all time -- food!

    For a culinary vacation you can start out by selecting a location to visit or by a type of f ...

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  • Shop Online, Live Green
    By: Pat Herron | - When shopping green online people are looking for Earth friendly products to enhance their life style.These can include organically grown, healthy foods for their families, or products made with sustainable, recyclable materials that won't deplete our planet of its natural resources.

    Fair trade is a social movement that promotes standards of sustainability practices empowering producers in developing nations. Fair trade supports fair prices, fair labor conditions, community develo ...

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  • Sustainability Ideas For Restauranteurs
    By: Blaine Arnot | - Sustainability as a concept is really about survival. Simply put, its about finding the belief, tools and actions that allow for us to continue to exist as a species.

    Its like we collectively journeyed so far in the wrong direction, and are now trying to find our way back to a place long past. It really begs the question: Were not our communities sustainable at one point and time?
    Being environmentally responsible is really about making better choices and many require a si ...

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  • How Buying Local Food Can Save The Planet
    By: Shawn Wilson | - It is estimated that 48 Billion dollars worth of food is thrown away in the United States because it spoils before it reaches the grocery store. It really is amazing how far food travels these days and the whole organic shift has only made this worse. Do you want organic Romaine lettuce when you live in New York in the dead of winter? Well this stuff is either coming from California or worse Mexico. It is shocking how much pollution is caused by shipped foods and if you are old enough you rememb ...
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  • The District Of Columbia Uses Resources To Make Neighborhoods Sustainable
    By: Samson Paulotti | - The District of Columbia is not only trying to clean up their neighborhoods, they are trying to clean up the earth. The thought of each individual doing this on their own can be a huge and taunting one, but pulling together all of their resources, they are trying to make their neighborhoods more sustainable. The idea behind this is that each person counts individually, but together we can accomplish anything. Once resources are unlimited, anything is possible. The following is a step by step gui ...
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  • More Flavor Less Health Problems.
    By: sakoner | - Nothing can compare with the purity and unsurpassed taste and flavor of organic food. This is a food that makes you feel a whole lot better than those modified products scattered along the shelves in supermarkets. Organic meat coming from ecologically sustainable pastures where animals graze freely in the natural healthy environment this is what makes the perfect choice of every housewife.
    Are you tired of tasteless meat? Your meat rissoles are no longer popular with your family? It ...

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  • Little Known Disasters In Global Warming
    By: Tommy Linsley | - Global warming is the process of a gradual increase in the earth's atmospheric and ground temperatures throughout the entire planet. Studies have shown that global temperature has risen by 1 degree Fahrenheit over the last century. Day-to-day activities by humans since the beginning of the industrial era have resulted in the increased emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses to the atmosphere, causing a trend of warming at a distressing pace.

    Reasons behind it...< ...

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  • Brazilian Sustainability Expert To Speak In Cape Town
    By: Lavana James | - The man who turned one of Brazil's most spatially challenged and environmentally bereft cities into an internationally acclaimed model for sustainable urban planning, Jaime Lerner, will be in Cape Town early in November.

    Lerner will be the keynote speaker at the inaugural conference of the newly-formed Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) to be held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre from 2-4 November 2008.

    Sustainable planning within sp ...

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  • Green Earth: Understanding The Concept Of Sustainable Development
    By: Ranju Kumar | - It started thousands of years ago. Man, animals and the flora combined to make our earth the most beautiful planet in the universe. All three blended well, with man and animals making their habitat in the forests and mountains among the flora. Natural resources were shared by all. But with some of the animals being at the top of the food chain, others felt threatened by their presence. Physically being weaker than the animals, man had to plan for his survival and that started the development.
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  • Global Warming: Causes, Consequences And Remedies
    By: Ranju Kumar | - What is global Warming?: Global warming is the process of a gradual increase in the earths atmospheric and ground temperatures throughout the entire planet. Studies have shown that global temperature has risen by 1 degree Fahrenheit over the last century. Day-to-day activities by humans since the beginning of the industrial era have resulted in the increased emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses to the atmosphere, causing a trend of warming at a distressing pace.

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  • With Nutritious Baby Food, Make Your Child Hale And Hearty
    By: Janne Clarke | - In the growth of the child, the most important thing that matters is the food that is administered to the baby. Even small quantities of any harmful ingredient can harm the health of the baby and in some cases, even cause irreparable damage. It is always better to give that baby food to the infant that is perfectly healthy and attuned to the laws and components of nature.

    The most harmful thing for a baby can be any artificial ingredients that are used at the time of growth or cu ...

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  • How To Become Self Sufficient On One Acre Of Ground
    By: Jim Kennard | - Factors to Consider:
    .Food and money requirements
    The income you receive will depend on what you choose to grow, on how well you follow through in the growing process, and on how well you handle the financial and marketing aspects of the job.

    Consider carefully a) your family size, b) the standard of living expected, and c) the debt load you expect the garden to carry. A home mortgage plus car and credit card payments of $3,000 per month requires a much greater eff ...

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  • Organic Or Chemical Gardening. Which Is Best?
    By: Jim Kennard | - What Plants Need
    Plants require 16 elements for healthy growth. The first 3 - carbon, oxygen and hydrogen - are readily obtained from the air. Through photosynthesis, plants create 95% of their substance from these first 3 elements.

    The other 13 elements come from the soil and make up only 5% of the plant, but are nonetheless vitally important, for without them the plant will fail. Most importantly, the plant can only access these 13 nutrients as water-soluble minerals thro ...

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  • How To Set Up A Mittleider Method Soil-bed Garden
    By: Jim Kennard | - First off, you MUST have direct sunlight all day long for vegetables to thrive. Therefore, use only the space that has no shade. And don't worry if it seems small! You'll grow twice the food in one fourth the space others are using, so just do it right in the space you have. And actually, starting small is a good idea anyway! It's easier, more fun, and won't wear you out!

    Level ground, or something with a slight Southern slope is best, in order to catch the sun's strongest rays, ...

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  • What Is Sustainable Gardening?
    By: Jim Kennard | - These are important questions, and the answers are 1) not necessarily, 2) & 3) yes, definitely. Let's find out how and why.
    Having a sustainable garden means very different things to different people. Some folks are led to believe that a sustainable garden must use only organic materials, because someday the commercially- available mineral nutrients may not be available. Perhaps we should also all ride bicycles, because someday gasoline may not be available.

    In my view a ...

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  • Sustainable Enterprises: Endorsed By Mother Earth !
    By: Akhil Shahani | - Social responsibility towards the environment is fast becoming part of the business psyche of our society. Starting with the big guns who call it corporate responsibility to smaller companies pursuing eco friendly processes, there is a new sensitivity in the way businesses are run. The small entrepreneur is not to be left behind either, with a number of sustainable enterprises taking birth in this era of environmental consciousness.

    There is no arguing that having respect f ...

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  • The New Tuna In Town: Troll-caught Albacore
    By: Steven Stallard | - The health benefits of eating a diet primarily of live foods and fish have been touted for a long time. One fish is an excellent source of omega 3's: troll-caught albacore tuna. Here are the facts:

    What Makes Troll-Caught Albacore Different?

    Unique Population.

    Troll-caught albacore are younger, smaller, richer fish than their cousins harvested from the warm waters of the tropical Pacific. Troll-caught albacore come exclusively from cold Pacific waters ...

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  • Austin Farmer's Markets
    By: Dane Smith | - As many Austinites relish living a healthy lifestyle, it's no surprise that Farmers' Markets are a hit in the city. The markets bring fresh foods from locally grown areas to those looking for an alternative to the goods found in the neighborhood grocery store.

    Though many cities don't have a farmers' market, Austin has had up to five at one time, with the Austin Farmers' Market being one of the most popular. Located both in the center of town, at 4th ...

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  • Hemp, Tomorrow's Building Blocks?
    By: Les Edwards | - Today, hemp bricks are being used to build eco homes in the Province of Granada, Spain. Hemp as an industrial product has been around for thousands of years. After a period of decline it is now beginning to show a re-emergence in this eco-age as a sustainable building product.

    Hemp comes from the Anglo Saxon word haemp' and is the popular name for plants of the cannabis genus. Hemp usually refers to the strains of the plant cultivated exclusively for industrial use as oppos ...

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  • A Healthy Food Store Makes A Healthy Community
    By: Sally Rutherford | - Stores tend to influence the communities that they are placed in. This is especially true of health stores, they tend to make the people around them "healthier", imagine that! People are making political and social decisions when they go shopping, and voting with dollars in a sense. They are deciding what kinds of places they will associate, and having a health food store as an option can lead to other overall healthy decisions as well.
    A health food store first and foremost off ...

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  • Does Eating Raw Foods Make Sense In The North?
    By: Frederick Patenaude | - Have you bought the idea that a completely raw food diet is the ultimate, most logical, best diet for all humankind, no matter where they live in the world? (Like eskimos eating watermelon...)

    It seems to me that it's the implied idea transmitted by many raw-foodists, raw food website, books and seminars.

    The idea is:

    Raw Food is Good, Cooked Food is Evil, and the World Would Be a Better Place If Everyone Ate Only Raw Foods

    OK, I may b ...

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  • Gourmet Food Gems In Paris - Part Ii
    By: Phil Chavanne | - Food is more of an art (and for some, a religion) in France, and if there's one thing the French know how to do well, it's food. So I knew I would be remiss in my duties if I did not go and seek out Paris's finest gastronomic glories for my readers of paris-eiffel-tower-news.com. Sampling the following is not optional it's a must!!!

    In Part I, we revealed to you the Raspail organic food open street market and the Lafayette gourmet food court. Now, we offer you two more of those P ...

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  • The Sustainable Path
    By: Rob Barton | - Sustainability starts with you, from the smallest change you can make in your own home or office can have a huge effect further up the chain. Simply by buying the right products you can help you and your family save heaps of money, and also help the environment through these purchases.

    Natural and alternative health and lifestyle products can really benefit you and your family.

    Did you know that the industry in health foods and natural products in their retail and b ...

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  • Sustainable Horticulture Is Important For Everyone
    By: Jerry Cahill | - Sustainable Horticulture is increasingly important to everyone. This website contains articles related to sustaining our environment through sustaining our horticulture. It is through sustaining our home environment that we make a valuable contribution to sustaining much more.

    We live in an increasingly urbanized world, where open or green space is becoming less common and more highly valued. Landscapes provide an extension of the livable environment where people interact with t ...

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