Earth Talk: How to Freeze Food Safely & Ecologically

Freezer Containers

Reprinted with permission from Earth Talk, 8.21.11 edition, E – The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: I love to cook and when I have the time I make soups, stews and pasta meals in large batches and freeze them. I use leftover plastic containers, but I know this is not good. What kinds of containers are [...]

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Locavore Wants ‘Buy Fresh Buy Local’ at Grocery Chains

Earth Talk response to locavore: Whole Foods’ success with local producers inspires national grocery chains to “buy fresh buy local” EarthTalk®: From the Editors of E/The Environmental Magazinea>Whole Foods, which was buying from local farmers and ranchers since it opened its first store in 1980 in Austin, Texas. Dear EarthTalk Maria Fine, Somerville, MA By [...]

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