Famous Death Row Last Meals
Food Fights: The Biggest Culinary Scandals Of 2011
Yes, y'all, we are making way through some earth-friendly products and ways to live as we near Earth Day, which is next Sunday, April 22. We've already seen Green Chocolate from food blogger Sean Timberlake, using bamboo in the kitchen and on the table, and today, these are just a half-dozen foods that are considered earth-friendly. Yes, as sad as it would seem to think that the foods we eat, which come from the earth, could be bad for the planet, these are a few things that are grown sustainably, or in some way cut down on the impact that transport, packaging, etc. have on the environment.
- Edible Indoor Miniature Garden - Instead of using all that energy to go out to the market to buy a salad, grow one on your desk!
- Srina Organic Tea - Grown on a sustainable farm in Sri Lanka
- Organic Dwarf Meyer Lemon Tree - More of "grow your own!"
- Sterling Caviar - Luxury, produced sustainably
- Square One Organic Vodka - Produced organically, and with a social conscience
- Niman Ranch Beef - Local farmers who raise cattle and livestock traditionally, humanely, and sustainably
Everyone needs to grocery shop at some point, fueling the continuing desire to live, even if you're not a big fan of
doing your own cooking. Grocery stores have their own standards for packing bags based upon how to enable your foods to
travel well: cold items with cold items, produce in one bag, don't cram too much in. The last rule is the one that gets
tricky because sometimes it seems like you end up with 10 bags for 10 items when you're leaving the store. It could be
more, if some of the plastic ones are doubled-bagged. Recycling the paper and plastic bags is an excellent idea, but
switching to canvas grocery bags is an even better one. They are reusable, so they help cut down on waste, and many
stores will even give you a per-bag discount for bringing them in! The bags can be purchased at many supermarkets, as
well as being 
