Posts Tagged ‘farmers market’

Where Has Your Produce Been? Track Food Safety with Leaf Locator

Smart consumers not only look for organic produce, but they also track food safety with new technology, called the Leaf Locator.  Born in the wake of the 2006 E. coli scare from spinach grown in California, shoppers now want to know where their produce has been.  In other words, they want to be able to [...]

June 15, 2010 Going green 6 Comments

Plant a Victory Garden

Plant a Victory Garden

Want to save money?  Why not plant a Victory Garden?  Although the concept was born nearly 100 years ago, many people have re-adopted the idea of growing their own food as “victory” over the recession.  Back in the 1930s and 1940s, “Victory Gardens” were grown by the wives of soldiers serving in WWI and WWII.  [...]

May 4, 2009 Going green, Peachy 3 Comments