As a logical followup to my earlier post on the “Eat Local” challenge, I was reading a report of the Slow Food Nation conference in San Francisco earlier this month.…
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Just Food Co-op featured their third annual “Eat Local” challenge, running from Aug. 15 to Sept. 15. Just Food Co-op is challenging community members to eat 80 percent of their…
According to the Wikipedia, “the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System, developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), provides a suite of standards for…
I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen someone hanging their clothes outside to dry here in Northfield. Is it banned in places or just not, um, cool? See the…
This NY Times story from May was reprinted in yesterday’s Strib: One Country’s Table Scraps, Another Country’s Meal: Food riots are breaking out abroad but Americans toss a lot of…
In the discussion about the sudden removal of the trees on 5th St, Jean Wakely wrote: However, I have a Vote of NO CONFIDENCE that the new trees will be…
Back in April of last year, I blogged about the Danes and their efforts to achieve energy independence. The efforts of these people in this area have come to my…
Today and tomorrow, judges for the American in Bloom (AIB) competition will be making the rounds. They were introduced to Northfield earlier this morning at a breakfast at the Northfield…
As reported here on Locally Grown back in this April discussion thread, single sort recycling (AKA single-stream or co-mingled recycling) is arriving for Northfield. The containers arrived on…