Low Mileage Food

These Come From Trees

Things have been a little nuts here at Casa J&J this week. We both had extra hours at school or at work which didn’t seem to leave a whole lot of time for activities on the internets.
We’re happy to announce a new addition to our household. A friend of ours in Virginia had [...]

I found a page of a website today via StumbleUpon.com that lists a bunch of kitchen myths. I found it interesting, so I thought I’d share.

Miniature Earth

The Falkirk Wheel

Up, up and away and CO2 neutral

One of the things I’ve been wanting to talk about here is the experience of local foods – how good things taste, how nice it is to get to talk to the people that make and harvest our foods, that sort of thing. So, some bits and pieces from the last few weeks:
- Our [...]

I opened a checking account at our local credit union last week. (BofA outsources their tech support and charges a $6 monthly maintenance fee, so I’m dumping them.) My box of checks arrived yesterday, wrapped in plastic. Recyclable #2 plastic.
Now that’s the way things outta be. Don’tcha hate plastic that isn’t marked? [...]

I spotted this over at The Simple Dollar. The title of the post is “Don’t Know How To Cook, But Want To Learn? Here Are The Only Two Books You’ll Ever Need.” The two books are How to Cook Everything, one of Joyce’s favorites, and one we hadn’t heard of before, The New [...]

Two snippets:
1. One of the friends that came to our second Thanksgiving a couple of weeks ago came up to me at school the beginning of this week (we’re in the same grad program). “Joyce, I got some of that milk this weekend, and I’ve had half a gallon in three days! [...]

EPA allows pesticides to be applied to water

The Great Wealth Transfer

Cognitive dissonance is seeing a Hummer parked outside of your local natural foods store.

My amazing Joyce turns 30 today.
Happy Birthday, honey. You make life wonderful.