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Environmental Group Gives First-Time Nod to Sustainable Salmon-Farming Method

January 19, 2010 New way to farm salmon has received endorsement from Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch. The company, AquaSeed Corp., raises the coho salmon from eggs in closed, fresh water pens, at a 1:1 per pound feed ratio. In the past it has been noted that it took upwards of 4 pounds of fish [...]

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Green Green Beans

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Follow along as we travel from the field to the factory to learn how some of the best and freshest green beans get picked, processed, and canned all within a few short hours of time.

For those of you who have been following, I like to see how things are made, [...]

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Earth Day in the Kitchen

For the Two Junes, making our cooking life more sustainable is an on-going process. Sure, energy and water-efficient appliances are great, but simply modifying daily habits can make a big impact. Cooking requires a significant amount of water and energy and generates both trash and food waste. The good news is that since we [...]

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A Sustainable Kitchen Is a Creative Kitchen

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A functioning sustainable kitchen relishes a challenge, be it using up leftovers creatively, finding just one more way to use zucchini, or recycling bones and veggie scraps into stock. In this endeavor, flexibility and creativity are just as essential as cooking knowledge. My spirit of industriousness was [...]

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Dark Chocolate-Prune Bar Cookies

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A Fair Artisan Wage: Soldiers in the Sustainable Trenches

Part 1: Portland, Oregon, is a city on the cutting edge of food. We’ve got great restaurants and talented chefs, wine and beer to die for, excellent bakeries, chocolatiers and coffee roasters, and a wealth of natural riches provided by sustainable small farms, year-round farmer’s markets, and locally-owned sustainable grocers. We field an excellent [...]

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