Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 8, 2011

With food costs seeming to rise all the time, your weekly trip to the supermarket can take a big chunk out of your budget. If you’re sick of paying over the odds, think about producing your own fruit and vegetables. Save money on food costs. It’s a sustainable food source. Not convinced?

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

Here’s some top ideas to save you money and ease your conscience: Waste Less Food. It’s amazing how much food we waste in the Western world. Think about it, how often do you throw away ‘out of date’ products or toss scraps into the trash from your plate? It’s both wasteful and costly!

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

In my quest to be more healthy over the past couple of years, I’ve been acutely aware of the imbalance between the cost of healthy, nutritious food, and the cost of unhealthy, food-like products (non foods). In grade school, did you ever do the science experiment with flowers and food colouring?

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Organic Organization Saving Money Money 186

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 12, 2011

Using just bi-carb soda and vinegar there are a range of things you can do from cleaning the bathroom right through to the oven. You can find lots of recipes online for your own cleaning products such as vinegar for floors and windows and for more reasons to make your own check out this post.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 8, 2013

Which is the greener choice – commercially-farmed food or organically-farmed food? Let’s look at some of the facts surrounding these two methods of producing our food and find out which is the greener choice and how each one compares with helping us save money. Commercially Grown. Organically Grown.

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