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. What Does Science Say?
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
FEBRUARY 12, 2014
Over the past year or so, I’ve probably watched twenty different documentaries , and many of them were about health, food, weight and nutrition. Cut out the crap and eat plants. To acknowledge this fact, I used to reduce the crap (slightly) and eat more plants on top of the crap existing in my diet. What is the one change?
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Prairie Eco-Thrifter
APRIL 16, 2013
Caring for a garden offers opportunities for exercise outside, and it allows for you to ensure that the food you eat is responsibly grown. Plus, if you are interested in local food sources, it doesn’t get much more local than your own backyard. For the beginner, though, gardening can present a number of challenges.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JANUARY 17, 2012
One of the ways is food. The food we eat plays a vital part in the quality of our health and fitness, our ability to fight of illness and disease, as well as our ability to think, reflect, ponder, and make decisions. The food we eat is literally the energy our brain needs to work. Almonds and other nuts.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JANUARY 25, 2012
Because the production of food has such a large carbon footprint, learning to eat sustainably is a great way to limit your impact on the earth. Millions of tones of food are thrown away in western countries every year. In the UK, it has been calculated that 330 kg of food is thrown out by every household each year.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
MARCH 14, 2011
Kim McGrigg presents Small ways to save big on major purchases – Money Management posted at Blogging for Change. FIRE Getters presents Top 5 Ways To Trim Our Grocery Bills! posted at FIRE Finance , saying, “We decided to optimize our grocery expenses and pull the strings on our food budget even tighter.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JANUARY 14, 2015
I don’t freeze food in the used bags, but do use them for leftovers in the frig. My spouse has many plantings around our several acres. When he plants something new that needs a steady supply of surface water, due to shallow roots, he sometimes uses a 2 liter soda bottle. Two liter soda bottles. Old clothing parts.
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