Don't just celebrate your independence: SAVOR it!
July 4th only comes once a year, but every day can be Food Independence Day if you grow some of your own food and support local food producers and growers in your area.
July 4th only comes once a year, but every day can be Food Independence Day if you grow some of your own food and support local food producers and growers in your area.
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- Local foods are patriotic, whether you’re buying them from producers in your area or growing some of your own. They’re good for our local farmers, our economies, our health, and that of the planet. Best of all, they taste great because they’re fresh from the soil.
Food Independence Day is being coordinated by the nonprofit group Kitchen Gardeners International in partnership with the IATP Food and Society Fellows program.
We’re asking our nation’s first families not only to lead by example... (read more) - Website:
- http://www.FoodIndependenceDay.org
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Food Independence Day What better place for celebrating food independence than in a food garden, your own or another one in your community? Please show your support and solidarity with food gardeners around the world by attending "World Kitchen Garden Day." All it costs is a mouseclick. We're stronger together.
Location:Your garden, your community, your country, your planet
Time:12:00AM Sunday, August 22nd
Food Independence Day Happy July 4th all! I hope you enjoy some delicious locally-produced food today with family and friends. If you have a photo of your celebration you want to share, you can do so though our facebook page.
Food Independence Day This animated video produced by Kitchen Gardeners International in the course of its White House garden campaign focuses on the history of the "First Garden", but it also offers a peek into our country's history in terms of food independence. Enjoy!
This animated video is part of the "Eat the View" campaign to turn part of the White House's 18 acre lawn back into an edible landscape. The video tells the story of the "America's Garden" from 1800 when President John Adams planted the first "first vegetables" to feed ...his own family to the present ...
See MoreFood Independence Day An amazing collection of 101 July 4th grilling ideas, most of which you've never considered before and all of which will taste better using fresh, local ingredients from a source you know and trust. Don't just celebrate your independence, savor it!
The summer is young, and the backyard grill is ready for something new. Expand your cooking repertory with these ideas.
Food Independence Day It might seem unlikely that a Communist country could have anything to teach the US about food independence, but, as this short video shows, Cuba is not just any communist country. Its unique history and geography make it an example worth studying.
Cuba is not only an island nation in terms of its geography, but also its economy and politics as a result of the US embargo and the fall of the Soviet Union, Cuba's largest source of trade and aid until the Berlin Wall fell in 1991. Cut off from the world's pipeline of food, oil, chemical pesticid...
Food Independence Day Food Independence Day written up on the Huffington Post (by the deliciously independent writer and blogger, Leslie Hatfield) . Just a few days left before the 4th. Be sure to reach out to family and friends, online and in person!
Originally published at Ecocentric. I've said it before and I'll say it again: Eating local food is patriotic.
Food Independence Day Here's a little something that should get you feeling like a good food revolutionary. Don't forget to share Food Independence Day with at least 4 (4 as in July 4) friends. That's how we'll grow this movement and take back our food system!
Food Independence Day 13 days to Food Independence Day. Anyone started July 4th menu planning yet? My garden is churning out salad greens and peas and our red pontiac potatoes are just starting to blossom. Also, our garlic scapes are curling nicely.
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You don't have to wait for your basil or your garlic to make pesto with this recipe. For the uninitiated, garlic scapes are the elegant flowers that emerge from hardneck garlic varieties. Scapes are usually ...
Food Independence Day Three cheers for Michael Pollan, today's good food hero. 14 days to Food Independence Day. Have you recruited 4 friends to this page? It's what Michael would want you to do...I think.
Food Independence Day Today's Food Independence Day shout-out goes to our Kitchen Gardener-in-Chief, First Lady Michelle Obama, for planting the seeds of a healthier and more self-reliant country in America's highest-profile backyard. Did you know that the White House garden grew over 1000 pounds of food last year, part of it donated to a ...local soup kitchen? We call that leading and eating by example.
Food Independence Day Today's Good Food hero is Will Allen, founder and CEO of Growing Power, for inspiring and helping America's urban communities to become food independent. 19 days to FID. Let's grow some power of our own by reaching out to a fb friend or two today!
Food Independence Day Happy Flag Day. While the stars and stripes may be what our elected officials wear on their lapels to show their patriotism, we need to ask them to put their money and their patriotism where their mouth by eating and supporting local foods. Love of country is also about love of the soil. Let's show 'em we mean busin...ess by making this fb page pop. We're at 1300 people now and can reach 2000 in no time if each us recruits 1 person to the cause. Lets go for it!
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In the United States, Flag Day is celebrated on June 14. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States, which happened that day by resolution of the Second Continental Congress in 1777.[1]
Food Independence Day Today's FID shout-out goes to "Renegade Lunch Lady" Ann Cooper for helping to start a delicious revolution in school cafeterias. What a radical concept: kids eating foods that taste good & are healthy for them and for the planet! Go Ann, go!
