Energy Smart Charlotte wanted to share this cool Fruit and Vegetable graph with all our readers that shows when and which fruits and vegetables they are in season in North Carolina.
You can use this guide to choose the freshest, best tasting produce available. Insist on buying locally grown food in grocery stores, restaurants, in the work place and schools. Or- buy directly from a local grower at a farmers market, pick-your-own or even roadside farm market. The variety of fruit and vegetable is greater than you might think, discover how you can get a wholesome meal with all local produce.
Practically speaking, local food production can be thought of in concentric circles that start with growing food at home. The next ring out might be food grown in our immediate community – then state, region, and country. (more…)
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What Fruit and Vegetable are In Season?
Sunday, April 15th, 2012DIRT! The Movie
Thursday, December 30th, 2010DIRT! The Movie takes you inside the wonders of the soil. It tells the story of Earth’s most valuable and underappreciated source of fertility–from its miraculous beginning to its crippling degradation.
The opening scenes of the film dive into the wonderment of the soil. Made from the same elements as the stars, plants and animals, and us, “dirt is very much alive.” Though, in modern industrial pursuits and clamor for both profit and natural resources, our human connection to and respect for soil has been disrupted. “Drought, climate change, even war are all directly related to the way we are treating dirt.” (more…)
Green New Year’s Resolutions
Wednesday, December 29th, 2010With every new year comes new resolutions, and there’s no better way to stay true to yourself and to the planet than by making a few green new years resolutions. Energy Smart Charlotte wants to make your choice for 2011 a little easier, by providing our readers with some great and easy green new year’s resolutions to follow.
1. Ditch paper and plastic bags completely and only use reusable shopping bags.
2. Stop buying bottled water and bring your own reusable water bottle. Same goes for coffee mugs at work.
3. Compost leftover food.
4. Really do start reycling, we got those big new green bins for a reason. (more…)
