Systematically saving money on grocery specials doesn’t have to involve coupons. [...]
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Food - storiesBy David Stookey, on July 1st, 2011
 Not every lot has good soil for a home vegetable garden. It makes sense to test the soil before buying a new home. [...] Cohousing can have advantages any time, but especially when energy, food and other family budget threats loom. [...] In cash terms, a home or community garden can be a big winner. [...] Urban farms, whether indoors or out, are an increasingly popular way of adapting to energy and water pressures. [...] Most of us don’t realize how shaky most predictions are – and how useful they can still be. [...] Most of the water our family consumes doesn’t come through a pipe. It comes via our shopping bags, our electricity cable, and our nearby gas station. [...] Food miles: a controversial measure of the CO2 impact of what we eat, but a certain indicator of where our family budget is at risk. [...] The Colorado River and the Ogallala aquifer are both drying up. Today they supply much of your food. What can we do? [...] To live in a neighborhood where you have financial and environmental resilience, moving could be less painful than trying to build it around you. [...] Some foods take more energy to get onto your plate. Those foods could get expensive soon. [...] Building resiliancy is hard when everyone around you looks askance. There are “Transition” groups to join – or form. [...] Community Supported Agriculture can give you better strawberries and better food security. [...] Population growth has been pulling the rug from under per-capital improvements. Maybe that is about to stop. [...] Federal and state laws have given us the leverage to make school food more healthy. Now it’s up to us to push. [...] Seems our lives in a low-risk area could be affected by what’s happening in the many extreme-risk areas of our country. [...] If we think, “Why should I do sustainable stuff to slow climate change when few others do?” better to think how much our family’s health – and pocketbook – will benefit, regardless of what others do. [...] While not fine-tuned to your family’s plans and concerns, city sustainability rankings are a good place to start to find and evaluate places you might choose to live. [...] Let others help end your paralysis. Meetups are smallish clubs of like-minded people inspiring each other, offering help, and doing tangible projects together. [...] Raising chickens can be a fun way to get started raising some of our own food. [...] There’s a good chance you’ll see some serious savings from reducing the family’s waistlines. [...] What would we learn if punters could bet on global warming? They can. [...] Are there exaggerations, faulty logic, self-serving bias in predictions of environmental and financial troubles ahead? [...] |
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