• Happy Worms
    Home Garden,  Organics

    Worms:

    A Solution for Improving Garden Soil & Saving the Planet Are you seeking a way to keep your garden plants healthy without harming the environment? Conventional fertilizers aren’t going to cut it, as they pollute the planet and don’t provide long-term benefits. A better option is to create fertilizer at home with worms by setting up a personal vermicompost that turns your wasted food scraps in plant energy.  Why is homemade worm compost so beneficial? It adds essential nutrients back into the soil, plus worms have the potential to make it easier to reduce your household trash. And, as you’ll learn next, that’s no small matter. Compost: Reducing Waste One…

  • preserve and conserve
    FOOD

    Beyond Preserving & Conserving

    I get so excited this time of year when I see the amazing bounty our farmers produce for us. The lavish mounds of tomatoes, berries, plums, corn, green beans and more, inspire me to think of ways to preserve at least some of these beauties for winter meals.

  • Bio trimming handbag
    FOOD,  Food Waste,  RE-THINK

    Food Waste is Fodder for Fashion in the Bio-trimmings Project

    London-based Hoyan Ip, a 2012 MA Fashion graduate, observed that food waste could help offset fashion industry waste. So, she set about using discarded food to make buttons, buckles, and other garment trims. Ip says, “Fashion represents change. Bio-trimmings are unique products that act as an object to educate and make good changes towards both sustainable fashion and ethical living for the future.”