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Buy Seasonal Food : Food in season is the best you can buy. Apples taste better when they haven't been flown half way around the world. And buying in season encourages local producers who, boosted by factors like the rise in farmers' markets, are building a more sustainable food industry.

Buy Local Food : Cultivate an awareness of how far your food travels. When Rich Pirog, Food Systems Program Leader for the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University, tracked the miles traveled for 16 types of produce, he found that locally sourced fruits and vegetables such as apples, lettuce and tomatoes traveled an average of 56 miles, compared to 1,494 miles — nearly 27 times farther — for the same fruits and vegetables delivered through conventional retail channels. Things get stickier with combination foods, strawberry yogurt for example. Pirog came up with 2,216 miles by adding up the distance traveled for the yogurt’s milk, sugar and strawberries. That figure could be slashed by 90 percent if you buy plain yogurt and stir in some locally grown honey and fruit.

Carrot Confetti Salad Recipe

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Ingredients And Procedures

2 c Raw carrots; scrubbed and

-slivered 1 c Red cabbage; trimmed and

-shredded 1 c Raw zucchini; scrubbed and

-slivered 1/2 c Scallions; finely chopped

----------------------------------DRESSING---------------------------------- 4 tb Low-fat vinaigrette

pn Dried dill weed Salt and pepper to taste Toss all vegetables in large salad bowl with dressing. Chill and serve. Total calories per serving: 73 Fat: 2 grams Source: Vegetarian Journal, Jan/Feb 1995 Pooh's Recipe dbase (lisa_pooh@delphi.com) 2/4/96

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