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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.

Georgia Cucumber Jelly Recipe

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Ingredients And Procedures

6 Cucumbers,medium-sized

3 pk Gelatin,unflavored

1/2 c Water,cold

2 c Water,boiling

1/4 c Apple cider vinegar

1 ts Onion,grated

1/4 ts Salt

2 dr Green food coloring

1/4 c Pimientos,chopped

1. Peel cucumbers, remove seeds, and grate. Wrap in a clean kitchen cloth

to absorb all moisture for about 15 minutes. 2. Sprinkle gelatin over cold water, add boiling water, and stir until

dissolved. Add vinegar, onion, salt, and food coloring; refrigerate until slightly thickened. Stir in grated cucumber and pimientos. Pour into 8 1/2-cup individual molds or 1 4-cup ring mold. Chill 4 hours, or until very

firm. Serve as jelly as accompaniment to cold meat or fish.

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