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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.

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Producer organisations that supply Fairtrade products are inspected and certified by FLO. They receive a minimum price that covers the cost of sustainable production and an extra premium that is invested in social or economic development projects.

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Rosemary Focaccia Bites Recipe

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Ingredients And Procedures

1 Tube (10oz) refrigerated

Pizza dough 2 T Oil, preferably olive

1 t Salt

1 t Dried rosemary, crushed

1/2 t Grated orange zest

1/4 t Pepper

1/4 c Sliced roasted red peppers

From a jar drained 2 Scallions,chopped

(same as green onions) 1/4 c Kalamata olives, pitted and

Chopped Preheat oven to 425 degree F. On baking sheet, unroll pizza dough into a 8 x 12 rectangle. In small bowl combine oil, rosemary, salt, zest and pepper. Brush dough with oil mixture, leaving 1/4 border around edges. Sprinkle with roasted red peppers, scallions and olives. Bake until golden bron, about 10-12 minutes. Cut into squares

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