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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.

Sesame Curried Walnuts Recipe

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Ingredients And Procedures

2 1/2 c Walnuts

2 ts Sesame seeds

2 ts Sesame oil

2 ts Curry powder

1 ts Salt

2 ts Sugar

2 ts Lemon juice

1 tb Water

1 pn Hot red pepper sauce

Saute walnuts & sesame seeds in sesame oil over medium-low heat, until the walnuts begin to sizzle. Sprinkle curry powder, salt & sugar over the walnuts, stirring to coat. Stir-fry until the curry powder begins to brown, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Combine remaining ingredients in a small bowl. Drizzle over the walnut mixture. Stir until thoroughly coated. Allow to cool before serving.

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