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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.

Toasted Garbanzo Patties Recipe

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Ingredients And Procedures

1 1/2 c AM Toasted Garbanzo Flour

1 c Water

1 md Onion; chopped finely

1/2 c AM Oat Flakes

1/2 c Ground pecans or other nuts

1 tb Parsley

1 ts Savory

1 ts Sea salt (optional)

Mix the flour and water. Let sit while preparing remaining ingredients. Mix all well. When mixture is quite thick shape into patties. Fry lightly on both sides. Flatten patties fairly thin while cooking. Delicious when fried in toasted sesame oil. Source: Arrowhead Mills "Recipes for Special Dietary Needs" tri-fold Reprinted by permission of Arrowhead Mills, Inc. Electronic format courtesy of: Karen Mintzias

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