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Buy Seasonal Food : Most food, from fruit to fish, has a season -a time when it is abundant and at its best. Knowledge about food's seasons was once essential to survival and became culturally ingrained over the centuries. Today, we have all but lost this accumulated wisdom, but it still matters! Buy local and seasonal to guarantee the best quality food you can get.


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.


Buy Local Food : ...but at the same time, figure out what makes sense. It is more energy efficient to raise lambs in New Zealand and ship them to the UK than to raise them in the UK, because New Zealand lamb farming is more energy efficient. It is also more energy efficient to buy produce raised in Spain, than produce that has to be grown in greenhouses in the UK. Baby steps require figuring out which things make sense and which don't.












Fire Fighters Chili Recipe
Fire Fighters Chili Category Bean Recipes 
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Ingredients And Procedures

Fire Fighter's Chili No. 2682 Yields 4 Servings

1/2 Lb Italian HOT Sausage 1/2 Cup Water

1/2 Lb Lean Ground Beef 1/2 tsp Beef Flavor Instant

1 Tbls Drippings (See Cooking Bouillon Granules

Instructions) 1/3 Cup Worcestershire Sauce 1/3 Cup Onion, Chopped 3 Tbls Chili Powder

2 Cloves Garlic, Minced 1 Tbls Honey

32 oz Canned Tomatoes, 1/4 tsp Dried Red Pepper

Undrained, Chopped 1/4 tsp Celery Salt 16 oz Canned Kidney or Pinto 1/4 tsp Tabasco Sauce

Beans, Drained & - Salt Rinsed - Pepper 1/2 Cup Dry Red Wine

Remove the sausage from its casing. Brown the sausage and ground beef in a large skillet over medium heat. Remove and drain, reserving the measured amount of drippings specified in the ingredients list. Return the drippings to the skillet. Add the onion and garlic. Cook for 3 minutes. Return the meats to the skillet. Stir in all the remaining ingredients except the salt and pepper. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to a simmer. Cover. Simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve hot.

 
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