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When you are travelling, you should have a quick think about where your food has come from. When/if it is locally produced, your food is likely to be tastier, better for the local economy and fresher.


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.


If you're eating foods out of season, it's likely that they have come a long way - try to eat food that is both locally produced and can be found at that time of year, locally!












Jelly Candies Recipe
Jelly Candies Category Jelly Recipes 
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Ingredients And Procedures

-------------------------------IN A SMALL PAN------------------------------- 1 3/4 oz Dry fruit pectin (Sure Jel)

3/4 c Water

1/2 ts Baking soda

----------------------------IN A 2ND LARGER PAN---------------------------- 1 c Sugar

1 c Light Karo

1 ea Flavor/color/citric acid

1. Lightly grease candy molds, or spray with PAM, and sprinkle with

ganulated sugar. In 1st saucepan, combine fruit pectin, water & baking soda; set aside. In a 2nd pan, combine sugar & corn syrup, mixing well. 2. Cook both mixtures, stirring alternately until foam subsides in the soda mixture, about 5 minutes. 3. Pour pectin mixture in a slow, steady stream into the boiling sugar mixture, stirring constantly. Boil & stir for one minute more. 4. Remove from heat stir in flavoring, food color & 1/2 teas. citric acid. 5. Pour into prepared molds. Let set for 24 hours. Remove from molds. Let stand for at least a day before packaging. ***You can use juice of a lemon for flavoring if you wish. Color some, leave some clear (for a rind). Molds are available at cake supply shops for the famous "orange slice" candies. Dolores McCann,OH-- from Harold Guttman Dolores McCann, Prodigy Food & Wine Board

 
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