Summer is soon approaching which means an abundance of fresh veggies and fruits! Here is a list of the most common June produce one can easily get from a farmer’s market, community garden, CSA, or their own backyard. Quick tip: eating seasonally (and locally) is a great way to reduce food waste✍🏽 Share in the… Continue reading June Produce
Category: Composting and Gardening
Food Waste Spotlight: Reduction_Raider1
Today's Food Waste Friday is a spotlight on @reduction_raider1 (Instagram) - writer + frugal foodie. The following are the responses to my food waste questions. Q: Tell us a little bit about yourself. A: A fully fledged, frugal foodie, passionate about avoiding food waste. When not loitering in supermarket reduction aisles, she blogs about eating… Continue reading Food Waste Spotlight: Reduction_Raider1
Garden Update
It’s garden day! The community garden got some new veggies/fruits - which will be part of the produce bags we will distribute within the community. I got a mini arm workout by breaking up the dirt in the beds for the Swiss chard and Tuscan melon. I also removed weeds in the peanut bed -… Continue reading Garden Update
Food Waste Spotlight: Lindsay Miles
Today's Food Waste Friday is a spotlight on Lindsay Miles (@treadingmyownpath) - author, speaker + waste educator. Lindsay's second book The Less Waste No Fuss Kitchen was released earlier this month. The following are the Lindsay's responses to my food waste questions. Q: Tell us a little bit about yourself. A: I’m a writer, waste… Continue reading Food Waste Spotlight: Lindsay Miles
Reflection on Racism and the Black Farmer
My pre-highschool summers were spent in the southeastern part of Kentucky. While some of my peers got to sleep the morning away, I was awaken just after daylight touched the Kentucky bluegrass to the sound of my grandparents preparing for our task-filled day. I was helping tend the cattle, while peers watched various tv shows.… Continue reading Reflection on Racism and the Black Farmer
From food to future plants
Most folks know about turning avocado seeds into a future plant. (Note: If you didn't know now you do). But did you know there are other fruit-related food seeds that turn into future vegetable or house plants? I can honestly say that I only knew about tomato and avocado seeds being utilized, but in a recent… Continue reading From food to future plants
Gardening With Your Children
We spent most of the day assisting my sister with her garden. Naturally, I had no problem assisting (I plan on doing a reflective post on my gardening story soon). But it took some coercion to get my children to help. They primarily helped with cleaning up the backyard/garden area, setting up some new containers,… Continue reading Gardening With Your Children
Let’s Discuss Backyard Composting
A few Fridays back I started a Food Waste Fridays series on the alternatives when someone's food scrap pick-up is cancelled. (Sparked because of NYC government suspending our food scrap program until June 2021). Today's #foodwastefriday Instagram post provides insight into Backyard Composting. I have helped with the maintenance of 3 bin systems/tumblers at community… Continue reading Let’s Discuss Backyard Composting
Let’s Discuss Vermicomposting
Last week I started a new Food Waste Fridays series on the alternatives when someone's food scrap pick-up is cancelled. (Sparked because of NYC government suspending our food scrap program until June 2021). Today's Instagram post provides insight into one indoor option - Vermicomposting (aka worm composting). I personally can't pursue this option for… Continue reading Let’s Discuss Vermicomposting
Maranda's World 