Archive for the ‘Sustainable Living/Communities’ Category

Your Food Supply #16: Making A Change

20/08/2010

Two local farmers, Linda, and Amanda discuss how to make a change in your own lifestyle to support your health and organic farming in your area.

Your Food Supply #11

09/08/2010

Question: A single pound of industrially produced ground beef contains how many different strands of DNA? Find out below:

Your Food Supply #10

09/08/2010

Making Some Really Good Tamales..and Growing Up Vegetarian

Your Food Supply #7: BuckHorn Mt.

03/08/2010

Buckhorn Gardens in Montrose Colorado goes “MorGanic”
Breigh Peterson and Darren Cloud go beyond organic at the Telluride Farmer’s Market.


See Buckhorn Gardens’ website.

The Little Pika & Global Warming

03/08/2010

How Global Warming is effecting the Pika, a High Altitude Rock Dweller.
Photographer Wendy Shattil of Denver, Colorado gets great shots in the name of nature. Learn about her efforts to capture and document, on camera, endangered species for future generations.  I talk with her about the pika, a rodent in the rabbit family, who can’t go any higher as the temperatures rise in our mountain environment.


Be sure and check out her amazing images on her website.

Your Food Supply #5

31/07/2010

Concina Linda Works with Local Farmers

Your Food Supply #4: Healthy Lard?

30/07/2010

Good Lard, What is it and Why Should I Care?

Your Food Supply #3: Ancient Corn

27/07/2010

Cocinca Linda Explains Corn Grinding, The Ancient Way

Your Food Supply #2: Passionate Restaurateur

26/07/2010

Meet a Passionate Food Supplier

"Made by Hand, From the Soul of Mexico"

After our drive through corn fields, cattle feed lots and processing plants of the of the great American prairies complete with narration on CD of “An Omnivore’s Dilemma” we arrived in Durango for our week of House sitting. When looking for a restaurant which served local food, we found Cocina Linda, run by an energetic and passionate woman to whom we both took a liking. Below is the first post in a series from our informative interview with her. Stay tuned for more the next few weeks.  Watch this video to see why we love Linda and her good food.
Image: Cocina Linda’s Logo

Your Food Supply #1.2: You’re Kidding, Right?

23/07/2010

Do you know how many different cows are in one hamburger?
Feed Lots in Kansas, USA
Question #1: When you are eating a hamburger, you’re not eating beef from one cow, you’re eating a beef mixture from how many cows? Let us know your answer and we’ll tell you after we get 20 responses.

Question #2: Why do you think there is a hedgerow of trees along the feedlot bordering the highway?

A North American Feedlot, Kansas