Reaping Many Good Things

I have maintained that local efforts to reshape the nature of our economy can do much to alleviate the continuing economic catastrophe. One that is happening in my home town of Salem, Oregon is a program that helps people obtain free food while helping others who face food insecurity. Read more [...]
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A Garden in a Swimming Pool

Dennis and Danielle McClung took a foreclosed home in Mesa, Arizona that had an empty, dilapidated swimming pool in the back yard. Rather than restore it as a regular pool, they turned it into a combination garden greenhouse and fish pond that now provides nearly all of the food they need for their family of four. Read more [...]
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Time for a Garden

Each year for many years we've planted a vegetable garden starting about now, or sometimes earlier. This can make a real difference in a number of ways, not just by delivering fresh produce to your table and hopefully those of your neighbors (face it, if you don't get too much of something each year, it's not a good year). Read more [...]
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Ramen: The Starving Student’s Staff of Life

My preparation was pretty artless, frankly. I liked the noodles more than the soup, so I tended to just throw in a packet of seasoning and mix it in with the cooked, drained noodles. It was adequate. Today the styles and flavors of ramen and its allied products have proliferated beyond belief, especially if you chance to wander into a large Asian supermarket. Read more [...]
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A New Twist on Cheap Food

Recent global events have sent world food prices soaring. I suspect that speculation is having an impact on those prices as well, as is the increasing cost of a barrel of oil. Whatever the reason it has thrust the problem of high food prices back into the news, so this might be a good time to talk about some new ideas related to eating on the cheap. Read more [...]
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