http://www.celsias.com/blog/2007/04/21/an-interview-with-jules-dervaes/
‘Oatburgers’ or ‘How to Solve America’s Obesity Epidemic’
April 19, 2007 at 1:03 pm (Food)
Here’s a recipe for oatburgers from Celsias. They sound pretty good. I’ll bet the total cost of a quarter pound oatburger would be only a fraction of a beef burger. McDonalds, Burger King, and Wendy’s could put it on their Value Menus, make a good chunk of change on high profit margins, and customers could get a healthy (and cheap) meal. It sound so easy, doesn’t it? I can hear the slogans now: Oatmeal, it’s what’s for dinner. OK, back to reality. Here’s the link and recipe:
http://www.celsias.com/blog/2007/04/19/low-carbon-diet-oatburgers/
- 2c rolled oats
- 1 2/3 c boiling water
- 1/3 c soy sauce
- 1 onion – chopped
- 3T sunflower seeds
- 2T pumpkin seeds
- 1/2t garlic powder
- 3T yeast flakes
What is ‘Fallen Fruit?’
April 18, 2007 at 9:47 am (Food)
From their website:
“Public Fruit” is the concept behind the Fallen Fruit, an activist art project which started as a mapping of all the public fruit in our neighborhood. We ask all of you to contribute your maps so they expand to cover the United States and then the world. We encourage everyone to harvest, plant and sample public fruit, which is what we call all fruit on or overhanging public spaces such as sidewalks, streets or parking lots.
We believe fruit is a resource that should be commonly shared, like shells from the beach or mushrooms from the forest. Fallen Fruit has moved from mapping to planning fruit parks in under-utilized areas. Our goal is to get people thinking about the life and vitality of our neighborhoods and to consider how we can change the dynamic of our cities and common values.
-Fallen Fruit is David Burns, Matias Viegener, and Austin Young
Note: Be sure to read their manifesto. Looks like they’re based out of Kali, but it seems like a good idea for all parts of the country. I’m sure many people have fruits growing in their backyards that drop to the ground and rot because most people have this idea in their minds that fruit comes from a grocery store, not a tree. Don’t believe me? Ask a kid where fruit comes from.
This link was found via http://www.worldchanging.com/
Hey Mayor Hickenlooper, you want to plant a million trees in the next twenty years, right? Can you imagine if the Denver area had an additional million fruit trees? That would be pretty cool.
Excellent Article…
April 13, 2007 at 8:49 pm (Food, gardening)
…on maximizing vegatation (food growth) in the midwest plains. Corn farmers should take notice of this one. Here’s some snippets:
One of his main themes was what he calls the savanna model. The natural habitat in much of North America was once oak savanna – a mix of grassland and woodland. He said because the savanna takes advantage of three dimensions, vegetation high, low, and everywhere in between, you can get sixty vertical feet of photosynthesis, pull water and nutrients up from much deeper in the soil, and over time, build up some of the richest soil on earth. The savanna model can support more total biomass than almost any other system – seven times more biomass than a cornfield.
Turning back to the topic at hand, he said that the most useful Oak savanna crops fall into the following families:
- Fagacae: Oaks, chestnuts, beeches
- Malus: Apples
- Prunus: Plums, cherries, peaches, apricots, and other stone fruits
- Corylus: Hazelnuts
- Vitis: Grapes
- Rubus: Blackberries & raspberries
- Ribes: Currants & gooseberries
http://groovygreen.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=355&Itemid=57
This is what I’ve been working on with a suburban plot. The fruit trees are in. Next are nut trees and berries in between.
Rachel Ray Just Go Away
April 12, 2007 at 9:37 pm (Food)
It seems like everyone agrees with me. I know best. Ugghh. I get nauseous just looking at the picture below. She should try getting by on forty bucks a week like me. Then I might be impressed. Not.
http://community.livejournal.com/rachael_ray_sux/
That reminds me, I had to do a double take when I first read these headlines. I would’ve sworn it said “Rachel Ray Helps out in Porn.”
http://www.ecorazzi.com/?p=2133
Quick question: What’s the name of the other lady on the Food Network that comes on right after the nasty woman pictured above? I just wanted to make the comment that her head is wayyyyyy too big for her body.
HydroRon’s Grow Kit
April 12, 2007 at 2:56 pm (Food, gardening)
This kit comes with everything you need to make an eleven cup hydorponic grow station. I would be tempted to but it if we weren’t now just entering outdoor gardening season. I’ll probably bookmark the page and buy it this fall. $190. If I weren’t so lazy, I could build it from scratch for half the amount. It comes with the following:
10 Gallon Reservoir |
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11-32 oz white bottles & |
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16 oz solo cups |
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237 GPH Pump |
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Grow Rocks |
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12 oz pH Up & Down |
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5 lb. Nutrient Solution |
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24 Hour Timer |
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Complete instructions included |
Bee Collapse– The Great DieOff Begins?
April 12, 2007 at 2:32 pm (Food, gardening)
Taking a quote from the article:
“If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man,” said Albert Einstein.