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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.

Makaronia (Greek) Recipe

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Ingredients And Procedures

1/2 lb Sweet Butter

1/4 lb Mizithra (Or Feta), Grated

1 1/2 lb Spaghetti, Cooked al Dente

16 Jumbo Calamata Olives *

* Olive meat should be shaved from the pits. ~------------------------------------------------------------------------- In a large saucepan place the butter and heat it on medium until it has melted. Add the cheese and stir it in. Add the pasta and toss it in so that it is well coated with the butter and cheese. Add the shaved olives and toss them in well. Source: Papadakis Taverna - San Pedro, California California Beach Recipe - by Joan & Carl Stromquist

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