Even though everyday should be Earth day, today’s holiday serves as a reminder that it is our responsibility to do something healthy for the environment. Every single one of us can do something to “go green” and now it’s more important than ever that we do.

Whether it’s going green in the kitchen, consuming organic food (or not), the following information may be helpful to you in your Earth Day quests.

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I thought I’d seen it all. You know…potato forks, corn spoons (well actually, corn everything for that matter). But I never would have thought the world would come to this.

Yes, pretty soon, a region in Ontario, Canada will be using grapes to power their homes. A nearby winery will provide grapeskins that will be converted into energy, and residents of Niagara will be able to say they’re reading my blog post thanks to grapes.

Converting edible byproducts into energy is a trend us North Americans are slowly catching onto, and hey, maybe we can run our cars on grapes someday too, instead of all that oil.

There’s no stopping us now.

But if you’re like me, and for the moment feel more comfortable eating a Grape Salad than using those grapes to fuel your oven, just remember you didn’t use any energy to make it! Now that Grape and Ginger Tart on the other hand…

-Hillary, living in a biodegradable world where she is just a biodegradable girl.
Editor, Recipe4Living

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Sorry guys, it’s been a while since I have blogged but I am back!

So, a couple of months ago I decided to plant my first garden. Not having a single clue how it was going to turn out, I was shocked to see my little garden explode into its own little forest of tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers and basil.

My two tomato plants have basically taken over my garden and I have run out of sticks to prop the plant stems up. I am sad to say some of the stems have broken off due to my own lack of care. Plus the fact that a we had a terrible few days of fierce storms with extremely high and damaging winds, so this didn’t help my poor plants either.

Yesterday I decided it was time to start caring for my garden again, so I took all the broken stems out and picked the green tomatoes that never would have a chance to ripen. I used these green tomatoes to try and make Fried Green Tomatoes for the first time.

I was told by my boyfriend’s mother that the only thing I really needed to do to make Fried Green Tomatoes was just put oil in a pan (I used EVOO), bread the green tomatoes with breadcrumbs and fry them on the stove. Easy enough!

I think not! My Fried Green Tomatoes turned out mushy, slimy and hot. The bread crumbs hardly even stuck onto the sliced tomatoes.

Do any of you have a good recipe for Fried Green Tomatoes? There are a ton on Recipe4Living, but I still have about four left and I would love to try this again.

-Sarah, Editor for Recipe4Living

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This fascinating article was printed in the New York Times magazine on April 22, 2007. Written by Michelle Pollan of University of California, Berkley, it addresses the farm bill that is up for reconsideration this year and its immense impact on not only the American food industry, but the world’s. She poignantly explains:

A public-health researcher from Mars might legitimately wonder why a nation faced with what its surgeon general has called “an epidemic” of obesity would at the same time be in the business of subsidizing the production of high-fructose corn syrup. But such is the perversity of the farm bill: the nation’s agricultural policies operate at cross-purposes with its public-health objectives.

Read the entire article here.

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