Gray 2 Green

Welcome to your local Farmers Market, here is the place where farmers can sell their goods (fruits, vegetables, and much more) to you.
Okay, so I personally haven’t shopped at my local farmers market all that often. Sorry, I know that I should and once the weather warms up I will get out there and buy local.
Most of the time the things you purchase from local farmers are organic. If it’s not then at least they don’t use the same heavy duty chemicals that large growers use. No, I’m definitely not saying that it’s okay to use chemicals, I’m just saying that they aren’t as bad for you. If it’s not labeled organic, ask. They should be kind and willing to point you in the direction of organic or at least tell you whether or not their goods are organic. In my opinion and the opinion of many others, local food tastes better. Maybe it’s because it’s fresher, usually a lot fresher than the produce you buy in your local grocery store. When you buy local you are helping out the planet, you are also helping out local families. The goods don’t travel very far so there is less air pollution. Even if your closest market is 15 minutes away it is still more earth friendly than traveling two minutes in Virginia to buy strawberries that came from California.
But seriously, if you want to be really earth friendly, grow your own organic produce from organic seeds. Just a thought…

sources:
gardenmandy.com
how to buy local

Okay, this post is completely opinion. No research was/is being done. This is straight from my head. Feel free to stop reading.

Still here? Okay, here goes… Why I think buying in bulk is better for your wallet and for the environment. I don’t buy in bulk as much as I use to but that’s because I started eating a lot differently. If you buy in bulk you usually are saving a bit of money. You get more of something and it’s just cheaper, usually. It’s a lot less packaging and a lot less trips to the store. Hopefully you have the space for all the extra stuff you are buying.

I think if you are going to buy in bulk you may want to start with paper towels and toilet paper. Mind you, they don’t seem to sell these products in recyled paper form yet, atleast not in bulk that I’ve seen. If you really want to save the environment from further distruction stop using paper towels! It’s not that hard to do. My family has been using the same roll of paper towels for over two months now. We use regular hand towels for spills, cleaning, and hand drying. It’s not that bad and I feel better because I know I’m not part of the tree chopping, landfill piling people of the world. Well, at least not as much as I use to be.

When it comes to buying food in bulk, we buy (well…bought) chicken broth, canned soups, canned vegetables, canned fruit and other things like that. Now, I think we just stick to buying dried beans in bulk. Not much else for right now. But by buying dried beans you can make lots of meals with those beans and they cost much less than buying them in a can.

Well…that’s all I have to say for today because I am pretty tired. If you couldn’t tell from the way I just kinda dragged on…

This is going to be a short blog because in my opinion the act of recycling and why you should do it is common sense. But here are a few facts that I read on a site I found while researching for this blog. And when you’re done reading this, go recycle something!
Since today people are more for going green for the added green I’ll start with this one. Recycling can actually help families save money. Some communities have pay-as-you-throw programs. Collect all those cans from all the soda and things that you’re drinking. Save them up, turn them in for change. It may not seem like much at first but it adds up quickly. Looking for a job? Did you know that for every one job created in waste management four more are created in recycling? So, throw that milk jug in the trash, feed one family. But, if you recycle that milk jug then you’re feeding four families.
I’m all for saving trees, I happen to enjoy the shade they bring and well… I enjoy breathing and trees have a bit to do with that also. For every ton of paper that is recycled, we are saving 17 trees.
And one final thing is that recycling reduces the need for mining. Incase you didn’t know mining is the most deadly occupation in the world. That’s right, in the world! Let’s look at some numbers, during the average day about 40 workers are killed on the job. Forty dads, brothers, mothers, sisters, sons and daughters each day are taken from their families.
So think about it, will it really be that much more work to recycle a few things? Help your planet, help other people, and most importantly help yourself.
Also, be sure to check out this site for more facts.

sources:
http://www.recycling-revolution.com/recycling-benefits.html