8 recession food behaviours

During the recent G8 Summit in L’Aquila (Italy) in July 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama had a press conference and I remember watching parts of it on CNN while having my morning plate of fruits. Obama touched on one very important point that I’ve been highlighting quite a lot and that will become a huge issue: inflation on food prices and ways to deal with this crisis! Not long ago, I was putting my food away in my green bags (in Ontario, Canada, we now have to pay $0.05 for each plastic

8 recession food behaviours

During the recent G8 Summit in L’Aquila (Italy) in July 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama had a press conference and I remember watching parts of it on CNN while having my morning plate of fruits. Obama touched on one very important point that I’ve been highlighting quite a lot and that will become a huge issue: inflation on food prices and ways to deal with this crisis! Not long ago, I was putting my food away in my green bags (in Ontario, Canada, we now have to pay $0.05 for each plastic

The Recession, Wal-Mart Style (New York Times)

Pasta is big. Prime cuts aren’t. Toilet training is being fast-tracked.

To Garden with God [3]

By Christine Sine: Over the last few years I have become a passionate gardener and so have been intrigued by the growing interest in gardening, particularly vegetable gardening that has been one of the widespread responses to the recession. A growing number of churches seem to be converting their green lawns into vegetable gardens. Even Michelle Obama is planting an organic vegetable garden at the White House . I am particularly intrigued by what Stephen Bartlett is doing in Louisvill

Fish Farming in the Backyard

In this new era of DIY , everyone’s got a backyard garden or a few pots of tomatoes or a balcony herb box. Backyard urban chickens used to be sort of radical. Now they’re ho hum. Could the recession that helped spark this movement toward über self-sufficiency mean that home-based aquaculture is the next big thing? I say yes. There are rumblings of a nascent trendlet: I’ve noticed that our friends across the fishpond are often ahead of us on sustainable food trends. Back in January, The

Experts Offer Tips For Growing Recession Gardens (KDKA Pittsburgh)

With money being tight and concerns over food safety, more and more people are starting vegetable gardens this year. Some people are calling them recession gardens. So, two experts are offering some simple tips and advice that anyone can follow to make the gardening experience a success.