I really enjoy this list of things you should never buy. I haven't purchased styrofoam cups in five hundred years.
But there is one woeful omission.
Bottled water.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Virginia Farmer's Market Week: August 1-7, 2010
Heat Storm 2010 is, if not over, abating, and today might be a lovely day for walking and enjoying the sunshine. Perhaps a good day to hit the farmer's markets.
There are lots of reasons to buy locally grown food, but the most personally compelling:
Buying locally means less oil-slash-petroleum-slash fossil fuel is used for transportation. A lot less.
By the by, supposedly the first week in August is Virginia Farmers’ Market Week. Nice, but how are we supposed to know these things? I've seen zero signage, zero advertising.
It's Thursday, so that means the 17th Street Farmer's Market is open--it's Growers' Market today (on other days you find furniture, beer, and crafts.) [8:30 am to 4 pm]
RichmondGood Life.com has a comprehensive list of area farmer's markets, csa's [more on that in another post], local "ethnic" grocery stores...whew! I'm not even going to try to replicate all of that...yet!
I myself feel very lucky because earlier this year, the Monument Market (Saturdays, 8 am - Noon) opened just down the street from me. Local, fresh eggs, gorgeous flowers, and enormous low-spray strawberries were on display the last time I went! (D'ja ever notice that when you buy fruit from a local farm or farmer's market, it lasts forever? I wonder if it's too late to go berry picking...]
To find a market near you, visit the VDACS website. Just type in your zipcode, and you're one step closer to fresh local produce.
There are lots of reasons to buy locally grown food, but the most personally compelling:
Buying locally means less oil-slash-petroleum-slash fossil fuel is used for transportation. A lot less.
By the by, supposedly the first week in August is Virginia Farmers’ Market Week. Nice, but how are we supposed to know these things? I've seen zero signage, zero advertising.
It's Thursday, so that means the 17th Street Farmer's Market is open--it's Growers' Market today (on other days you find furniture, beer, and crafts.) [8:30 am to 4 pm]
I myself feel very lucky because earlier this year, the Monument Market (Saturdays, 8 am - Noon) opened just down the street from me. Local, fresh eggs, gorgeous flowers, and enormous low-spray strawberries were on display the last time I went! (D'ja ever notice that when you buy fruit from a local farm or farmer's market, it lasts forever? I wonder if it's too late to go berry picking...]
To find a market near you, visit the VDACS website. Just type in your zipcode, and you're one step closer to fresh local produce.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Consignment stores
I'm excited because a new consignment store has opened on Cary Street: "B-Sides."
My first excursion was a bust because they were not open, even at 11 a.m. So instead I visited Mongrel, The Children's Exchange (a consignment store with really quite gorgeous children's togs), Chop Suey, a great bookstore with used items and titles of local interest.
Enter stage left
I have to admit, I don't know if there are other blogs about the effort to live an environmentally conscious life in Richmond.
But here goes.
Feel free to comment, complain, kvetch, lecture, and otherwise jump on board! Mostly I look forward to suggestions and tips on how to live sustainably in Richmond, Virginia.
But here goes.
Feel free to comment, complain, kvetch, lecture, and otherwise jump on board! Mostly I look forward to suggestions and tips on how to live sustainably in Richmond, Virginia.
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