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CSA’s on Long Island: Photos from a NOFA event

Posted on March 12, 2013 by kwilder

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a way to belong to a farm or garden, while supporting the farmer, and celebrating the act of “eating local”. Many CSA’s are organic. Ian and I visited the NOFA (Northeast Organic Farming Association) fair on March 2nd. It was a chance for people to learn about CSA’s, and possibly [...]

Filed under: Ecology, Environment, Food, green, health, local, long island, Long Island news, new york, News, progressive politics, sustainability, sustainable, vegetarian | Tagged: community supported agriculture, csa, local food, Northeast Organic Farming Association, Organic Farm, Riverhead news | 1 Comment »

Happy Thanksgiving! Vegetarian Inspirations!

Posted on November 22, 2012 by kwilder

Happy Thanksgiving! Over at our Peace Couple website, we focus on kind shopping and sustainability, so we have some vegetarian posts and links there. For Thanksgiving, we wanted to share a few turkey alternatives here, too. Just stumbled upon this interesting site from England with a lot of vegetarian recipes. Thought I would share it [...]

Filed under: Ecology, Environment, Food, health, sustainability, sustainable, vegetarian | Tagged: holiday, thanksgiving, turkey, Turkey-Free Thanksgiving, vegan, vegetarianism | 1 Comment »

Homecoming fundraiser 10/28/12

Posted on September 20, 2012 by wilderside

A Harvest Homecoming will feature music, dancing, refreshments, raffles and Chinese Auction

Filed under: buy local, Calendar, Ecology, economy, Education, Food, Global Warming, local, long island, Long Island news, News, Organics | Tagged: Amityville New York, community supported agriculture, csa, Dominican Order, Homecoming, NOFA | Leave a Comment »

What in the world did Ian do in San Diego?

Posted on July 28, 2012 by wilderside

Ian’s San Diego: waterfront, palm trees, Comic con discounts, poetry reading, a 70′s folk singer, Occupy SD, Azerbaijani food, a baby giraffe, and my romantic panda cam assignation.

Filed under: energy, Food, Global Warming, ian wilder, News, Photos, poetry, US Politics | Tagged: Azerbaijani, baby giraffe, california, Comic-Con, earthquake, Eritrean, Ethiopian, Jim Croce, journal, mlk, occupy, palm trees, panda, Reading, san-diego, waterfront, zoo | Leave a Comment »

Info and Press Conference about: The EPA; Dioxin; Food Safety; and Public Health

Posted on July 10, 2012 by kwilder

The press release and information below is about the following event: “News Conference: The Significance of the US EPA Oral Reference Dose for Dioxin to the Protection of Public Health” to be held in Albany today, Tuesday, July 10, 2012, 1:00 PM. Dioxin in our air, and in our food supply (such as the milk [...]

Filed under: activism, Food, public health, US Politics | Tagged: cancer prevention, dioxin, dioxin exposure, Don Hassig, Donald Hassig, EPA, food safety, public health, United States Environmental Protection Agency, US EPA | Leave a Comment »

Fair trade, organic bakery in Patchogue

Posted on June 15, 2012 by wilderside

Queen City Cupcakes in Patchogue, NY sells fair trade and organic baked good.

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The O in GMO stands for Obama

Posted on May 5, 2012 by wilderside

Despite the publicity of the First Lady talking about Americans eating healthier food, the Obama administration has continued the march of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) to destroy our food system

Filed under: Action Alert!, activism, Corporations, Ecology, economy, Environment, Food, News, Organics, politics, president, rants, social & economic justice, US Politics | Tagged: farming, Food and Drug administration, Genetically modified food, Genetically modified organism, High-fructose corn syrup, Monsanto, Obama, Saudi Arabia | 1 Comment »

Easter and Passover Ideas: 10 Ways To foster peace with the Spring holidays

Posted on April 7, 2012 by kwilder

Read the full post at our Peace Couple website: here. We made a list of ideas, links, and resources for inserting peace and nonviolence into the Spring holidays. Passover and Easter: 10 Ways To Foster Peace For The Holidays 1. Put a tomato on your Seder plate.

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Healthier, more holistic lifestyle at Homecoming Farm

Posted on March 2, 2012 by wilderside

We are beginning our 16th season as a certified organic CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) project located on the grounds of the Sisters of St. Dominic in Amityville.

Filed under: Food, local, long island, News, Organics, suffolk, sustainability, vegetarian | Tagged: community supported agriculture, csa, Organic Farms | Leave a Comment »

Mon, Feb 27th: Occupy Our Food Supply

Posted on February 23, 2012 by kwilder

Occupy Our Food Supply is a global day of action, with an event in NYC. There is a listing for it at occupywallst.org: here. Monday, February 27, 2012 Occupy Our Food Supply In NYC: Seed Exchange at the NY Stock Exchange 11:30AM – Assemble at the Stock Exchange 12:00PM – Seed Exchange at Liberty Square [...]

Filed under: Action Alert!, activism, Ecology, Environment, events, Food, grassroots democracy, health, local, New York State Politics, News, Occupy Wall Street, politics, progressive politics, public health, social & economic justice, sustainability, sustainable | Tagged: agriculture, business, community gardens, corporate accountability, eat local, food systems, local food, new york city, New York Stock Exchange, NYSE, Occupy Our Food Supply, Occupy Wall Street, seed ball, Seed Exchange, Seed swap, Stock Exchange | Leave a Comment »

Organic, Vegan Bakery in Huntington, NY

Posted on February 22, 2012 by wilderside

In a walk through Huntington village today I found a number of interesting new organic and vegan places.

Filed under: Food, local, long island, new york, Organics, suffolk county | Tagged: huntington, organic, vegan | Leave a Comment »

POPs Pollution info related to all of us, and specific to the people of Akwesasne in New York’s North Country

Posted on January 2, 2012 by kwilder

Minimizing Harm to Human Health Resultant from Persistent Organic Pollutants Contamination of the Environment: Focus on Akwesasne (excerpt from) POPS Cancer Hazard website Contamination of the Global Environment [The impact of POPs Pollution on all of us...] During the past 100 years the manufacture and use of certain halogenated hydrocarbons has gradually led to the [...]

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Photos from Healthy Planet’s Turkey-Free Thanksgiving (vegan feast)

Posted on November 21, 2011 by kwilder

Set of Flickr photos: here. A vegan feast. Turkey Free Thanksgiving 2011. Event hosted by Healthy Planet, and attended by Kimberly and Ian of Peace Couple.

Filed under: Ecology, Environment, Food, local, long island, News, progressive politics, vegetarian | Tagged: healthy planet, long island, Turkey-Free Thanksgiving, vegan, vegetarian | Leave a Comment »