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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 [...]

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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 »

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 »

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.

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Please visit Peace Couple for great new ideas about compassionate shopping

Posted on November 13, 2011 by kwilder

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ About The Star Graphics Above: You can find more details about these stars, plus great compassionate shopping links, over at our other website: Peace Couple. Excerpt from the Peace Couple post are below:

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PeaceSmiths April Fool’s Coffeehouse 2011

Posted on April 1, 2011 by wilderside

Friday, April 1 · 8:00pm – 11:00pm Poetry and music with: Maxwell Corydon Wheat and Jerry Ahern Music with: Richard Barnhart Open Mic: Maybe you! (with host RV) The PeaceSmiths Coffeehouse is held at: The First United Methodist Church in Amityville $7 suggested donation. More if possible, less if necessary, includes healthy, vegetarian munchies More info or directions, see below, [...]

Filed under: Calendar, events, local, long island, Long Island Music, long island music scene, music, Peace, poetry, suffolk, suffolk county, US Politics, vegetarian | Tagged: Amityville New York, April Fools Day, coffeehouse, Jerry Ahern, Maxwell Corydon Wheat, peacesmiths, richard barnhart, United Methodist Church | 1 Comment »

New Live/Raw Cafe in Huntington, NY! (via Ecobeth)

Posted on February 23, 2011 by wilderside

The world is changing for the good…I never thought I’d see the day that a raw/live food cafe would open, not only on Long Island, but in my hometown!! Much appreciation and praise go to Okima Wilcox, owner of the new Live Island Cafe, for manifesting this wonderful place where we can now eat fabulous [...]

Filed under: Food, health, local, News, vegetarian | Tagged: huntington, long island, new york, Stony Brook University, united states, Veganism | 1 Comment »

Vegan Super Bowl (via Part Time Vegan)

Posted on February 5, 2011 by wilderside

Whether or not you, too, are going to be saddened watching two other teams play in your favorite team’s stadium this Super Bowl Sunday, you can enjoy, feed and inspire your guests with a Vegan Super Bowl feast. Or, if you will be a guest this Super Bowl Sunday, bring along a couple of these awesome [...]

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Cheaper Food = Worse Health (via Eclectic Edibles.)

Posted on December 19, 2010 by wilderside

h/t Organic Consumers Association I think you get the idea here. I have no idea why Mr. Lieberman thinks that paying less for food has anything at all to do with quality of life. Diabetes, obesity, coronary disease…these have all increased dramatically as we decrease what we spend in food. I can’t speak for all [...]

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A Very Green Hanukkah (via Autonomie Project’s Blog)

Posted on November 30, 2010 by wilderside

At the blog Autonomie Project, there is a great article about green ways to celebrate Hanukkah. The article includes information and links related to: sustainable decorations, recycled menorahs, organic candles, organic and vegan foods, and responsible gifts… Starting tomorrow at Sunset, the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah begins. Holidays are a time to spend with family, [...]

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Guv cand Hawkins (G-NY): Organic Farming Stops Toxic Pesticides, Herbicides and Fertilizers, Strengthen NYS Food Policy Council

Posted on September 8, 2010 by wilderside

The only way that the Green Party can regain ballot status in NY is to get 50,000 votes for their Governor candidate in 2010. This opportunity comes only once every four years, and it only applies to the Governor’s race. Gaining ballot status will enable the Green Party to run more peace candidates, more single-payer [...]

Filed under: 3rd party, activism, Corporations, election, Election 2010, elections, Eliot Spitzer, Food, governor, grassroots democracy, Green Party, health, local, new york, New York State Politics, News, politics, Press Release, sustainability, sustainable, US Politics, vegetarian | Tagged: agriculture, Food Policy Council, Food processing, green, Green Party New York, Green Party of New York State, new york, New York State, Organic farming, sustainability, Sustainable energy, united states | 1 Comment »

Vegan politics (via The Solution)

Posted on August 2, 2010 by wilderside

Great news from Canada, where former professional hockey player Georges Laraque has become perhaps Canada’s first vegan politician, joining the Green Party, which over the past five years has been growing in size and stature. Laraque makes no bones about what his priorities are: “promoting the link between physical health and the environment”, which [...]

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