The Equinox Harvest (before I filled up the big enamelware pan with tomatoes)
(via yarrowandyew)
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Will Food Shortages Make Vegetarians of All of Us?
This is a scary number. The world’s population is on schedule to hit 9 billion by 2050. As the Earth is not getting larger, this means more people taking up more food and less room to grow food. This means more food shortages. And if we continue to experience extreme droughts like the one hitting parts of the US this summer, food shortages are going to become more prevalent.
Right now humans derive about 20% of their protein needs from animal-based products. Based on research by some of the world’s leading water scientists, humans will need to drop this down to 5% to have enough meat to feed the extra 2+ billion people expected on the earth in 38 years. That’s scary, but that’s not all. These scientists believe that IF we drop animal-product consumption down to 5% per person we will have JUST ENOUGH water to supply the world – and that’s with a reliable food trade system in place across the globe.
If you think you’re safe because you’re in a first world country, you’re wrong.
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Our New Obsession: NOVIS Collection
I want every piece from infant line NOVIS, launched earlier this year by designer Jordana Warmflash. (Best last name ever? I think so). NOVIS Collection is named for Jordana’s grandmother Gwen Novis Warmflash and is timeless and classic while being on trend with the season. And the texturally driven fabrics just scream out to be touched! With demure yet sexy silhouettes, it’s going to be hard to keep gentlemen’s hands off of you. Here’s hoping 
A few of my favorite pieces:
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More Mandalynn love
Mix N Match!!! Britt top and Bryn bottom 💗 @princess_francine (Taken with Instagram)
New Orleans Goes Bananas…
You know what’s next – B-A-N-A-N-A-S!
Did you know you can grown bananas in Louisiana? I sure didn’t, but you can and people are! For years actually – I’ve just been out of the loop on this one. However, most of the bananas New Orleanians grow are either small and ornamental or just good for cooking.
However, that’s all about to change. Read more at Locallectual.com…
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Eating Local Gets Giant
It’s just about that time of year where wives lose their husbands and Sunday afternoons (and evenings) are spent in front of the tv – football season. And there’s an unlikely player taking the field this season – local foods.
Local foods have made a prominent appearance at the New York Giants training camp at the University of Albany. And this is not just a quick run…
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State Parks Next to Go American Made?
Last year, we reported about leaders in Washington attempting to get all goods sold in the Smithsonian’s gift shops to be made in the USA. Senator Bernard Sanders of Vermont was joined by other leaders in insisting that the taxpayer-funded museum should do its part to promote American businesses. For the past year the National Museum of American History has had an American-made gift shop. I’m not sure how it’s doing honestly (I can’t find any updates), however something must be working because now the Made in the USA fight is going to National Parks.
Senator John Tester of Montana is pushing…
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Will American Manufacturing Decide the Presidential Election?
It’s Olympics time, and if these Olympics Games have shown us anything, it’s that Americans care about American manufacturing (you heard the one about the Made in China uniforms, right?). As the Alliance for American Manufacturing reported, American voters see manufacturing as the industry “most important to the overall strength of the American economy” and that strengthening this industry and creating jobs in it will be important to this year’s election…
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Not All Olympic Uniforms Are Created Equal – Team USA Gymnastics Wearing Made in the USA
If you’ve been able to avoid hearing about the “Made in China” opening ceremony uniforms Team USA will be wearing during the London Olympics Opening Ceremony then you may be living under a rock as it’s been all over the internet and television. Even though this is Ralph Lauren’s practice and his company has been making the uniforms for the past few Olympics, the practice has finally gotten under many’s skin.
If you were one of the many it bothered, you can breathe a little easier knowing that Team USA gymnasts, both male and female, will be decked out in Made in the USA uniforms from…
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