Comfort Foods with a Healthy Twist
`We all know that food can nourish us in more ways than one. Those that feed our emotional well-being we call comfort foods. Sometimes they call up positive memories of childhood (think macaroni and cheese or mashed potatoes), and other times they soothe via indulgence (chocolate, anyone?).
More often than not, comfort foods are home-cooked foods (not gourmet) and, well, they're not always wholesome. But that doesn't mean they can't be made more nutritious while still satisfying. Upgrading begins with choosing or adding healthful, quality ingredients.
2011 Holiday Turkey Choices at GreenStar
Last Updated on Tuesday, 08 November 2011 20:19
GreenStar will be offering four different types of turkey this year.
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Organic Prairie Available Now$3.49/lbFROZEN, Certified Organic, Coop Owned |
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Plainville Farms Available NowHalf turkeys $3.69/lbWhole turkeys $1.99/lbFROZEN, Natural, regionally produced in Pennsylvania, No antibiotics or added growth hormone |
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Stonewood Available: November 16th$3.49/lbFRESH, Natural, No antibiotics or added growth hormone, Regional- Orwell, Vermont |
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Oink and Gobble Available: November 15th$2.99/lbFRESH, LOCAL (Interlaken, NY), Natural, No antibiotics or added growth hormone, Pasture Raised, |
There will be no special orders or purchase and hold arrangements on turkeys. Turkeys will be on a first-come first-serve basis but we should have, as we have always had in the past, a more than adequate supply to meet our shopper's needs.
Silent City Uprising Coffee Supports Peace and Justice
By Kristie Snyder,
GreenLeaf Editor
Coffee tends to be a passionate subject, and Ithaca's newest coffee roasters are passionate about offering a great product. For Danny Burns and Mary Loehr, longtime friends and owners of Silent City Uprising Coffee, roasting coffee complements their lifestyles as peace and justice activists. They state right on the product label: "We are pro-worker, pro-farmer, pro-union, peace and justice roasters, and we're not ashamed to say it!"
Roasting coffee offers a way for the pair to work part-time, allowing them time to travel, participate in protests, be arrested and go to jail if need be in support of their causes, while at the same time supporting organic, Fair Trade coffee farmers abroad and local causes closer to home. A percentage of profits from each batch goes to a cause such as Veterans Sanctuary or Loaves and Fishes. Recently they sent six pounds of beans to the Occupy Wall Street protestors.
Silent City was named for a historic area of Ithaca along the inlet that was populated by mostly immigrant families, who lived in shacks made of gathered materials and supported themselves by poaching, fishing, day jobs and whatever else they could cobble together – and by supporting each other. "They supported each other and looked after each other," Mary says, "and that's why we chose the name."
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Sara Paulison,
Have you checked out the green bounty growing in our freezers? We've got uber-local organic green beans — by which we mean Ithaca-grown beans, from Stick & Stone Farm. Besides providing food for our co-op, the farmers at Stick & Stone offer CSA shares year-round and can be found selling their wares at the Ithaca Farmers Market. Then, from just a bit farther afield, we've brought in frozen collards, bok choy, edamame, a summer squash and zucchini mix and more — these from Hudson Valley Harvest, consisting of small-scale, sustainable and non-industrial farms run by farmers who work the land with their own hands. Because of this company's use of flash-freezing techniques to minimize processing and seal in nutrients, and because their food doesn't travel far to come to us, you can feel good about eating out of the freezer this winter. |
Local green beans -— in February? Yep. We've got local (Stick & Stone Farm) and regional frozen veggies.
