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We are strong supporters of recycling and were quite taken when we saw the new bathroom fixture by Caroma. The Profile Smart is a hand sink mounted atop a toilet to reuse hand washing water.  The benefits are obvious.  Though I’ve never counted the number of times I wash my hands throughout the day, as [...]

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Goodby Silverstein & Partners created an advertising campaign around these two words in 1993 for the California Milk Processor Board. Peta has added a new dimension to the phrase and solved the world economic crunch with one letter to Ben and Jerry in which they propose we use human breast milk for ice cream production. [...]

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People are hiring out their gardening duties and local – food gathering chores because they are either time challenged or, perhaps like me, a bit deficient in their animal/plant husbandry skills,  but still wish to participate in the movement to eat locally.  I buy much of my food supply from local growers.  There are a [...]

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For most of the kitchen cowboys I know, coffee is all about C8H10N4O2, otherwise known as caffeine. It’s used chiefly to invigorate oneself in preparation for the production of service. Put it in a glass – get it cooled down and into the system At home I buy inexpensive ground coffee. I dress it up [...]

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Lunch in the cafeteria used to be much like a visit to a fast food diner with seating and ambience designed to move you along after 20 minutes. A visit to a corporate dining facility  will separate you from that perception however. The decorating styles are becoming more comfortable and showy tending to emulate casual [...]

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The FDA was cited on the news last night as calling for bar codes on fruits and vegetables to identify growers and make it easier to track contaminated foods back to their source. The farm industry counters that this would add greater expense for them. Many fruits and vegetables already have small stickers on them [...]

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