Eating only what grows around you

When Katherine Gray takes her kids to the grocery store, they can pick out as many apples and pears as their hearts desire. But bananas? Pineapples? Mangoes? Sorry kids, if they weren’t grown within 100 miles of Gray’s house in Portland, Ore., chances are they won’t make it into the grocery cart.

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The resurgence of 'pocketbook patriotism'

It started with the tainted pet food.

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Taking shopping habits to the extreme

“It’s just a different way of thinking.”Michelle MacKenzie was talking about the switch from shopping at Target or Safeway to buying clothes and toys at the thrift store and food at the farmer’s market. But the eco-conscious mother of two might as well have been talking about buying only American-made products, or eating only locally grown food, or deciding to buy as little as possible. Or she could have been speaking for anyone who has decided, for one reason or another, to put her money where her mouth is.

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Make this year's Thanksgiving more meaningful by making your celebration more healthful, environmentally friendly and authentic.

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