The Family Compost lives about 10 minutes from the nearest Target and 15 minutes from the nearest grocery store. Although farming communities on the Colorado plains surround her, Captain Compost sometimes has a difficult time finding a good selection of local Colorado organic produce. The Farmer’s Markets that are plentiful in her state are fantastic, but a good 35 minute drive from home… so a trip requires careful planning to avoid wasted gas and spoiled produce. Still, Captain Compost is determined to feed her family the best food that she can.
Luckily, there are organic delivery services to help save the day! CC has just joined the Door to Door Organics family, which serves Colorado along the Kansas City, MO area, Michigan and the East Coast. If you live in Texas, check out Greenling. Although it’s not local, Diamond Organics can deliver overnight anywhere in the lower 48! If you live on the West Coast, check out Spud! Organic Delivery. Spud! is in Canada, too! New Yorkers can try Urban Organic or Organic Direct. Los Angeles has L.O.V.E. Delivery. In Western Pennsylvania, you can get fresh from the farm goodies from The Kretschmann Organic Farm.
And don’t forget about treating that special someone in your life occasionally to fresh, organic flowers from Organic Bouquet or California Organic Flowers.
Buying local, organic fruits and vegetables does a body good. And now, it’s more convenient than ever! Happy Shopping! 
There’s a new one-year food project in the works: 
What’s your food I.Q.? Do you know what “natural” means on food packaging? Or what’s the greenest grill? How about farmed vs. wild fish?
We all know that drinking soda pop isn’t healthy – but maybe none of us really know how bad it can be, at least if we’re drinking it from aluminum cans. (And don’t cook in aluminum pots/pans – use cast iron or stainless steel).
1. Skip eating meat one day a week.
Recycla recently visited a friend who lives in a small town in a remote location. The closest town of any size is across a long, heavily-traveled (and often congested) bridge and the nearest metropolitan area is an hour or more (depending on traffic) away.
Before The Green Mommy started wearing a cape and officially began protecting the planet, she was a fifth grade teacher for 15 years. She worked hard to educate her students and often that meant being creative with how she did so. She had organized boxes of “bits and do-dads” to make science, math, and history hands-on. These were things that she came across herself (that others didn’t see the potential in) and were given to her (by those who did). She was “green” then without even knowing it.
What to do? Recycle them, of course!
