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  I am freakin' thrilled!

  I've been a huge AB fan for years.  Despite not having cable or satellite TV, we still have AB videos.  I adore his show, and have learned more about cooking from him than anywhere else (well, perhaps a combination of him and Cook's Illustrated).  But it just hurt me every time I saw him hyping the industrial supermarket stuff, sidestepping all issues of sustainability.  I'm glad to see that he understands that these issues are integral to cooking today, and is willing to step up and do his part to help his audience understand as well.  Now, if he could only get with the folks at Cook's Illustrated, who are equally behind the times on these issues (bizarrely, I might add, given the professed lifestyle of the Chief Editor).  And I hope FoodTV doesn't shut him down, too.On Food Network star Alton Brown adds a pinch of sustainability to the pot posted 1 year, 5 months ago 27 Responses

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  Frontier Co-op

  Have you checked into Frontier Co-op stuff?  www.frontier.coop  You can access their retail catalog online, and buy things in bulk.  Also, you might inquire if there is a buying club for Frontier in your area (there is in mine).  For buying clubs, you get to buy at the wholesale rate, and if your club order is over $250, you get free shipping.  If there's not a club in your area, maybe you have enough interested friends & acquaintances that you could put one together?  Frontier has lots and lots of mainline stuff, including natural home & garden products, health & beauty stuff, herbals, spices, and so on, and a lot of well-known name brands (7th Generation and Aura Cacia come to mind).  Frontier is frequently the supplier for the spice section of co-ops, too.  I really dig my Frontier buying club here.  Good luck!On Umbra on buying eco-products in bulk posted 1 year, 6 months ago 17 Responses

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  Using Xtracycle on a car carrier?

  My main concern with getting an Xtracycle (for which I have been lusting now, yea, many moons) is if and how it can be used with a car carrier.  I have a Saris carrier that attaches to the trunk of our sedan-style car.  Not often, but sometimes over the summer we visit family and want to take our bikes with us.  Can a free-radical enhanced bike be put on one of these?  What are other people's experiences here? (I apologize if this posts multiple times--Grist seems to be behaving weirdly)On Umbra on cargo bikes posted 1 year, 6 months ago 29 Responses

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  Using Xtracycle on a car carrier?

  My main concern with getting an Xtracycle (for which I have been lusting now, yea, many moons) is if and how it can be used with a car carrier.  I have a Saris carrier that attaches to the trunk of our sedan-style car.  Not often, but sometimes over the summer we visit family and want to take our bikes with us.  Can a free-radical enhanced bike be put on one of these?  What are other people's experiences here? (I apologize if this posts multiple times--Grist seems to be behaving weirdly)On Umbra on cargo bikes posted 1 year, 6 months ago 29 Responses

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  Go co-op!

  This is exactly where local, cooperatively-owned markets come in to play.  We are working on starting one in Terre Haute, Indiana right now, exactly to address the need of a reliable, larger-scale place that mid-sized farmers can supply.  Co-ops are not concerned with profits beyond what it takes to sustain the store, so they are more able to deal with the higher costs of working with mid-sized farms.  And the benefits to the local economy are obvious.  Right now there is a major move to start another 500 co-ops within the next couple of decades.  Check out http://www.foodcoop500.coop/ for more information!On To make local food more accessible, time to revive mid-sized farms posted 1 year, 7 months ago 10 Responses