Yarden of Eatin'

Grass-Fed Basics

October 4, 2009Leave a comment

From Eat Wild Website

A major benefit of raising animals on pasture is that their products are healthier for you. For example, compared with feedlot meat, meat from grass-fed beef, bison, lamb and goats has less total fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, and calories. It also has more vitamin E, beta-carotene, vitamin C, and a number of health-promoting fats, including omega-3 fatty acids and “conjugated linoleic acid,” or CLA. Read more about the nutritional, environmental and other benefits of raising animals on pasture at http://www.eatwild.com.

Resources for Gleaners

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While our region is not in gleaning databases right now, it’s great to start “gleaning” what on-line resources other communities are using.

http://neighborhoodfruit.com

http://veggietrader.com

http://www.facebook.com/FallenFruit

Watch a two-minute video about urban gleaning: http://cookingupastory.com/urban-fruit-gleaning

Gleaning for Vermont

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Short Video about the Vermont Foodbank’s Gleaning Program: Watch it here.

Food Banks Finding Aid in Bounty of Backyard

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From New York Times, By Patricia Leigh Brown
Published on September 13, 2009

For the St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance in Phoenix, the abundance means a brigade of citrus volunteers from January through March, picking 1.4 million pounds of oranges and grapefruit from Sun City and Surprise. The fruit reaches thousands of people, from those at domestic violence shelters in Tempe to those on the Havasupai Indian Reservation in the Grand Canyon. Keep reading.