from : (CNN Student News) -- May 2, 2008 Getting Creative AZUZ: It's really hard to be a good sport about this. You're not seeing things. That's four dollars per gallon for gas. It's on the high side, but the national average isn't far behind; the price of regular unleaded has increased for 17 straight days. All of us who drive are feeling it. This is part of the reason why a couple presidential candidates are calling for a gas tax holiday. Hillary Clinton and John McCain want to suspend the… Continue

To celebrate spring and the life of all things that are bursting forth in green I want to share this information that I found today that may be useful to anyone who is working on or would like to begin a program involving community garden or school garden projects and funding is limited: "America the Beautiful Fund - Operation Green Plant is offering FREE SEEDS! They are offering between 100 and 1000 seed packets on the basis of availability and relative need for volunteer efforts to grow food… Continue

I found this yesterday and it contains questions we might want to consider: "An Open Letter From The 100-Mile Diet Society in Canada NOTE from RawFoodsNewsMagazine.com: Relating to the questions in the letter posted below, please send any ideas you have for improving the availability of locally grown produce in the United States to us here. RawFoodsNewsMagazine.com will work with US government agencies to implement them. Dear Friend, So you've been doing your best to eat locally—but sometimes… Continue

I am a foodie. I did not know what that was a year ago, but when I found out, I realized that I am one. To me, a foodie does not live to eat as you might think the name implies, but eats to live. In this case, I will quote from the movie Ratatouille, if you’re going to eat "you only want the good stuff!" I have come to the conclusion that we truly are what we eat! For this reason, food has become my passion, learning all I can about the food we eat and sharing it with all who want to know is my… Continue