Help us give away plants with the Hunger Coalition again and help those in need grow their own food
The Hunger Coalition and Moving to Conservers are working together again to give away plants this fall for those who are food insecure. Here is a note Gail Kinard from the Hunger Coalition shared: Hi Everyone, Shane and I are organizing a fall plant give-away at an upcoming Hunger Coalition food distribution. The spring plant give-away was extremely successful, and some people are still asking for plants at the distribution so we're hoping that the fall distribution will be just as good! Ideally, we would get the plants distributed in early August, but I'm not sure [...]
Davidson River School needs help getting their garden ready for students
We received this email from Barbara Grimm, the principal at Davidson River School. Interested in helping? Email and let her know. Hey everyone, since COVID, William and I have been working hard to beautify the Davidson River Campus. We have raised beds with fresh vegetables and a beautiful pollinator garden behind our picnic shed. We are also working to build a greenhouse out of recycled materials to begin growing food hydroponically. My intention is to create something beautiful and life-sustaining for our students to come back to. I am at the place where I could use [...]
Heavy Metal Detox Smoothie
Ingredients: 2 bananas 2 cups wild blueberries 1 cup cilantro 1 cup orange juice (just peel the orange, take out the seeds and throw it in) 1 tsp barley grass juice powder 1 tsp spirulina 1 small handful of Atlantic dulse Optional: water or coconut water or fresh orange juice to blend Directions: In a high speed blender, blend all ingredients until smooth. If a thinner consistency is desired, add up to 1 cup of water. Enjoy!
Raw Wild Blueberry Pie
Loaded with juicy wild blueberries that burst in your mouth and are piled into a sweet cashew crust, this pie is as simple and perfect as it gets. It takes only minutes to make—and about that long to disappear, too! Enjoy it for dessert, breakfast, or any time the urge strikes you. 1⁄3 cup cashews 1⁄3 cup unsweetened shredded coconut 4 cups dates, pitted - because I make for one person, I can put about 1 cup in, less coconut and maybe a smaller pan. 20 ounces frozen wild blueberries, thawed or fresh in season 1 mango, [...]
A video about NC industrial hog farms and what their neighbors endure. Let’s meet Naeema!
Recently, we kicked off a project called Eating Consciously. We have 4 community members with a variety of expertise who have stepped up to help us understand the impact our food choices have on others and ways to move from those choices if we so desire. It is something John and I were curious about and appreciate having so much support as we learn and adapt to change our habits that harm others. We thought others may be interested in the same journey and it didn't take long until a team was put together [...]
Eating Consciously – as we eat at home more our food scraps increase. Your scraps can help us feed our neighbors GalleryEating Consciously – as we eat at home more our food scraps increase. Your scraps can help us feed our neighbors
Composting, Eating Consciously, Growing food, Help a Neighbor, Moving to Zero-waste, Use Food Scraps
Eating Consciously – as we eat at home more our food scraps increase. Your scraps can help us feed our neighbors
For years, Moving to Conservers has worked to change what we define as waste and trash, especially when it comes to food. Reducing food waste is considered one of the number one things we can do to increase the health of our environment. Diverting food scraps to farms helps them feed our local community. For some articles on the topic and ways you can use or let others use your food scraps go here: https://movingtoconservers.com/category/composting/
ShareWaste – an app to help us put our community food scraps to use
John and I joined ShareWaste a couple of years ago but there were few if any others in the area signed up. I honestly had forgotten about it. A few weeks ago, we were contacted by someone in Mills River looking for a home for her food scraps. She had found us on ShareWaste. We met in the Walmart parking lot in Brevard and we received a 5-gallon bucket of much-needed scraps for our compost system. We never have enough scraps to produce the amount of compost we need for our garden. Now we have a [...]
Announcing Eating Consciously!
We are excited to announce our newest project Eating Consciously. An amazing team of folks has gathered together to create this new food group (I know but I couldn't resist.) The goal of this project is to learn together the impact our food choices have on others and the environment. Are you interested in moving to a plant-based diet and need tips and techniques for cooking and shopping? Ask the group! You can find out more about them and the project by visiting our webpage Eating Consciously! Thanks to everyone who made this possible! We are [...]
Eating Consciously Podcast! Enjoy our first episode with Evan Parker
Help us celebrate as we kick off our first podcast! We have started a new project called Eating Consciously and we are kicking it off by releasing our first podcast. Our first guest is Evan Parker and he is a member of the Eating Consciously team that is helping us learn the impact our food choices have on others. We really enjoyed the conversation with Evan and look forward to many more. Thanks Evan! This Podcast, Eating Consciously was recorded July 5, 2020. Evan Parker was interviewed by Kim Coram and John Wiseman. We hope you [...]