May 20, 2013

Go ‘Halfsies’ to Fight Hunger and Obesity

Halfsies aims to reduce food waste while alleviating food insecurity and obesity in the United States. (Photo credit: Bernard Pollack)

How many times have you gone to a restaurant and not been able to finish your whole meal? Or worse, taken home the leftovers only to throw them out after several days of them sitting untouched in the refrigerator?

How to Grow your own Sprouts!

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Sprouts are a great food source that you can grow at home that will save you money (sprouts can be pricey at the shops) and they have many health benefits as they are high in antioxidants, protein, chlorophyll, vitamins and minerals. Plus they are so easy to sprout at home, you can get the kids involved!

Guest Post by Gerry Andersen, CEO of Foodbank NSW for Anti-Poverty Week

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At some point in life you have probably felt hungry. But imagine that feeling wasn’t for ten minutes before your dinner was ready.  What if it was because there was no dinner that night? For you or your children.

How to store fruit and vegetables

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Tips and tricks to extend the life of your produce without plastic. Always remove any tight bands from your vegetables or at least loosen them to allow them to breath

Mid Week Meat Free Recipe – Spicy roasted cauliflower with sweet apple and cumin

Sweet and Spicy Apple and Cauliflower

We are all doing our bit for the environment & cutting meat out of our diet makes a huge impact. So we bring you Meat Free Mid Week Recipes  - Spicy roasted cauliflower with sweet apple and cumin

Recycled Coffee Pod Planters – DIY Time!

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Are you addicted to your morning cup of coffee and love your new pod coffee machine? Well here is a great idea to use those pods instead of just tossing them out!

Growing Basil Vertically in Aquaponics

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Recently we were talking to someone who wishes to remain anonymous who say they invested more than $250,000 in their commercial aquaponics business and it wasn’t working to plan. Sure they grew plants. The fish grew fine. They had 1,000 Jade perch in their tanks that were coming up for harvest. The system was running [...]

DIY Flavoured Water and Other Fun Summer Drinks

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Looking to make a change for the new year? How about try making flavoured waters and fun summer drinks? We all know the bad things about fizzy drinks, Coke, Pepsi, sugary juices and the explosion of drinks filled with guarana and caffeine. So let’s leave those bad guys behind and make our own!

Raising Aquaponic Seedlings For The Lazy

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Ask most people why they got into Aquaponics and they’ll tell you that its about “food security” or eating “healthy food” or to maintain an interest in an “unusual hobby” and these are all valid points but the real answer when you dig a little deeper is that most people are bone lazy when it [...]

Australian Seafood App will help us make better choices

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Are you having trouble knowing what fish you can buy? Lucky we know have a free Sustainable Seafood Guide App that we can use!