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Buy Local Food : Cultivate an awareness of how far your food travels. When Rich Pirog, Food Systems Program Leader for the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University, tracked the miles traveled for 16 types of produce, he found that locally sourced fruits and vegetables such as apples, lettuce and tomatoes traveled an average of 56 miles, compared to 1,494 miles — nearly 27 times farther — for the same fruits and vegetables delivered through conventional retail channels. Things get stickier with combination foods, strawberry yogurt for example. Pirog came up with 2,216 miles by adding up the distance traveled for the yogurt’s milk, sugar and strawberries. That figure could be slashed by 90 percent if you buy plain yogurt and stir in some locally grown honey and fruit.


Kitchen Tip : Match the size of the pan to the heating element; more heat will get to the pan and less will be lost to the surrounding air or found by the pan handle! A 6-inch pan on an 8-inch burner will waste over 40 percent of the energy.


Buy Local Food : The most local food of all comes from your own garden. Plant a new garden, enlarge the one you already have, or extend your growing season by using row covers and cloches.












Cinnamon Coffee Cake(Sour Cream) ** Recipe
Cinnamon Coffee Cake(Sour Cream) ** Category Bread Recipes 
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Ingredients And Procedures

1 c Butter or margarine

2 3/4 c Sugar, divided

2 ts Vanilla

4 Eggs

3 c Flour

2 ts Baking powder

1 t Baking soda

1 t Salt

16 oz Sour cream (2 cups)

2 tb Cinnamon

1/2 c Chopped walnuts

In a large bowl, cream butter and 2 cups sugar until fluffy. Add vanilla. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add alternately with sour cream, beating enough after each addition to keep batter smooth. Spoon 1/3 of the batter into a greased 10" tube pan. Combine remaining sugar, cinnamon, and

nuts. Sprinkle over batter. Repeat layers two more times. Bake at 350 deg f for 70 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool for 10 minutes, remove cake to wire rack to cool completely. Makes 16 servings.

 
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