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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.


Oven Tips : Close the oven door gently - slamming forces out the hot air.


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.












Crockpot Sweet/Sour Kraut with Pork Chops Recipe
Crockpot Sweet/Sour Kraut with Pork Chops Category Slow Cooker Recipes 
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Ingredients And Procedures
Ingredients
2eachpotatoes, washed, sliced
1/4cuponion, chopped
1 1/2cupsauerkraut, rinsed, drained
1tablespoonbrown sugar
1/2cupunsweetened pineapple juice
2eachpork chops, thick, trimmed
1pepper

Directions:

Put potatoes in crockpot. Top with chopped onion. Combine sauerkraut, (1 can) with brown sugar and pineapple juice. Spoon over potatoes. Top with pork chops which have been trimmed of fat. Season with pepper to taste. Cover and cook on low 8-10 hours. Serve with rye bread and microwave baked apples.
 
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