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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.

Orange-Pecan Couscous Recipe

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Ingredients And Procedures

1 tb Oil

1 c Coarsely chopped pecans

1 Onion; chopped

2 c Orange juice

3 Cinnamon sticks

5 Cloves, whole

1 pn Turmeric

1 pn Ground red pepper

1/4 ts Salt

2 c Couscous

1/2 c Raisins (more if desired)

Heat oil in a large skillet and cook pecans until lightly toasted. Add onions and cook until soft. Add orange juice, cinnamon sticks, cloves, turmeric, red pepper and salt and bring to a boil. Quickly stir in couscous and raisins, then cover and turn off heat. Let stand 5 minutes, or until liquid is absorbed completely. Fluff with a fork before serving. Copyright 1994 Karen Mintzias May be freely copied and distributed without changes.

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