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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.












Spice N Nut Thumbprints Recipe
Spice N Nut Thumbprints Category Cookie Recipes 
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Ingredients And Procedures

3/4 c (1 1/2 sticks) butter,

Softened 1/2 c Sugar

1 Egg

1 ts Vanilla

1 3/4 c All-purpose flour

1/2 c Finely ground pecans or

Almonds 1 ts Cinnamon

1/4 c Jam, such as strawberry,

Raspberry, or peach Preheat oven to 350 degrees. cream butter & sugar in lg mixer bowl until light & fluffy. Beat in egg & vanilla. Add 1/2 of flour; mix well. Add remaining flour, nuts & cinnamon; mix well. Shape dough into 1" balls. Place 1" apart on unbuttered cookie sheets. Lightly press center of each ball with thumb, or the handle of a wooden spoon, leaving cup-like indention. Fill each indention w/ about 1/4 ts jam. Bake 18 min. or until lightly browned around edges. Transfer to wire racks; cool completely. ~-

 
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