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8 Ways to Green Your Thanksgiving Celebration

Robyn Griggs Lawrence | Posted 11.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Thanksgiving Commentary, Local Harvest, Thanksgiving Leftovers, 100-Mile Thanksgiving Challenge, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Traditions, Organic Wine, Natural Turkey, Green Your Thanksgiving, Local Produce, Farmer's Market, Reusable Containers, Recycle, Thanksgiving Turkey, Reusable Napkins, Use Less Stuff, Trash, Thanksgiving Tips, Holiday Preparations, Reusable Dishes, Green Cleaners, Thanksgiving Recipes, Local Farmer's Market, Landfill, Organic Turkey, Nontoxic Cleaning Products, Compostable Dishes, Thanksgiving Holiday, Biodegradable Dishes, Heritage Turkey, Green Cleaning Products, Nontoxic Cleaners, Thanksgiving Dinner, Holiday News, Green News

Between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day, 5 million extra tons of trash are created each week. It's easy to reduce your contribution to all that waste by greening your Thanksgiving.

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20 Ways Farmers Can Improve Their Marketing Chops

David Becker | Posted 11.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Marketing, Local Farmers, Farmers Markets, Farmers' Market, Marketing, Small Business, Small Farmers, Green News

A modest partial list of ways for farmers to craft a story around their products, personalities, and people more effectively, especially at farmers markets.

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Wonderful Winter Squashes

Brigitte Mars | Posted 10.14.2009 | Denver

Read More: Seeds, Squash, Soup, Beta Carotene, Farmers Market, Colorado, Organic Food, Recipes, Nutrition, Anti-Oxidant, Denver News

Winter squashes are warm, alkaline, and sweet with anti-inflammatory, energy tonic and immune enhancing properties. Here's a recipe for winter squash soup.

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How To Can And Preserve For Winter (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Eve Solomon | Posted 11.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Slidepoll, Home Cooking, Canning, Organic Food, Fruit, Summer, Veggies, Vegetables, Canned Fruit, Canned Veggies, Diy Green, Eating Healthy, Peaches, Basil, Farmers Market, Farm, Tomatoes, Green Living, Food, Green News

Farm-fresh fruits and veggies make the summer scrumptious. So keep the summer flavors coming all winter with these delicious canning videos. Make sure...

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Michelle Obama Shops At White House Farmers Market, Talks Healthy Eating

AP | NATASHA T. METZLER | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Farming, Fresh Vegetables, Chocolate Milk, White House, Michelle Obama First Lady, Michelle Obama, Farmers Market, Farmers Markets, Vegetables, Cheese, Green Living, White House Vegetable Garden, White House Farmers Market, Green News

WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama bought cheese, fingerling potatoes, eggs, black kale and other items Thursday at the launch of a new farm...

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Farmers Market Near White House Is Approved

New York Times | Rachel Swarns | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green

Read More: White House, Michelle Obama, Farmers Market White House, Farmers Market, Vegetables, Green News

With a little help from the White House, a nonprofit group won approval on Thursday to set up an open-air farmers market near the Executive Mansion, a...

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Is Whole Foods Losing Its Sustainable Luster?

Rob Smart | Posted 09.24.2009 | Green

Whole Foods' very presence in small regional markets undermines established relationships between regional food retailers and suppliers, including farmers, processors and related service providers.

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Dear Julia Child, We Need You!

Rob Smart | Posted 09.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Chefs, Television, Farms, Cooking, Farmers, Community-Supported Agriculture, Kitchen, Julia Child, Food, Home, Farmers Market, Csa, Mark Bittman, Green News

I wonder how the rising popularity of cooking networks and shows about cooking has contributed to the migration of eating away from the home.

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A Blight On Summer: Where Have All the Tomatoes Gone?

Michele Kayal | Posted 09.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Pink Lady, Early Girl, Beefsteak, Blight, Brandywine, Cherry Tomato, Guide, Farmers Market, Summer, Recipes, Water, Tomato Blight, Food, Green Zebra, Mortgage Lifter, Tomatoes, Heirloom, Healthy Food, Fresh Vegetables, Vegetables, Yellow-Pear, Living News

This weekend I was asked to pass judgment on tomatoes. Which is far better than water because a) they have an actual taste, and b) good tomatoes are so hard to come by.

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Don't Hate Whole Foods Because of Health Care...

Aemilia Scott | Posted 09.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Farming, Aemilia Scott, Public Option, Green, Alice Waters, John Mackey, Sustainable, Farmer's Market, Hipster, Organic Food, Health, Environment, Socialism, Whole Foods, Local Farmers, Whole Foods CEO, Green News

I've got news for you: Whole Foods is lame. It's been lame for a long while now.

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Greenmarket Documentary: From Mountain Sweet Berry Farm To Manhattan (VIDEO)

Posted 09.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Video, Farmers Market, Greenmarkets, Cooking, Greenmarket, Greenmarket New York, Mountain Sweet Berry Farm, Documentary, Roscoe New York, Union Square, Union Square Farmer's Market, New York City Greenmarket, Rick Bishop, New York News

Greenmarket has been bringing fresh and local produce to New York's streets since 1976, long before the terms Slow Food, locavores, and "foodies" even...

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Celebrate National Farmers Market Week!

Planet Green | Kelly Rossiter | Posted 09.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Farmers' Market, National Farmers Market Week, Organic Food, Local Food, Local Food Movement, Farmers Markets, Green, Food, Green Living, Green News

This week marks National Farmers' Market Week in the United States. According to The Huffington Post this recognition began in 2000. In almost ten yea...

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Organics No Better Than Chemical/GMO/Sewage Sludge-Soaked "Food"?

Waylon Lewis | Posted 09.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Farmers' Market, Farmer's Market, Environmental, Toxic, Michael Pollan, Farm, Farmers, Green, Conventional Food, Foodie, Eco, Cancer, Chemicals, Whole Foods, Organic, Organics, Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com, Elephant Journal, Toxins, Green News

Studies like the FSA report need to look beyond the dinner plate and recognize that organic farming's avoidance of chemicals offers health benefits beyond nutrition.

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Money Magazine Names Eco-Hipsterless Louisville, Colorado Best Place to Live

Waylon Lewis | Posted 08.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Farmers' Market, New Belgium, Best Towns to Live In, Boulder, Green, Eco, Ft. Collins, elephantjournal.com, Colorado, Hipster, Local Food, Louisville, Money Magazine, Bike, Waylon Lewis, Elephant Journal, Best Places to Live, Green News

Some towns nestled along the Rockies are full of pretentious eco-hipsters. Not Louisville.

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Your Favorite Farmers Markets: HuffPost Readers' Picks (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Ami Cholia | Posted 08.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Farmer's Markets, Slideshow, Organic Food, Vegetables, Fresh Fruit, Fresh Food, Green Living, Fresh Vegetables, Farmers Market, Farmers Market Photos, Farmers Market Slideshow, Green News

HuffPost Green asked you to send in pictures of your favorite farmers markets from around the country and we've been overwhelmed by the response. Here...

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See Food, Inc for Free (Thanks, Chipotle)

Waylon Lewis | Posted 08.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Farmers' Market, Elephant, Michael Pollan, Documentary, Chipotle, Alice Waters, Waylon Lewis, Elephant Journal, Food Inc., Green News

The film, inspires me -- a lazy non-cooking nacho-loving but environmentally-concerned bachelor -- to start getting active with food issues and learn to cook.

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My Interview with Michael Pollan

Waylon Lewis | Posted 07.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Farmers' Market, Video, Michael Pollan Interview, Michael Pollan, Green, Food, Foodie, Alice Waters, Eco, Waylon Lewis, Organic, Gmo, Monsanto, Green News

Even if your idea of being a foodie is, like me, putting together some organic veggie nachos, you'll dig how eloquently, warmly and straightforwardly Michael Pollan communicates to the masses.

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Food Inc.: What is the Food Industry Hiding?

Janice Taylor | Posted 07.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Food Safety, Health & Wellness, Farmers' Market, Michael Pollan, Escherichia Coli, Slaughterhouse, Janice Taylor, Cattle, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Food Industry, United States, Us, New York City, Our Lady of Weight Loss, Eric Schlosser, Green News

Food, Inc. is a mind-blowing, stomach-twisting, eye-opening and ultimately heart-breaking film.

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My Foodie Idol Anthony Bourdain Gives My Green Foodie Idol Alice Waters the Foie Gras Bird

Waylon Lewis | Posted 02.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Farmers' Market, Slow Food, Whole Foods, Local Food, Foie Gras, Green, Environment, Alice Waters, Foodie, Poor, Eco, Anthony Bourdain, Rich, Victory Garden, Video, Green News

Don't denigrate our Alice Waters, Tony -- she is the real thing.

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Ani Phyo's Raw Food Thai Kelp Noodles

Ani Phyo | Posted 12.26.2008 | Style

Read More: Food, Vegetarian, Natural, Whole, Green, Eco, American, Organic, Seasonal, California, Raw Food Diet, Show, Video, Wheat Free, Farmers Market, Korean, Weight Loss, Living, Superfoods, Recipe, Lifestyle, Vegan, Local, Gluten Free, Los Angeles, Hollywood, Beauty, Cooking, Ani Phyo, Style News