Lucy Chi loves good green design, ethical fashion, environmental art and education, renewables, holistic healing and more. She has been dedicating her energies toward finding and drawing attention to all the ways in which products, companies, and industries are moving toward creating a more sustainable world on the global scale, as well as the way individuals are moving toward living sustainably, and healing at the personal level. Sustainability studies: PresidioMBA.org & B.S. Cornell University, College of Human Ecology, Dept. of Textiles and Fiber Science. Contact: lucillechi (at) gmail.com
Organic red potatoes are in season and make a delightful accompaniment to any meal. Their bite size is great for all sorts of side dishes. These little lovelies taste good boiled and mashed, baked and browned, tossed in a summer salad or simply enjoyed on their own. Red potatoes are just as healthy as they …
Shown here is a simple organic baby bok choy dish with fresh local shiitakes I was lucky enough to find at the farmer’s market last weekend. Shiitake mushroom happens to be a well studied, potent healing medicinal super food known in the orient for many millennia. If you can’t find them at your local organic farmer’s market …
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For Easter I made these delicate flower cakes from edible violas and pansies, and with Mother’s Day here, we’re at it again! I used a simple organic cake mix and tried organic applesauce instead of oil and the results were delightful and fluffy. On other occasions I’ve used Ghee in the mix for a richer …
Sharing the Beauty and Love of Spring with Flower Cakes for Mother’s Day Read More 👉
Quite often I’ve enjoyed a delightful Choice Organic Black Tea for it’s healing properties in the morning. Now in the evening I enjoy Choice Organic’s new decaffeinated healing blend with luscious lemon, lavender, mint. “Organic Lemon Lavender Mint Herb Tea features accents of sun-blessed lavender grown on a coastal island in the Pacific Northwest. This …
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Did you know that 479 degrees Fahrenheit is the optimal temperature for popping corn? 479° knows it, and makes artisan popcorn the old-fashioned way, from scratch, by hand, here in San Francisco. Arnold’s organization actively practices the four pillars of SOLE – sustainable, organic, local and ethical – “by working with farmers who practice sustainable …
Organic Old-fashioned Popcorn in Hot New Flavors for Fun Green Events Read More 👉
Be Gorgeously Green with author Sophie Uliano and learn how to go lean and green with her new book: the Gorgeously Green Diet: Save Money and the Planet. Uliano knows that the best way to help our beautiful planet earth is to better care for our food choices. Her book offers hundreds of ecolicious recipes …
The olive tree contains great symbolism. We all know and love the beautiful branches depicted in art, the delicious olives, and olive oil naturally, but did you know that olive leaves are medicinal and healing? Olive leaf extract comes from the leaves of the olive tree, and the leaf contains antioxidants as well as antibacterial, …
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Ever since reading the novel Dandelion Wine in grade school, I’ve been rather curious about the culinary history of this common garden plant. Many consider it a weed, others think it has magical seeds that grant wishes when blown, however, what few realize is that it has been a medicinal healing plant for centuries. Some like dandelion root as …
Dandelion Wine, Tea, Salad and More Magic in Your Own Backyard Read More 👉
The Center for Food Safety (CFS) “is a non-profit public interest and environmental advocacy membership organization established in 1997 by its sister organization, International Center for Technology Assessment, for the purpose of challenging harmful food production technologies and promoting sustainable alternatives.” CFS has several campaigns going to help educate us about what to eat and …
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What do you like in your oatmeal? Today I like thin sliced almonds and dried cherries, blueberries, cranberries, golden raisins and a twirl of honey (shown below). This tastes delicious with my black-cherry tea.
Local Harvest is an amazing organization. Have you seen their heirloom tomaoto seed offerings? This would make the most vibrant and beautiful fatoush ever. Here are five of Local Harvest’s favorite slicers and five salad tomatoes, in full spectrum color for nutritional balance ~ The slicers: Cherokee Purple, Hillbilly (large yellow/pink), Black Krim, Zapotec (yellow, …
Recently, talking about the food crisis globally on our sister site Feel Good Style, I also thought about these same issues domestically, here in the United States, and rediscovered Feeding America (previously known as Second Harvest). Feeding America is a national supporter of local food-banks and kitchens, and they do all this through the use …
Mission Pie is a corner café, bakery, and neighborhood gathering place in the SF Mission District that brings the flavors of local farms into the city and tells their stories. Mission Pie encourages urban folks toward intimacy with their food through live relationships with the people and places that grow our ingredients. With pie as …
Mission Pie is a Fun San Francisco Cafe that Features Local Farms for the City Read More 👉
