[farm.school] FW: Worldwatch: Food and Agriculture Book Special, and Holiday Ch allenge

Tue Nov 21 08:39:44 EST 2006

FYI

See especially the Holiday Meal Challenge.
Eileen

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- 20% Holiday Discount on our latest Food and Agriculture books... 

- Holiday Meal Challenge

- Celebrating a "100-Mile" Thanksgiving & Other Recent Content

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20% Holiday Discount on our latest Food and Agriculture books... 

 <http://www.worldwatch.org/click/4735/20061120> The holiday season is fast
approaching, and one of the best parts of any celebration is, of course, the
food. But choosing healthy foods for our families, friends, and planet can
be a challenge. These three Worldwatch publications-on seafood, meat, and
local food-will help you discover how to ensure the plenty of the holidays
for generations to come.   

<http://www.worldwatch.org/bookstore/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=L
F2006> Food Books

Buy any one of these titles at 20% off the regular price or
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F2006> buy all three and save 25%! Plus enter the Worldwatch Holiday Meal
Challenge for a chance to receive a free copy of Eat Here, by Brian Halweil.

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*	Catch of  <http://www.worldwatch.org/click/4707/20061120> the Day:
Choosing Seafood for Healthier Oceans Regular price $9.95. 

*	Happier  <http://www.worldwatch.org/click/819/20061120> Meals:
Rethinking the Global Meat Industry Regular price $9.95 

*	Eat Here:  <http://www.worldwatch.org/click/1082/20061120>
Reclaiming Homegrown Pleasures in a Global Supermarket - Regular price
$13.95 

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Take Our Holiday Meal Challenge!

To encourage healthy discussion of local food issues at your holiday table,
Worldwatch offers you this Holiday Meal Challenge, based on the "100-Mile
<http://www.worldwatch.org/click/4742/20061120> Thanksgiving" challenge
started in Canada:

Choose ONE ingredient from your holiday menu that is grown in your area.
Purchase the ingredient at a local farm, farmers market, co-op, or food
store. Then, learn everything you can about the ingredient, including:

1. The name and location of the farm where it was grown.
2. How the food was raised and prepared (i.e. seed variety/animal breed;
soil amendments; pest control techniques; planting times; harvesting times;
animal housing, feeding, and slaughter methods; storage; processing;
transport).
3. The part of the plant we eat (root, leaves, stem, etc).
4. Nutritional value.
5. Uses (culinary, commercial, medicinal, etc).
6. Region where it was first domesticated by humans.
7. Folklore or any other related facts.

When you serve your "local dish," share with your guests everything you
learned and strike up a discussion on the importance of local food.

Then, in 400 words or less,
<http://www.worldwatch.org/click/4744/200611120> tell us about your
ingredient, dish, and discussion! We'll choose our favorite entry and send
the winner a free copy of Brian Halweil's popular book on local food, Eat
Here:  <http://www.worldwatch.org/click/1082/20061120> Reclaiming Homegrown
Pleasures in a Global Supermarket.

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Celebrating  <http://www.worldwatch.org/click/4742/20061120> a "100-Mile"
Thanksgiving 
 <http://www.worldwatch.org/click/4742/20061120> local food This
Thanksgiving, some North Americans are showing thankfulness for the bounty
of the land in an unconventional way. Embracing the so-called "100-Mile
Thanksgiving" challenge.

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international wildlife conservation group, is using the online auction site
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Tourism's  <http://www.worldwatch.org/click/4729/20061120> Great Leap
Forward: A Threat to Traditional Culture, Environment? - Part 2 of 2 
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not launch local communities into development. Environmentalists are often
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