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Weekday Vegetarian: Beautiful Teriyaki Vegetable and Inari Sushi Bento

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fish, tofu, vegetable, vegetarian

Published April 26, 2010 at 9:31 a.m.

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My husband loves sushi, but given the fact that I don't really like fish that much, raw fish is just a step too far for me. On the other hand, I really like the seasoning of much of Japanese cooking. So when Rebecca Vandevelde said she was going to make us some inari sushi it seemed like a perfect idea. Inari sushi is a very simple dish of sushi rice stuffed into deep fried tofu skins ...

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Forget Fish Oils. Are Algae Oils an Omega-Rich Solution to Overfishing?

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eco, fish, wellness

Published Jan. 16, 2010 at 7:34 p.m.

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Image via: TheAgonist.org To fish oil or not to fish oil has been the ongoing question among wellness- and eco-minded folks such as myself. For good reason, too. The benefits from omega-3 supplements are hard to give up: healthy skin, hair and joints in addition to their ability to fight heart disease, Alzheimer's, and depression. But the benefits hardly justify the fact that our fondness for fatty acids are threatening our ecosystems and ...

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Readers, Send Us Photos of Your Indoor Composting Bin or System!

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compost, fish

Published Sept. 23, 2009 at 2:00 p.m.

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Indoor compost system in a New York City apartment. Credit canarsiebk / CC Is the throne of your home a composting toilet? Did you invest in NatureMill's hot composter and divert pounds of meat, dairy, and fish from the landfill? Do you name the worms in your vermicomposting system as your only pets? Do you freeze your food scraps and ...

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Trader Joe's Flunks Sustainable Seafoods 101 (Again)

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fair trade, fish, organic

Published July 1, 2009 at 5:18 a.m.

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Fish in a bag at TJ's - convenient but not all that green. Photo inuyaki.com via flickr. C'mon, you know a Trader Joe's addict or two, don't you? It's sometimes impossible to resist the combination of lower prices and lots of organic and even Fair Trade basics. But when you are planning to put fish on the menu, TJ's is not the place to shop, according to an update of the Supermarket Seafood Scorecard released by Greenpeace. Trader Joe's has done no ...

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Green Meals on Wheels: Green Truck Delivers Green Food to Los Angeles

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fish, organic

Published June 18, 2009 at 6:45 a.m.

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Taco truck with mercury-free line-caught fish and local organic vegetables from the Green Truck.If hungry for lunch in LA, you have to find out where to go by checking Twitter for location updates. Yesterday, for example, had this: Wed, 6/17 Green Truck will be at our usual 3 stops today from 11:30-2:30 Museum Square, MySpace, and MTV/ Water Gardens/Yahoo Ctr…then posted an hour later: Ashley and Allie will be at Wilshire and Doheny in Beverly Hills…11:30-2:30. New route, new chef…new

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Organic vs Local? Who Cares. Neither is Sustainable.

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fish, organic

Published March 6, 2009 at 2:13 p.m.

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Image via: Getty Images While last year we were debating whether its better to buy organic or local (or both), an article in Mother Jones now reports that we have even bigger fish to fry when it comes to our food production. While dreams of our future food system may rely on the romantic image of local farmers, the reality is: this model can't do what we need it to do, that is, feed billions of people ...

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