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Mark you calendars! I’m honored to have the chan

Mark you calendars! I’m honored to have the chance to speak with Captain Charles Moore (@algalitacapnmoore) and Shelly Moore (@shelly_moore_ca) of The Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research (@mooreplasticresearch) on Wednesday, July 28th at 11am PT/2pm ET on IG Live as we near the end of @plasticfreejuly.

After Captain Moore discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in 1997, he founded @Algalita to research plastic pollution and “empower young people to think critically, demand action and be agents for change.” Realizing that micro- and nano-plastics required their own dedicated research, he recently founded The Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research. We’ll chat about the institute and its research into how these tiny plastic particles threaten the biosphere.

Several years ago at an event in Berkeley, I heard Charles speak about his 10th trip to the North-Pacific Gyre. It was a fabulous talk! You won’t want to miss this one.

Do you have any questions you’d like me to ask Charles and Shelly? Please leave them below in the comments.

We have about a week left of @plasticfreejuly! Hav

For every dollar we spend at the grocery store, th

For every dollar we spend at the grocery store, the farmers who feed us receive on average, 15 cents, according to a recent joint investigation by @guardian and @foodandwaterwatch. A big chunk of our dollar goes toward food processing and marketing.

When we shop at the farmers' market, on the other hand, about 90 cents of our dollar goes directly to the farmer, according to the Farmers Market Coalition (@fmcorg).

If you can, please support small, local farmers, either at the farmers' market or by ordering a CSA (community supported agriculture) box. You’ll support a small farmer and eat incredibly delicious food! 😋

A group called Bay Area Bag Ladies (bayareabagladi

A group called Bay Area Bag Ladies (bayareabagladies.com) sells these upcycled denim bags at several independent grocery stores around the Bay Area and a portion of the sales goes to food banks.
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My daughter Charlotte bought one of the large bags several months ago—and uses it constantly—but I only recently noticed the small bags at the store. If you don’t live in the Bay Area and would like one of these bags, the small ones especially would make a great beginner project.
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Sewing, like cooking, mending and gardening, is a small act of rebellion. I hope to have some time this weekend to rebel a bit in my yard. How about you? What is your favorite small (or large) act of rebellion?

Doing @plasticfreejuly and want to eat your favori

I have two compost bins on the go—one that sits

I have two compost bins on the go—one that sits and cooks (on the right) and one to fill with new food scraps (on the left). Rogue potatoes and tomatoes have sprung up in the open, cooking pile. A few rogue seedlings (likely melons) have also recently germinated in there. I've transplanted those to a large pot (two survived).
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Do I wish these compost bins were made of natural materials rather than plastic? Absolutely. Would chicken wire or bins made from wooden pallets look better? Yes. Am I tossing and replacing these? No way. I bought the large bin 20 years ago before learning about the horrors of plastic and am not about to add it to the landfill. (I don't know where the bin on the right came from; I haven't lived in this house for 16 years.)
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During @plasticfreejuly, please do not feel pressure to purge your home of all your existing plastic items, toss them into the trash and replace them with new and expensive plastic-free versions. That wastes resources and your hard-earned cash. The goal of Plastic Free July is to reduce the consumption of single-use plastic items—the water bottles and bags, throwaway coffee cups (plastic lines the interior), food wrappers and so on. I plan to continue to use these bins until they break, which might not happen for at least another 20 years.
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And if these bins do completely deteriorate and become unusable, I probably won't replace them and instead toss my food scraps on the ground in a discreet corner of the yard (I don't seem to attract critters besides a so-ugly-it's-cute opossum).

If players like @exxonmobil oppose stopping the fl

My tips for a less trashy July 4th cookout are in

My tips for a less trashy July 4th cookout are in the latest issue of @revealmag!
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As with all things waste, a bit of planning prevents food and packaging waste before you shop.
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First, take into account the number of guests, how long they’ll stay (a few hours or all day) and the size of their appetites.
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Remember that for every additional menu item you add, the less of it people can eat.
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Choose reusables to set your table (or picnic bench).
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Compost during prep and at the end of the meal.
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Ask your guests to each bring an empty container for leftovers. Who doesn’t want to take home leftover pie?!

Behold this glorious mother of vinegar! I'm very

Behold this glorious mother of vinegar!

I'm very excited about my latest experiment. For Memorial Day this year, I made two batches of tepache for two different events. Tepache is a fermented drink made from pineapple peels and cores, water and sugar (the full recipe is in my book 😉). After making a couple of drinks with the peels and cores, I started a large batch of pineapple scrap vinegar, which tastes fabulous—not merely vinegary but also fruity. Last night, for a cook-along I taught, hosted by @plasticfreejuly, I added a bit of the vinegar to complement the random vegetable fried rice I cooked. So tasty!

My scrap vinegars often grow what I thought were SCOBYs but I learned from @kirstenkshockey’s latest book, Homebrewed Vinegar, that they are actually MOVs (mothers of vinegar). My pineapple grew the thickest, healthiest MOV I've ever had. The few holes resulted from her growing around floating pieces of pineapple peel. I think she's a beauty! 😍 She needs a name though. Please leave your suggestions for a name in the comments!

Also back on Memorial Day weekend, my daughter MK came home with a bottle of white wine, opened it and left it here. When she came home again for mother's day and saw the open bottle in the refrigerator, she made an ewww face and said "You can’t drink that now!" True, but it should make excellent white wine vinegar. I poured the wine into a jar, stirred it up to get some air into it, added water and the MOV and covered the jar with a tightly woven cloth, fastened with a rubber band. I then set the jar aside on the counter with its new fermenting friends. I hope the vinegar will be ready in about a month. Thank you for your help getting this white wine vinegar started @kirstenkshockey ❤️

It’s @plasticfreejuly and yes, it matters

It’s @plasticfreejuly and yes, it matters

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