Renewal Mill is on a mission to fight climate change and reduce food waste by producing ingredients sourced from places in the food system where nutrition is being lost. They are turning the byproducts of food manufacturing into superfood ingredients, and premium plant-based pantry staples. We are thrilled to offer Renewal Mill's delicious gluten-free, vegan baking mixes in our online Farm Stand.
Photo credit: Renewal MillRenewal Mill’s CEO, Claire Schlemme, first came face-to-face with food waste in the juicing industry. At the end of each day, her organic juice company was left with a mountain of nutritious produce pulp, and no good solution for what to use it for. When she learned that other food makers were having similar “pulp” byproduct problems, but at a much larger scale, that’s when the light bulb went off.
Starting with the byproducts of plant-based soy and oat milk, Renewal Mill produced a line of premium, high fiber, gluten-free flours, and scrumptious baking mixes crafted by Alice Medrich, a five-time James Beard Award-winning cookbook author known for her work with alternative flours.
Photo credit: Renewal Mill Renewal Mill’s vision is to create a new circular economy of food that closes the loop in today’s current supply chains, keeps valuable nutrition from going to waste, and deliciously reduce our impact on the environment. They want to ensure that 100% of the food we produce is put to its best and highest use: feeding people.
By improving the efficiency of our food system, Renewal Mill is helping ensure that the next-generation of eaters have a healthy planet and a sustainable future. Upcycling is about respect: respect for all the resources that go into growing and producing our food, and the people who do it. Click here to learn more about their process.
Photo credit: Renewal Mill
Brownie Cookie Sandwiches with Vegan Fig Cream Cheese Frosting
(Servings: 8 sandwich cookies / 16 single cookies)
Ingredients:
Brownie Cookies
1 bag Renewal Mill Dark Chocolate Brownie Mix
6 tablespoons canola oil (or other neutral flavored oil)
1/2 cup hot water
Figgy Non-Dairy Cream Cheese Frosting
1/2 cup vegan butter, softened
4 ounces vegan cream cheese, softened
5 ounces dried figs
6 ounces (173g) powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions:
To Make the Brownie Cookies:
In a large bowl, stir together the brownie mix with the oil and hot water until combined. Portion out 16 scoops of the same size 2 inches apart on a parchment or Silpat-lined sheet pan (I used a 1 ½ TBSP ice cream scoop). Place the sheet pan in the freezer for 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 350F.
To Make the Figgy Vegan Cream Cheese Frosting:
Meanwhile, make the vegan cream cheese frosting by first beating the butter. Add in the cream cheese until combined. On low speed, mix in the powdered sugar for a few moments to integrate it, then crank the speed up to medium for 2 minutes or until fluffy. Mix in the vanilla. Fold in the finely chopped Golden and Mission California Dried Figs. Set the frosting aside.
Remove the sheet pan from the freezer, transporting it to the oven. Bake the cookies for 23 minutes, lightly tapping the pan on the counter upon removing it from the oven. Cool cookies on the pan for 5 minutes,then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
To Assemble the Cookie Sandwiches:
Spread the Figgy Vegan Cream Cheese Frosting on the flat side of one cookie to seal with another cookie to make a brownie sandwich cookie, or spread the frosting on the flat side to top with a sliced fig for a stand-alone cookie.
Recipe and photo by Annelies Zijderveld
Photo credit: Renewal Mill
Strawberry Lemonade Sugar Cookies
(Makes 20 cookies)
Ingredients:
1 bag of Renewal Mill's Upcycled Sugar Cookie Mix
1/2 cup of oil
1/3 cup + 1 tablespoon water
1 tablespoon strawberry extract
1 tablespoon lemon zest
Red food coloring, optional
Freeze-dried strawberries for decoration
Directions:
Pour the entire bag of cookie mix into a large bowl.
Add oil, water, and strawberry extract to the mix.
Mix until well combined. Add the lemon zest and continue mixing for another 60 seconds.
If desired, add red food color and continue mixing. You can leave it half-mixed to create a marbled effect or mix entirely to color the dough evenly.
Roll dough into 20 even balls and place on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Flatten cookies to approximately 2.5 inches in diameter.
Bake the cookies at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes, rotating the cookie sheets halfway through the bake time.
As soon as the cookies come out of the oven, place freeze-dried strawberries on top and gently press into cookies.
Remove cookies from cookie sheet and place on a rack to cool completely.
Enjoy as a beautiful addition to your next afternoon tea or with a tall glass of lemonade.
Recipe and photo from Renewal Mill.
HOW TO ENTER OUR GIVEAWAY
For a chance to win 3 Renewal Mill baking mixes + 3 free Farm Fresh To You deliveries ($105 value), simply leave a comment below answering this question by 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 8th (one entry per person please):
(Giveaway is now closed)
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS YOU DO TO REDUCE WASTE BY RECYCLING OR REPURPOSING IN YOUR DAY-TO-DAY LIFE?
We've chosen a winner! Thank you to everyone who participated. Congratulations to Erica Chapin who commented:
"Bringing my own coffee mug to get coffee, my whole family uses their own water bottles instead of using disposable bottles and just becoming more aware of what we can recycle, what is compostable, and what is not. Trying to purchase things that are easily compostable or recyclable."
No purchase required. Winner will be chosen by Random Number Generator and announced on the blog Tuesday, March 8th by 5:00 p.m. Giveaway not redeemable for cash. Winner
will receive a $105.00 Farm Fresh To You e-gift card by email or
account credit. To redeem, winner must reside (or be eligible to receive
deliveries) in one of our California delivery areas and become a farm
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e-gift cards are not redeemable for cash, but can be transferred to
another party. Visit www.farmfreshtoyou.com to check delivery areas. Good Luck!
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ReplyDeleteWhen I send packages to my family, it goes in a box that was sent to me. I also do Visible Mending or sashiko to patch & extend the wear on items of clothing.
ReplyDeleteBringing my own coffee mug to get coffee, my whole family uses their own water bottles instead of using disposable bottles and just becoming more aware of what we can recycle, what is compostable, and what is not. Trying to purchase things that are easily compostable or recyclable.
ReplyDeleteHi Erica - You have been chosen as the winner of our giveaway! Are you a current Farm Fresh To You subscriber?
DeleteI am, sorry for the late reply.
DeleteLove the recipes!
ReplyDeleteFirstly, I ordered the Renewal Mill - sugar cookie mix & oat chocolate chip cookie mix - for this last Christmas for our 2 kids (8yr old girl & 10yr old boy) and we had THEE most fun cookie baking competition with them, boys vs girls! I can never partake in the goodies because I battle with late stage chronic lyme disease & have to stay on a limited diet, so this was an EXTRA special treat for me & honestly the best part of the holiday fun!
ReplyDelete*Question ANSWER: 1. We are huge recyclers here, the kids wrote, on our recycle bin, a list of everything that is recyclable, so they can remember what is recyclable & not waste.
2. I am also so grateful for the cold packs that Farm Fresh sends their cold packed products in because we now use those to fertilize our plants & our plants are so happy!
3. Also, hoarding packaging is a bit guilty pleasure of mine ;) because it so helpful! Example - I made a homemade asian dipping sauce last night & used an up-cycled jar to put it in! Cute AND functional, it doesn't get any better than that!
Thank you Renewal Mill & FFTY!
I am reusing the glass marmalade jars either for fresh food storage or to store my own home made marmalade. To reduce waste I m trying to avoid plastic wrapped food amd I m trying to use cloth bags at Saturday's farmers market.
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ReplyDeleteWe pasta sauce jars for storing dried beans and we use old cloth diapers for cleaning rags
ReplyDeleteMy latest efforts to reduce waste have been to buy washable garbage bags and washable sponges. That way, I am not constantly throwing away plastic garbage bags and kitchen sponges. I'm excited to use these items for many years to come.
ReplyDeleteI am saving all my green waste/food waste in my freezer until I get my Lomi countertop composter. That way I can use my compost for my house plant/garden/community garden.
ReplyDeleteWe take our own bags to the store and our community just started recycling food scraps in with the yard waste so we are doing that by keeping a bin on the counter to empty into the yard waste bin. We also recycle everything we can.
ReplyDeleteI flatten and recycle the Farm Fresh boxes or use to transport my pottery to/from studio. I do hope that the return pickup will come back now that Covid is lessening.
ReplyDeleteThe bags newspapers are delivered in turn into great bags for picking up dog poop!
ReplyDeleteAlso, I buy nearly all my clothes from second hand stores.
I let my daughter paint our used egg crates and then they double as organizers for her play jewelry. We also used our New York Times newspaper as wrapping paper for Christmas gifts this past year. It actually looked pretty great under the tree!
ReplyDeleteReusable coffee mugs and resuable water bottles every day! Careful recycling at home and in the classroom (I'm a teacher). At home, being conscious of food waste with careful/creative meal planning.
ReplyDeleteI reuse grocery produce bags instead of buying plastic wrap. And use old tshirts instead of paper towels. My favorite way of reducing waste is shopping at thrift stores.
ReplyDeleteMany of my favorite vegan protein powders come in very large, sturdy plastic cylinder containers with a screw-on lids, so I've been removing the labels, washing and using for storage. Trying to get plastic away from my food though, so will be looking for non-food storage ideas for how to use those. (And also transitioning away from products packaged that way!)
ReplyDeleteWe use bee's wrap for the kid's school lunch sandwiches, to reduce our use of sandwich bags. Also been using reusable coffee pod in our coffee machine, and moved from paper napkins to washable hand towels. Leftover water in drinking glasses goes into indoor plants. My son's leftover fish tank water, from cleaning, also goes into the outdoor plants. Trying to reduce our impact on the world at little bit at a time.
ReplyDeleteWe are active on our local Buy Nothing site giving away items we no longer use and looking there before buying anything new.
ReplyDeleteInstead of buying garden stakes, we used switches pruned from our apple tree to build a cucumber trellis. To cover a muddy path in our yard, we used slats from a torn down fence. We saved the extra-long twist ties from our Farm Fresh to You order, twisted them end-to-end, and used the twist tie "rope" to tie up our beans and tomatoes.
ReplyDeleteFor my dad’s birthday and gift giving occasions, I make him carrot drinking shrub (it’s impossible to find where I live - we tried). And similar to Renewal Mill’s CEO, Claire Schlemme, I found that there is so much pulp leftover which saddened my soul the first time making it. However, the carrot pulp is full of sugar and apple cider vinegar which is great for baking to get the goods to be fluffy! I use the Farm Fresh to You carrot oatmeal cookie recipe (https://www.farmfreshtoyou.com/recipes/95/carrot-oatmeal-cookies) as a basis and make a few batches. I also make a few loaves of carrot bread as well. The carrots are honored and enjoyed multiple times over this way while reducing waste. Thank you all for your work and inspiration!
ReplyDeleteThese cookies look great, and I love the concept!
ReplyDeleteAt work we use empty animal food sacks as garbage bags. I've also sewn them into reusable shopping bags. At home we use water collected in a bucket during a shower to flush the toilets. Tiny cosmetic tub-style receptacles are good for holding small amounts of meds for travel.
ReplyDeleteI am an active recycler and composter. I reuse plastic bags and containers. I have reusable grocery and produce bags and water bottles. I reuse and rotate my KN95 masks! I now use compostable trash bags in my kitchen, to reduce plastic waste. My daughter recently mailed herself some things from my home in a Farm Fresh delivery box!
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ReplyDeleteWe use our Farm Fresh boxes as containers for other recyclables, or for storing and moving things around. We use the large plastic bags to collect trash, and compost stems and other inedible parts of the produce.
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ReplyDeleteWe recycle and compost, of course, but also try to reuse whenever possible. One example is that we use paper grocery bags and cereal boxes to wrap packages and parcels, and reuse mailing envelopes. We also avoid 'fast fashion', and try to get clothes that will last a long time, and whose fabrics can be recycled.
ReplyDeleteI reuse glass jars and collect all vegetable scraps/peels for soup. Reuse plastic carrier bags for trash, and I reuse my KN95 masks as much as possible
ReplyDeleteI try to use as much of a food as I can (eating carrot tops and beat greens) and compost what I can’t. I prefer to buy foods that come in glass containers and reuse the containers to store food or to carry water instead of using bottles of water. I save clothes or linens too worn or full of holes to mend and use them to mend other clothes or in embroidery projects.
ReplyDeleteWe reuse or recycle every price of cardboard, paper, plastic, and glass that enters this house. For example, we created solar garden lights with unused mason jars, shopping bags from old tshirts, storage containers from old Tupperware, and much more. We avoid purchasing plastic whenever possible. We use reusable beverage and food containers, use washable snack bags and produce bags, we store all freezer items in glass and stainless steel (carefully), and much more. We also compost food scraps and garden waste.
ReplyDeleteWe compost all food waste, have reusable baggies for food, use the beeswax infused cotton as lids and wraps, use compostable bags for the minimal trash we generate, and recycle everything that we possibly can
ReplyDeleteWE compost kitchen scraps, and re-use plastic bags and containers to pack lunches or leftovers. We use laundry and dishwashing products that come in cardboard boxes instead of plastic jugs.
ReplyDeleteI use reusable shopping bags and make sure to recycle as much as possible. Thrift shopping recycling clothing and other usable items.! It's a challenge to choose packages that are recyclable but I am trying my best!
ReplyDeleteWe compost kitchen scraps, source food locally whenever possible, use silicone bags instead of plastic bags, purchased an electric blower for the gardener instead of gas powered.
ReplyDeleteI like saving the jam and sauce glass jars. I reuse them to store my homemade sauces, left overs and overnight oats. I use beeswax instead of plastic wrap. I use reusable containers for lunches. I bring my bags when shopping and if I use paper bags, at home they are reused for composting.
ReplyDeleteWe reuse glass jars for storage containers in our pantry.
ReplyDeleteI recycle your boxes or use them to drop off donations if I have any.
ReplyDeleteAlso use the plastic bags some of your produce comes in as trash can liners.
Our city collects all food scraps so we separate those from our trash.
I bought an extra set of inexpensive melamine dishes to use instead of paper plates for outdoor eating and parties and an extra set of silverware so we no longer buy plastic cutlery.
Love that someone bought an electric blower for their gardener!
We save all glass jars from jams and other stuff, much to my wife's chagrin.
ReplyDeleteToilet and paper towel rolls as seed starter receptacles. Coffee filters as toilet paper (tear them up and just use a little bit). Junk mail as memo pads. Have plates to take to every event
ReplyDeleteWe recycle all used grocery bags, cans. Water bottles are turned in for recycle money and we only use green products.
ReplyDeleteI reduce waste in my life by collecting small plastic items like the clips and ties from the grocery store, to the rubber bands that come with the mail. Some items I collect in jars and some items can be remade, like rubber bands wrapped into a ball. This small contribution to reducing waste and recycling has added up over the span of the last few years.
ReplyDeleteWe turn all our plastic food containers into tupperware for our school/work lunches, recycle everything we can, my mom brings me her recycling that her local city won't take and I bring up my plastics that she delivers to a dry cleaners that takes them up in SB. I've been trying to purchase only aluminum or glass over plastic when possible. I'm looking forward to when LA gets its composting bin program up and running!
ReplyDeleteMy guinea pig, Cookie, is my composted. He eats out peels, rinds and left over veggie bits, converts them and drops it into his browns bedding and presto, monthly compost
ReplyDeleteI collect all my vegetable peelings and trimmings to make vegetable stock to use for sauces, and soups. It's really delicious and simple to make in my instant pot.
ReplyDeleteWe bring our own grocery bags to the store, and we repurpose the vegetable bags to pick up droppings when walking the dog!
ReplyDeleteI reuse glass jars for leftovers, as flower vases, and the pretty ones as drinking glasses.
ReplyDeleteI reuse plastic bags from bread products for storage and other purposes.
ReplyDeleteWe reuse glass containers for storing dry goods. We reuse plastic containers from things like sour cream, yogurt, etc for growing seedlings for the garden. We compost kitchen scraps and cardboard. We use old worn out clothes and bath towels as rags. Just to name a few!
ReplyDeleteInstead of throwing out clothes that get holes or stains, which happens a lot with 2 kids, I mend them/cover them with crochet or embroidery.
ReplyDeleteI reuse glass and plastic containers to store leftover food and produce items instead of using plastic wrap. Boxes, egg cartons and ice packs are donated to a local food pantry. I save the pouches in which meats and cheese are delivered (along with bubble wrap and air pillows) for a friend who is a glass artist and can use protective shipping materials.
ReplyDeleteI am an active participant in our neighborhood Buy Nothing group.
ReplyDeleteHappy to reduce, reuse and recycle. We take the egg cartons received from Farm Fresh to local farmers market vendor, who sells farm eggs, to help him with packaging. In addition, we save all glass jars and take them to the vendor who makes his own jams/preserves. There are still some locations in LA that accept plastic/métal/glass bottles for recycling, one is Cost Plus on Santa Monica and Westwood. Santa Monica now has many composting locations, it’s very easy for apartment dwellers to collect vegetable/fruit waste and drop off, instead of adding to landfills. We can all do small changes in life that can add up to big impacts for pit neighbors and the planet. Sending blessings to all and wishing to stay safe!
ReplyDeleteI reuse plastic bags, paper bags, boxes, shipping materials, wrapping paper, and cloth. Collected a lot of discarded out books and games in the neighborhoods I walk for the kids I taught during pandemic. Pass on cool stuff I'm done with as gifts for friends or in a freebox for whomever!
ReplyDeleteI turn computer boxes and old binders into communication books for nonspeaking students. In my assistive technology work, we are constantly making things out of whatever we can find to help students with physical differences access daily activities. Another example is re-using bubble wrap as a sensory toy for students with autism.
ReplyDeleteI wash and reuse all glass jars, compost food scraps, reuse wrapping and tissue paper, egg cartons to start seedlings in, recycle all paper and plastics that qualify, start my garden with seeds from last year's plants, use pepper seeds from store bought peppers to start plants, paperless billing/banking and much more.
ReplyDeleteI like to reuse and repurpose as much as possible. All my jars turn into mini vases around the house for flowers and also use for all my smoothie ingredients, hemp, cacao, goji, etc. My daughter loves to craft out of egg cartons and cardboard too!
ReplyDeleteI use my own bags, keep my reusable water bottle and coffee mug on deck anytime I leave the house, ride-share, garden and share with my neighbors (even tho its an apartment complex so we've just got our goodies in pots), avoid air-travel, make my own broth with food waste, unplug any items I'm not using, and remember that no matter how much individual-choice "conscious capitalism" I participate in, climate change will always be the true fault of the US-centric global capitalist war industrial complex!
ReplyDeleteWe use beeswax wrap and other reusable wraps instead of plastic wrap. And we use net bags for produce in the market instead of plastic bags. When products come in plastic bags we use these for garbage bags and buy almost no plastic garbage bags. We also reuse our food scraps to make broth (veggie, chicken, mushroom) and grow a lot of our own vegetables and can tomoatoes--both healthy and reduces waste.
ReplyDeleteI love to think of new ways to reuse food containers: the bottom of milk containers as drawer organizers, store boxes as storage containers, etc. ONe of my favorites is to use butterfly clips to completely use up the contents in tubes (toothpaste, tomato paste etc.). Mindfulness when shopping for the least wasteful packaging and, of course, bringing reusable bags for produce and other food items to store. Composting, food scraps to soup, letter writing to companies to use less wasteful packaging (costco, earthbound farms etc.).
ReplyDeleteWe use old jars for growing herbs and succulents. Theses also make great gifts.
ReplyDeleteAll normal kitchen scraps go to the chicken & ducks or in the compost.
ReplyDeleteBut last year, when we started our Free Community Food Pantry we ended up with mountains of produce that we needed to process. When we were juicing massive quantities of donated carrots we started making carrot jam with the leftover pulp. We also ended up with far too many donated apples to use so we made copious amounts of dried apple rings and applesauce.
Outside of kitchen "recycling," I've started upcycling our worn out clothes into dolls and doll clothes for my friends' children. We reuse plastic food containers for Zori, our bearded dragon's bath needs and in the terrariums where we raise crickets & hornworms for Zori.
As an artist, I often find interesting upcycling opportunities, too.
We wash / re-use food jars. I save the peanut butter jars for storing soups in the freezer. My youngest daughter saves the pudding jars for crafts or loose change.
ReplyDeleteI always reuse my jars for storage and organization around the house. It's been a game changer for "junk/random" cabinets. :)
ReplyDeleteI save the veggie "scraps" peels, etc. to make stocks, which I freeze in repurposed food containers. I also save jars to store pantry items like flours, grains, beans, spices, etc. I'm learning how to ferment different things which is a great way to also use up things like vegetable and fruit peels, or excess produce that might go bad before you can eat all of it. There's so much more than pickles and kimchi and sauerkraut that can be fermented!
ReplyDeleteI use washable mesh bags for purchasing produce.
ReplyDeleteI also look for products with minimal packaging.
It works. I only send about a 1/4 of a kitchen-sized trash bag to the landfill each week
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DeleteWe use reusable flannel cloths instead of paper towels, silicon wraps and waxed cotton wraps instead of plastic, and recycle or compost all that we can. I try to be conscious of packaging when purchasing items as well to minimize waste. We tried to have a veggie garden, but too many critters liked our produce and got it before we could. But we do grow our own herbs. Our yard is xeroscaped, which literally cut our water use in half. I was surprised how much water went to keeping a lawn green. Now I have lots of drought tolerant plants and it's a butterfly and bird haven in my yard.
ReplyDeleteReusing all our packing materials
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ReplyDeleteWe have a counter compost pail and a compost bin in the backyard. Our city has a strong recycling program for our trash pickup. We reuse paper, plastic and cloth bags. Anything we can reuse or repurpose, we do. It started by accident but it's now a family tradition to use the same gift bag (carefully preserved) for every family member's birthday. Winnie-the-Pooh is now 10 years old.
ReplyDeleteI recycle any usable plastic bags from veggie packaging, either to wrap produce or as end stage waste bag.
ReplyDeleteI reuse kitchen 'waste' water in my small front yard. Sooo much water...
I compost all kitchen 'food waste' in my small front yard.
I reuse any plastic container we might get from grocery stores.
I use the 'air bubble' packaging bags as poop bags (just cut open one side). great for smaller dog poops...
etc.
I love your recipes! We recycle, buy recyclable materials and do our best to decrease our footprint.
ReplyDeleteWe've been converting a camper van and have been reusing some old packing material and mouse mats to protect some surfaces. Plus we got some cushions and kitchen items for free from our local Facebook Buy Nothing group.
ReplyDeleteDaily…reduce, reuse, recycle! I even surprise myself with recyclables that I keep for the heck of it and then I end up using them to simplify tasks, storage, organizing small items throughout the whole house.
ReplyDeleteAdopting a healthier lifestyle and learning about nutrition has had so many benefits, not just to me but also to my impact on the environment. I was buying something like 3-4 twelve-packs per day of cola before, and even after switching to V8 and iced tea, that was still a lot of aluminum and plastic waste. They were being recycled in large bags, sure. But since I switched to drinking loose leaf tea, that's a huge amount of extra waste no longer being generated. I have my own steeping cup and I buy all the tea loose leaf. Not only am I not using up all those cans and bottles now, I don't need to be going through all those big black trash bags.
ReplyDeleteWe recycle cardboard, papaer, and plastic, reuse plastic containers w/ lids, and used to return Farm Fresh Boxes for reuse. We also compost, reuse plastic bags/gift bags, and shop w/ reusable canvas bags and jars.
ReplyDeleteWe like to use photos from our film cameras that didn't turn out like we thought as cards for birthdays and holidays ☺️
ReplyDeleteWe do many things,, including composting,
ReplyDeleteI re-use jars and containers. In fact, I have trouble throwing them out. I also use the Farm Fresh to You cold packs as fertilizer in my yard and love the boxes for all kinds of things including flattening and them laying them down in my garden to control weeds between the rows. They can be moved and re-used several times before breaking down and going in the compost pile. I love getting the metallic shiny bags with my cold items because I use those for their reflective properties to keep the water in the tank of my hydroponic garden tower cool.
ReplyDeleteI've recently joined my local Buy Nothing group. As our kids have outgrown their toys and crafts supplies, I've been able to pass them along to people in our neighborhood who can use them. A win-win!
ReplyDeleteI'm a paper and textile artist, so I always repurpose clothes, linens, cardboard, envelopes, even some plastic to make accessories, household items, and artwork.
ReplyDeleteFlour varieties look good to get and enjoy!
ReplyDeleteUse re-usable storage containers instead of plastic bags when possible, but wash and reuse the plastic bags if not.
ReplyDeletewe compost all fruit and vegetable waste; we recycle water when and where we can, for example, water to wash produce gets put on plants, jugs are filled with water waiting to be hot for the washing machine and cooled and used for plants.
ReplyDeleteWe wash plastic bags and reuse as long as we can; sensitive documents are shredded and composted.
We made our lawn as drought tolerant as possible to save more water to be used on produce
ReplyDeleteWe try to focus on reducing first before re-using and recycling, but of course we do the last 2 Rs, too! We reuse cotton grocery bags, and save the brown packing paper that comes in mailed packages for our toddler to colour on. We recycle everything we can, and try to re-use (such as yogurt containers as storage containers) as much as possible.
ReplyDeleteWe have started composting our leftover scrap and waste products. It is amazing what a 2 person household can generate! We freeze wilting greens for smoothies, use empty egg cartons to start seedlings, and have slowly made the shift to more brands that align with our values!
ReplyDeleteWe do our best to reuse containers - yogurt containers store compost, or serve as containers for crayons/colored pencils. We reuse glass containers for food storage and as glasses for drinking out of!. We try not to buy new clothes and buy used and get outgrown clothes back into circulation by donation or handing off to others. We reduce waste by composting, minimizing plastic "junk" - for kids parties we give away flowers as a party gift instead of plastic trinkets!!!
ReplyDeleteWe reuse glass jars over and over, as flower vases, as salad dressing shakers, as storage for dry goods. We use card board boxes from things sent to us, to mail boxes out. We take our own water bottles and coffee mugs, rather than buying single use cups and bottles.
ReplyDeleteI always try to bring cloth bags for groceries and mesh bags for produce. We use our own water bottles and re-usable snack containers. We try to re-use containers for leftovers or art projects...
ReplyDeleteWe repurpose and reuse as much as we can. Make almond milk and use the almond meal in baking. Collect and Save rainwater to fill the koi pond and water plants in the summer. Enrich our soil with the compost from our rich remnants of all our organic produce waste. Reuse Talenti gelato containers for Many things - holding nails/screws, plant or sprout starters, waste and drip catchers for plants, etc.
ReplyDeleteWe try to find purposes for all plastic and glass. For example all small plastic cups such as fruit cups and dumpling containers are used for kids painting. We use all cereal boxes (cut and wrap in wrapping paper) and use them on book shelves and within closest to organize magazines, book and papers. We use all glass jars for storage of grains, rice (bought in bulk) and left over foods. We reuse all plastic food bags to store our farm fresh to you items in the fridge. We use all egg containers to start seedlings.
ReplyDeleteWe compost all food products and make sure we bring our reusable bottles to the gym
ReplyDeleteI do both, recycling and reporpuse. I don't just simply tossed away the items I do need, we separate cans, cardboard and plastic. Our latest resource to reporpuse is our local BUY NOTHING GROUP we donate there whatever we don't use anymore or I even ask there if I need something instead of buying form retail. It's an awesome way to reduce waste and being able to help others. You have to try it.
ReplyDeleteWe donate our used to-go containers to the local church who reuses them for packing up dinners for unhoused people in our community. I also reuse tea bag packages and tags in my "junk journal"
ReplyDeleteWe reuse jars for canning, jelly or storage. Cardboard boxes get reused for repackaging. packing paper gets reused as coloring projects for grandchildren and for wrapping items. We reuse or recycle all items that come through our home. Reading some of the comments here have provided us with more ideas on how to reuse and recycle.
ReplyDeleteWe reuse our Farm Fresh boxes all the time, for moving, storing objects, and more!
ReplyDeleteWe use silicone bags for leftovers and kids snacks, and try to use all parts of a vegetable (peeled broccoli stalks are among our favorites!). Old rice becomes fried rice.
ReplyDeleteWhen ordering take-out at my favorite deli I ask for paper containers instead of plastic. When that's not available elsewhere, I re-use plastic containers to store leftovers, lunch items or partially used fruits & veggies. Also, we have a great recycling center in our city where I take everything from used batteries, books & clothing to old computer parts and small appliances.
ReplyDeleteI've invested in a lot of earth-friendly products for wrapping and storing food and edible items
ReplyDeleteI reuse jars (love the FF Honey ones!) to turn them into candles and tins/cans become pots for small plants. I also save my veggie scraps to make jars of veggie stock.
ReplyDeleteI take my own containers when I go out to dinner to put my left overs in.
ReplyDeleteWe stopped buying plastic water bottles. We now use a Brita type water filter. I use that water for coffee and cooking. Also I keep a pitcher of water in the fridge so we always have cold water. I have special bags that I use when buying fruits and veggies at the store, so I do have to use their plastic bags.
ReplyDeleteWe have reg trash in kitchen, as well as paper, and have a bin for cans. Makes it easy when it's time to go to recycle guy!
ReplyDeleteMy husband uses the coffee from the coffee capsules for his gardening, apparently it is very good for the plants! :)
ReplyDeleteOfc as many others wrote before the glass jars are always around in the kitchen and I don't remember the last time I used a plastic bag..
1. I have a reverse osmosis water filter so I rarely ever use bottled water.
ReplyDelete2. I try to buy used as much as possible, particularly in clothing and furniture.
I use metal water bottles and reuse plastic tubs food comes in from the grocery store. I also am mostly vegan, which actually saves a whole lot more water than you would think.
ReplyDeleteMy husband & I are big recyclers, and then we also reuse boxes and bags all the time. I have mason jars I use for chia pudding - yum! And we have a dish towel in a specific spot that's just for drying hands to help minimize paper towel use. Oh, and we love the beeswax wraps you can use instead of plastic wrap.
ReplyDeleteOnce every month or two we go to a nearby recycling center taking cans, milk cartons, and plastic bottles/containers. We also go to Target and recycle all our paper wrappers and Amazon envelopes.
ReplyDeleteI reuse, gift or recycle all the Farm Fresh packing but my newest idea is to re-use the Farm Fresh silver insulated food bags as padded envelopes for shipping. NOTE: You need to reinforce all seams with packing tape to ensure the seams do not open during shipping.
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