Category Archives: Environment

Healing Foods at Smith Center

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Jane Collins

  I was on my third handful of peanut M&Ms, just enough to qualify as lunch, when Smith Center emailed me with the ideal volunteer project. Would I assist their guest chef, Elizabeth Petty during a cooking demonstration of raw, … Continue reading →

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Get Out and Give Back: Down on the Farm with the Accokeek Foundation

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Jane Collins

Dr. Lisa Hayes, incoming President/CEO of the Accokeek Foundation; Alan McCurry, incoming Board chair, Gail McCurry, Wilton C. Corkern, President, Accokeek Foundation (retiring Sept 30) Polly Festa, the livestock manager of the Accokeek Foundation, treats the heritage cows, horses, pigs … Continue reading →

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ReStored

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Jane Collins

      Everyone loves a sale. But, rather than fighting through the clearance racks for winter markdowns, I volunteered the other day with ReStore, the resale outlet whose proceeds help fund local Habitat for Humanity projects.       ReStore (http://www.habitat.org/env/restores.aspx) sells used … Continue reading →

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