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Little Green Apples Vegetarian Chili by Mario Stemberger Entrée available for purchase for the entire month of May at The Dancing Avocado Kitchen in downtown Daytona Beach.

Servings: 24 or more

Ingredients:

8 Carrots, diced 3 large Onions, diced me-dium 6 cloves Garlic, pureed 3 Green or Red Peppers 3 qts Tomatoes, canned crushed

3 to 4 qts Tomatoes, diced fresh or canned 1 lb. Corn, frozen 6 Potatoes, medium to large 1 lb. Green Beans, frozen 3 large Zucchini, diced 3 large Yellow Squash, diced 5 medium to large Sweet Pota-toes, diced

½ gallon dry Red Beans Instructions:

Beans must boil for 1 ½ - 2 hours or until tender. Do not discard bean juice. Add remaining ingredients. Cook until tender, and serve.

1 bunch Celery 4 oz. Chili Powder 5 Jalapenos ¼ cup Dry Vegetable Base 2 oz. Black Pepper 2 oz. Cumin 2 oz. Oregano, dry 2 oz. Basil, dry

SATURDAY, MAY 9TH

at

The Fair Share Urban Garden Project

345 White Street in Daytona Beach behind the Daytona Beach Lion's Club

between Dunn Ave & Intl Speedway Blvd near Daytona State College.

9:00 a.m. to 12 noon

fairsharegarden@gmail.com 386-451-9003

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Little Green Apples Share your family recipes with your community

by sending your 100 to 150 word submission to thevillagegreen@gogreendaytonabeach.com

From The Editors Shannon McLeish and Ciana Maglio, co-editors

It would seem natural (no pun intended) that this edition should be about introductions (or maybe not, in one author’s one case – but more on that later). This newsletter is the collaboration of volun-teers from the Go Green

Daytona community group and Daytona Networks. It is the brainchild of a few quirky green enthusiasts, one of which is Ciana Maglio—Publicity Repre-sentative of Go Green

Daytona.

Along the way, Ciana met Shannon McLeish, who is actually, umm, an editor, by trade (though you’d probably never guess it to hear her speak). Handy,

hmm? Also, Shannon was a lover of all things green – leprechauns, shamrocks (well, maybe not sham-rocks, pesky little buggers, though, on the other hand, they are edible), organic food, chemical free living, trees, grass…. Shannon?

Come back, Shannon! Yoo

-hoo! Over here!

Oh! Ahem, yes. In any case, these two fair maidens are your editors for this newslet-ter.

In other words…

WELCOME

to the first edition of

The Village Green. All of our writers are mem-bers of this community, and our topics focus on the green

initiatives here in our own hometown. This is not just our newsletter. This is your newsletter. (Umm, yes we really do mean that. Can’t do this without you. Hint! Hint! SIGN YOU FRIENDS UP FOR

OUR NEWSLETTER…online at GoGreenDaytona.com) Just in case you were won-dering where we got our name: “The common use of the term

village green reflects a per-

ception of a rural, agricul-

tural idyllic past. … The

green is traditionally at a

central location and provides

an open-air meeting place for

the people of a village … (or)

settlement.” (Wikipedia.com)

It is our endeavor to be a true

reflection of that ideal and develop a kinship with you through the years ahead. Your input is always wel-come, and we hope you share it with us—especially through the Little Green

Apples recipes and by send-ing your questions to Gripe,

the Green Guru.

We hope you enjoy our little masterpiece, and if we can enlighten you in the process, then we have done

our jobs well.

We look forward to

hearing from you!

Yes, we really do.

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Green Gems The Farmer’s Market Diet: A Ten Step Program to a Healthier Lifestyle by Jack White

One of the highlights of Downtown Daytona Beach is its weekly Farmer’s Market. This year, I am challenging myself to buy 75% of my food from the market. Like the idea of buying local? Join

me! Here are ten steps to get you started. 1. Locate the Downtown Farmer’s Market. Impress your friends when you tell them you are going to the oldest year-round Farmer’s Market in the state of Florida.

2. Drag yourself out of bed before lunch. The Farmer’s Market is from 7AM-1PM every Saturday morning. It is best to get there early so you get the best selection. 3. What ever you do, don’t

fight for the closest parking spot. Remember that this is about health and wellness. I suggest that you park on Mag-nolia Avenue and walk over the City Island Bridge. 4. Bring cash. Although, Life

takes Visa, the farmers don’t.

5. Invest in a good cart. A necessity to carry all the bags of food you are going to buy. 6. Challenge yourself to buy

75% of your food from the market. Can you imagine a diet comprised of fresh, local produce, organic eggs, sea-food, nuts and dried fruits? Supplement it with some ad-ditional dairy, grains and meat from the supermarket and you can eat like a king and have a body like a gymnast (That

may also take a regular exer-

cise routine through our

Beach Street, downtown

Daytona Beach

The Green Light District Three Urban Solutions to “Going Green!” by Kelly White

What does the term “going green” really mean? The best definition I have found refers to a general environmental philosophy and social con-sciousness around saving and advancing earth's natural re-sources. But what does going green mean to the everyday person?

For me, it has meant a life-style change—a move to an urban lifestyle. If you want to go green and reduce your carbon footprint, focus on the way you live. You will soon realize that reducing your carbon footprint goes way beyond simply attaining a hybrid car. The decision to adopt an ur-ban lifestyle has allowed me to reduce my carbon footprint the following three ways: 1. We have one car. It sounds really strange to me even now, but we are a one-car family. My husband, Jack, and I walk to work, res-taurants, the baseball games, the park, yoga, and the li-brary. Besides occasional trips, we rarely drive. As you can imagine, our living ex-penses have dropped signifi-cantly. When you factor in a car payment, insurance, gas and maintenance, finances are much more manageable with one car. By cutting our driv-

ing times we have much more time and money to do other things. Oh, by the way, with driving less, we get to walk more. A great by product of giving up a car is a healthier lifestyle provided by walking.

2. We shop at the local

Farmers Market. Don’t know where your vege-tables are grown? When we shop locally, we know that most of the things we have purchased have not traveled a long distance to our dinner table. Also, by supporting local farmers, we are boosting the local economy. 3. We learned to share. You probably learned this when you were in kindergar-ten. Living in an urban area enables us to share many things. Since we live in a downtown loft, we consider our yard to be Riverfront Park. In addition to a park, our backyard has a ton of ad-ditional activities: Cubs’ games, the Halifax Rowing

downtown parks. Ah! But

that’s another article.). 7. Make a morning of it. Meet a friend at the market and stay downtown for breakfast and shopping, or a take a jog through River-front Park. 8. Wash and bag your pro-

duce as soon as you return home. Keep some plastic bags and paper towels on hand, so that you can wrap the produce, and seal it TIGHTLY in a plastic bag.

association, the Library, the News-Journal Center, the Hali-fax Marina and a great mile-long running trail. Best of all—we don’t have to mow the yard! By sharing the park, we not only save energy and wa-ter, but are also compelled to participate and share in our community. Kelly White is the Urban

Homemaker. She lives down-

town in the Wall Street Lofts

and owns a real estate broker-

age firm specializing in down-

town and historic properties.

Kelly can be contacted at

386-566-6788 or

kw@bedowntowndaytona.com

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Fresh Greens

Not just food...just food by Joel Tippens

I should probably introduce the very first FRESH GREENS column by intro-ducing myself, but in order to promote an air of mystery, I’ve decided to let us get acquainted from newsletter to newsletter. As our relation-ship develops, we may not always agree, but there is one thing I am certain we can agree on right from the very beginning – our need to eat! As Fran Lebowitz said,

“Food is an important

part of a balanced diet.” And if you agree with that statement, as I do, then wouldn’t you agree that a balanced diet is important for everyone – no matter how they sing or whether or not they prefer to wear socks? But then, if everyone should eat a balanced diet, then shouldn’t everyone have ac-cess to healthy food? Do you realize that some people – right here in beautiful, world famous Daytona Beach – sim-ply do not have access to fresh, healthy, nutritious food? Now, I ask you, is that fair? We are all free to eat junk, but without choice, is it really freedom? Is it fair that what is accessible to eat in

your neighborhood is deter-mined by the neighborhood you live in? This problem of not having access to fresh food is be-cause food is not just some-thing we eat anymore. For several decades now, the role of food has been diminished from being an integral aspect of a rich, vibrant culture to becoming just another com-modity traded for corporate profits. Shareholders get richer while family farmers grow poorer. Small farms are inevitably displaced by subsi-dized factory farms gobbling up millions of acres to prac-tice “extractive agriculture” that values quantity over qual-ity, is dependent upon fossil fuels for production, and is wreaking havoc on our envi-ronment. Most food products have trav-eled, on average, about 1500 miles to reach your grocery shelf – a system that simply does not deliver for the public good. Entire neighborhoods have become “fresh food de-serts.” Driven by corporate profits, the large food retailers that purchase in larger and larger quantities must inevita-bly move to more profitable communities, delivering the goods outside the ‘hoods.

With their greater profits, they then build giant stores that drive the mom and pop gro-cers right out of business. The “food” that remains be-hind in the convenience stores or drive-up windows is hardly part of a balanced diet and costs much more than what is offered in the fancy new su-permarket that opened farther away. Without access to fresh, healthy, nutritious food, the rates of childhood diabe-tes and obesity and heart dis-ease rise higher and higher. So I’m going to answer my own question – No. It isn’t fair. Everyone deserves fresh, nutritious food. I say we start a food revolution! Let us agree to do our fair share to make food an important part of a balanced diet… for eve-ryone. Let’s sow seeds that will grow a movement, change the system, and bring fresh food back to the city! In an age of unjust food systems, even organizing a community garden can be a revolutionary act! And, yes, that was a hint.

If you want more then Fresh

Greens visit GlobalFolks.org

9. Return home and make a delicious fresh meal. With the variety of foods at the Down-town Farmer’s Market you can readily purchase ingredients for everything from a nutritious salad to a delectable main course. 10. Start this Saturday. Plan to visit the Downtown Farmer’s Market every week. You can fill your fridge with the freshest food in town, exercise, reener-gize your spirits in the fresh air, connect with friends, and sup-port local farmers. See you Saturday!

Jack White is involved with

downtown redevelopment and

serves on the board of the Down-

town Partnership as well as the

Chairman of the Downtown

Farmer’s Market Committee. He

can be reached at

jw@bedowntowndaytona.com

Green Gems continued…

For Fair Trade coffee

and other items visit

GlobalFolks.org

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Feature-on-the-Green Coffee for Trade...Time to Celebrate! by Eme V. M.

Wouldn’t it be nice

when you go to get a

cup of coffee, if you

knew that the coffee

farmers that grew the

beans were being paid a

living wage, ensured

enough food, health

care, and education for

their children?

--Joel Tippens,

Director of The Fair Share

Urban Garden Project There’s a big debate going on these days about whether it is better to buy Fair Trade or local—especially when buying coffee. Now, it is not common for farmers to grow coffee in the state of Florida, but it just so happens that Central Florida is home to the only Fair Trade and USDA Certified Organic coffee supplier in the state of Florida—Sweetwater Or-ganic Coffee. There have been some recent changes as of late since the company was sold to Georgia

based Café Campesino, but considering that the new owners were recently “honored as Small Business of the Year … by Ameri-cus—Sumter County Cham-ber of Com-merce” (FairTradeResource.org), it’s guaranteed that the high quality of their products is sure to stay, if not im-prove. Tripp Pomeroy, Café Cam-pesino’s general manager, promised that not only would Sweetwater’s roast style and quality remain, there would be “more focus on working with Fair Trade and organics through a more intimate rela-tionship with their produc-ers.” Unlike the years prior to its sale, now Sweetwater “will be working with the same farmer co-ops year after year.” According to Tripp, Sweet-water will be supplied by the same growers as Café Cam-pesino as part of a roasters co-op. “Cooperative Coffee is a group of roasters who have pooled their demand and are

committed to buying directly from small scale farmer owned co-ops.… To the best of our knowledge, it is the world’s first and only Fair Trade roaster cooperative.” Executive director of the Fair Trade Federation, Carmen K. Iezzi, claims Café Cam-pesino (owner of Sweetwater Organic Coffee) “has Fair Trade at the very heart of whatever they do.… What separates a Fair Trade com-pany from another—they strive to only source using the nine principles of Fair Trade … which are based on a trading partnership through dialogue, transparency and respect.… They trace a prod-uct from twin of origin to point of trace.”

Saturday, May 9th is

World Fair Trade Day Megy Karaydes from the Fair Trade Resource Network explains, “World Fair Trade Day is all about taking a Fair Trade break.” Finland was the record holder last year,

claiming 40,000 attendants at their combined Fair Trade events, but this year the USA is determined to reclaim the title. “We have already surpassed the number of events we had planned for last year.… At this time we have over 300 events planned right now, … which brings us to an estimate of about or over 40,000, so we are pretty confident we are going to beat the record,” boasts Karaydes. Daytona Beach is host to a World’s Largest Coffee Break celebration at the local Fair Share Urban Garden Project, located at 345 White Street in Daytona Beach. There will be Fair Trade items for purchase, coffee and iced tea, a garden art workshop ($15), trivia with Fair Trade samples as prizes, and other garden activities.

Admission is FREE!

For more information

contact Joel Tippens at

386-451-9003 or fairsharegarden@gmail.com

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Chasing-the-Green Veg Your Diet; Help the Planet; Green Your Wallet by Robin Tierney

Hardly a day passes without another study showing the health benefits of plant-based diets. And vegetarian eating helps the planet too.

“People should consider

eating less meat as a

way of combating global

warming,” said scientist Rajendra Pachauri when presenting the UN’s climate change report last year. The equivalent amount of fruits and vegetables uses a fraction of resources con-sumed in producing animal-derived food. That alone makes a vegetarian diet the far greener choice. For example, producing 2 pounds of animal protein re-quires 10 times more water than 2 pounds of grain-based protein. Half of all irrigation water is used to raise live-stock. Then, consider this: factory farm manure releases the greenhouse gas equivalent of nearly 33 million motor vehicles. It takes one pound of fertilizer – responsible for nitrous oxide emissions – to produce 3 pounds of meat. And, factory farm runoff gen-erates more water pollution than all other industrial sources combined (U.S. Envi-ronmental Protection Agency figures). Luckily, eating “green” is easy with so many delicious vegetables, fruits, beans, nuts, seeds, and whole grains. The American Medical Associa-tion (AMA) and American Dietetic Association (ADA) praise balanced vegetarian

and vegan diets. Studies worldwide indicate that vege-tarians have lower body mass indexes and lower rates of heart disease, cholesterol, blood pressure, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and various cancers.

For myself, I’ve found

that I feel much better

eating only plant-based

foods. I gain the peace of living in alignment with my concept of faith in God and my hope of making the world a better place for humans and other animals. Vegetarianism also has been good for our health and budget. As has been recom-mended for vegetarian diets, I make sure to take vitamin B-12 or get it via fortified cereal or soymilk, and omega-3 from flax or algae-derived DHA supplements, but I have stopped buying medications. My doctor was surprised when my bone-scan revealed bone strength equivalent to that of women nearly half my age. My endurance exceeds that of most women and men

half my age, and our gro-

cery bill dropped! “Consumer demand is the most important factor in changing what people eat, what food marketers offer, and what farmers grow,” ad-vises Michael Jacobson in his book “Six Arguments for a Greener Diet.”

But if you’re not ready

to go vegetarian, you

can still green your diet:

• choose pasture-raised instead of factory-farmed grain-fed;

• buy only cage-free poul-try;

• look for humane-raised labels;

• get wild-caught fish in-stead of farmed, and

• avoid over-fished spe-cies.

Robin Tierney is an award-

winning writer who covers

art, travel, cuisine, health

and the environment. She

and her tennis pro/artist

husband Kevin are design-

ing a truly green home in

Daytona Beach that will be

a model for small, green,

beautiful living. For more

articles from Robin visit:

KNOW at

RobinTierney.blogspot.com

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COVER ART

Balance by

Linda Archer

Linda Archer is a wife and mother of two who has been dabbling with art supplies since she was old enough to hold her first paintbrush. Her love for painting came one inspirational day when she opened one of her husband’s (fellow artist/photographer) books and started sketching. It was at this time that she, and just about all of those around her, realized she had a natural talent.. Soon after, she enrolled in a watercolors class. Her most popular me-dium is the combination of watercolors and pastels. Linda hopes that this artwork inspires others to use their imagination to see what each of us can do to create and promote a world of balance…peace and harmony, would be good, too. Balance is an original sketch with watercolor embellish-ment commissioned specifi-cally for the first issue of The Village Green. Look for more works by Linda Archer in upcoming issues of The Village Green. For more information on Balance email archerls@msn.com.

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What in the world is a

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—Vince, Daytona Beach

I was born into this world kicking and screaming after 24 hrs of labor. Not a very efficient start, if I must say. After I wreaked havoc on my mother and the doctor, the nurse did something very in-teresting… she took my foot-

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• Are we wasteful?

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