Earth Day has it's 40th Anniversary coming up on April 22nd and you may have begun to think of the little changes that you and your family can do to help protect the Earth this year.
For Green Giant, it’s all about trying to live up to the name by working every day to care for the land, the people who grow our vegetables and the families who share our vegetables at their tables. Throughout its century-long history, Green Giant has worked to reduce its environmental footprint through many measures including:
-Reducing the amount of land and water needed to grow vegetables
-Packing vegetables in smaller, lighter cans, so it takes less fuel to deliver them to supermarket shelves
-Utilizing traditional seed breeding methods over the last 35 years to double the amount of sweet corn grown on an acre of land
-Teaming up with growers to install a more efficient irrigation system that can reduce water use by more than a million gallons a year;
-Switching to more earth-friendly paperboard to package frozen vegetables, saving approximately 54,000 trees annually in the process.
Green Giant is now celebrating the 40th anniversary of Earth Day by giving $200,000 to The Nature Conservancy to help fund an innovative project that will encourage greener farming practices to repair and protect a natural treasure — the Root River, one of Minnesota’s (home to Green Giant) best trout streams.
To learn more about Green Giant’s sustainability program or make a donation to The Nature Conservancy, visit http://www.GreenGiant.com/sustainability during the month of April.
For Green Giant, it’s all about trying to live up to the name by working every day to care for the land, the people who grow our vegetables and the families who share our vegetables at their tables. Throughout its century-long history, Green Giant has worked to reduce its environmental footprint through many measures including:
-Reducing the amount of land and water needed to grow vegetables
-Packing vegetables in smaller, lighter cans, so it takes less fuel to deliver them to supermarket shelves
-Utilizing traditional seed breeding methods over the last 35 years to double the amount of sweet corn grown on an acre of land
-Teaming up with growers to install a more efficient irrigation system that can reduce water use by more than a million gallons a year;
-Switching to more earth-friendly paperboard to package frozen vegetables, saving approximately 54,000 trees annually in the process.
Green Giant is now celebrating the 40th anniversary of Earth Day by giving $200,000 to The Nature Conservancy to help fund an innovative project that will encourage greener farming practices to repair and protect a natural treasure — the Root River, one of Minnesota’s (home to Green Giant) best trout streams.
To learn more about Green Giant’s sustainability program or make a donation to The Nature Conservancy, visit http://www.GreenGiant.com/sustainability during the month of April.
For recipes using Green Giant products, click here!
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I was sent a “Seeds of Change” prize pack that includes a VIP coupon valid for a free package of Green Giant frozen vegetables, a mini herb garden (yay!), an eco-friendly bamboo utensil set (very nice set!), and a 100% recyclable grocery tote (yay!).
ONE "Mommy? I'm Hungry!" reader will win a "Seeds of Change" prize pack also!
(This is a must before any extra entries will be accepted!)
1.All you have to do is share what changes your family have made (or plan to make) in an effort to leave less of a carbon footprint.
*We try to recycle as much as possible. My kids know all cardboard boxes and such go in the blue can. I would love to find some bins to keep in the house to make it easier to remember and sort. I also use reusable shopping bags (and my grocery store gives me credit points for doing so too!). I recently participated in a webinar about composting (using bins), so that is something I'd like to try, once move to a house with a yard/space (we don't have much of one here).
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-Please post yourself a separate comment for each, letting me know which ones you do.
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This Giveaway ends: 11:59 pm pst, Monday, April 19, 2010.
Please read the fine print:
- Open to USA
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I wrote this review for "Mommy? I'm Hungry!" about Green Giant/MyBlogSpark. I received free product from them to keep for this review. All opinions for this review are that of myself & family. Product info & stock images provided by PR.
See more at "Mommy? I'm Hungry!" http://ldylvbgr.blogspot.com/
I was sent a “Seeds of Change” prize pack that includes a VIP coupon valid for a free package of Green Giant frozen vegetables, a mini herb garden (yay!), an eco-friendly bamboo utensil set (very nice set!), and a 100% recyclable grocery tote (yay!).
ONE "Mommy? I'm Hungry!" reader will win a "Seeds of Change" prize pack also!
(This is a must before any extra entries will be accepted!)
1.All you have to do is share what changes your family have made (or plan to make) in an effort to leave less of a carbon footprint.
*We try to recycle as much as possible. My kids know all cardboard boxes and such go in the blue can. I would love to find some bins to keep in the house to make it easier to remember and sort. I also use reusable shopping bags (and my grocery store gives me credit points for doing so too!). I recently participated in a webinar about composting (using bins), so that is something I'd like to try, once move to a house with a yard/space (we don't have much of one here).
Earn up to 4 extra entries by showing some "Mommy? I'm Hungry!" bloggie ♥ with these rules*!
-Please post yourself a separate comment for each, letting me know which ones you do.
2. (+1 bonus entry) Follow me on Twitter here
3. (2 bonus entries) Tweet about this giveaway using my Tweet button above & post your link or ID here
4. (+1 bonus entry) Click the icon to share this giveaway link on your Facebook then post your link here:
This Giveaway ends: 11:59 pm pst, Monday, April 19, 2010.
Please read the fine print:
- Open to USA
- Please leave your email!
- I will verify links/names
- Winner(s) will be notified by email & announced on my Blog & Twitter as soon as the following day
- I will choose my winner(s) using Random.org
- Important! Please read about my giveaway rules HERE*
Don't forget to follow along and be the first to see new recipes, reviews and giveaways!
By the way! Have you seen I've added a FeedBurner to my sidebar, so now you can get all my updates right in your email!
I wrote this review for "Mommy? I'm Hungry!" about Green Giant/MyBlogSpark. I received free product from them to keep for this review. All opinions for this review are that of myself & family. Product info & stock images provided by PR.
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We started to recycle this year
We recycle everything we possibly can -- clothes, paper, cans, bottles, etc. And I have started to use cloth diapers.
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We recycle and use energy efficient light bulbs.
We grow a small garden and compost. plus we recycle and buy second-hand whenever we can!
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Recycle…. and also do some of our shopping at second hand stores and garage sales. Hang clothes out on the line to dry in summer.
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using reusable bags at the grocery store and while shopping for other stuff as well, using natural products in cleaning, composting and gardening, recycling paper and plastic when I can as well...
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We recycle and reuse, make use of our local library, grow some of our own vegetables, buy meat directly from a local farmer and use energy saving bulbs.
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I have recently started using resusable shopping bags instead of getting the plastic bags from the store and my hubby has started taking his lunch to work in plastic containers instead of brown bags and zipper bags.
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Plan on buying energy efficient apliances this spring, possibly even used ones if we can find them in our area and recently invested in several green cleaning products for our home's regular cleaining needs
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We try to live conscientiously. We recycle, use those new lightbulbs, support the local farmer's market... you know, the usual stuff. Someday I'll buy a compost bin , and live one step more sustainably. One step at a time, right?
Christie
ropp(dot)5@wright(dot)edu
I've almost eliminated paper towels from my home!
I follow you on twitter, whmsicalcupcake
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I am now recycling every piece of paper and cardboard at work, which is a lot since I have a desk job! I also turn the A/C and fans off when we aren't at home. My next step is to convince our apartments that adding recycle bins next to the trash bins would be helpful and better for the environment.
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We are actively trying to reduce our carbon footprint. A couple of things we do is use our clothesline as much as possible and our veggie garden grows larger each year. This year I'm going to try some canning and freezing as well!
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We are trying to recycle more, are using reusable bags instead of plastic, and have at least 2 meatless meals a week.
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I have started recycling alot more this year.
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We always use our own shopping totes and recycle paper goods/bottle/can etc at home.
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I follow as wiscmom24 on Twitter.
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We also try to recycle as much as possible. We also have changed out our light bulbs and use our own grocery bags.
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We recycle and switched to phosphate free dishwashing detergent and natural cleaners.
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I follow you on twitter (caotto7446).
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We recycle, use reusable bags for shopping, use low energy light bulbs. I've started using eco friendly cleaning products, though I haven't switched over entirely.
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We currently have one car, so that helps, and only mow our lawn once (maybe twice) a month.
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We started recylcing much more in the last year or so.
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I followed you on twitter.
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We leave less of a carbon footprint by regularly recycling everything possible. We also use CFLs, Energy Star appliances, and reusable shopping bags. We combine driving trips to save mileage -- and turn things like lights off when not in use. *Thanks* for the giveaway!
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We are trying to remember to turn off the sink when we brush our teeth.
I use reusable bags at the store and even for gift bag for presents.
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We have really gotten into our own vegetable garden and have been composting now for a year as well as recycling. You wouldn't believe the amount of trash we've been about to reduce!
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Honestly it has nothing to do with our carbon footprint, but I do believe in sustainable living. We garden, compost, have chickens, recycle, use energy star appliances, and many other things.
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We have a separate trash can in the kitchen for recycling - we have seriously cut down on our trash this way!
I follow you on twitter as greatgiveaways.
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We compost our food scraps and us reusable bags at the grocery store.
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We use reusable bags and energy efficient light bulbs
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shared on Facebook as Desiree Glaze (have no idea how to get a link to send, but I really did share!!)
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we have stopped buying and using paper plates! that's huge for us. :)
We are in the process of eliminating our use of paper towels by using cloth!
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