Dining

Local Foods Pot-luck Tonight at our Film Festival!

Bring your favorite local dish to share and join us for a local foods potluck at the Hippodrome Theatre tonight (March 24) at 5:30 p.m. The film “A Chemical Reaction,” will follow, with a Skype conversation with producer Paul Tukey. “What’s Organic about Organic,” will screen, followed by a discussion with producer Marty Mesh and [...]

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No Soup For You – Gainesville

Locally-owned restaurants, cafes and groceries.
via No Soup For You – Gainesville.

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Veg4Life Gainesville

Join friends for a delicious dinner!

Just $1 and a VEGAN dish to share gets you a seat at the feast which takes place the first Saturday of every month.

Vegan Potluck, Saturday Sept. 5, 6:30 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 4225 NW 34 St., Gainesville.

Veg4Life Gainesville.

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Green Food

GoGreenNation: Not into eating synthetic petrochemicals because you know they can be dangerous to your health as well as the environment? Appalled at stories leaking out about the treatment of animals on factory farms? Good thinking. Here’s some great information on why these are good decisions and why small, local farms are the best source [...]

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Veg4Life Gainesville Saturday

Veg4Life will be hosting its monthly Vegan* Potluck at 6:30 p.m. Saturday June 6 at the Unitarian Universalist fellowship, 4225 NW 34th st. $1 and a vegan dish gets you into the scrumptious buffet!

*Vegan means no animal products – no meat, fat, eggs, cheese, milk or other dairy products, no jello, marshmallows or honey.

Veg4Life Gainesville.

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Green Drinks Gainesville

Join us at Green Drinks Gainesville, 6 – 8 p.m. June 3, TiAmo’s, 12 SE 2nd Ave.
Bring info about your Green Projects to show off and share!
See you there!

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How to Cook Smart to Keep Cool

A few summertime cooking tips, By Josh Peterson
Los Angeles, CA, USA
As we head into the warmer months, keep this one thing in mind. It’s harder to keep cool than it is to stay warm. In the winter, you can combat high heating bills by throwing on another layer of clothes or by doing some jumping [...]

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Veg*4*Life Vegan Potluck May 2

Longing for a delicious dinner with dozens of others? Whip up your best vegan dish (no animal flesh, eggs, dairy, cheese, jello, marshmallows or honey) and bring it over to the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at 4225 NW 34th St. at 6:30 the first Saturday of each month.  Our Green Drinks Gainesville friends highly recommend this [...]

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Slow Food Pot Luck

Here’s notice of an event send by our friend Whitney Sanford for those interested in local food:
Slow Food Gainesville
Next potluck will be Monday April 20th at 7pm.  Bring a dish to share
as we discuss more on some of our upcoming events.
Those that are interested in being active members of this food
movement are especially encouraged to [...]

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Restaurateurs Save $ with Local Food

“Local sourcing and organic foods are among the top 20 hottest trends for 2009 for restaurants and it’s no wonder.”Restaurateurs find local food advantageous to bottom line | Energy Bulletin.
Restaurant owners interested in learning more about developing sustainable businesses may wish to visit the Green Restaurant Association for tips and ideas on saving money and [...]

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Slow Food Gainesville

Cheese lovers unite! Learn about cheese making – even at home – from Slow Food members Peg and Russ Hall at “From Farm to Factory to Farmstead: The Adirondack Crescent to the Rebirth of American Artisanal Cheese,” 7 p.m. May 2.
Please bring your own wine to enjoy with cheese; $5 per person; Sanctuary Yoga, 1204 [...]

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Sustainable Business Makes Mega Good!

Green Business Quarterly - Added:February 3, 2009

Pizza Fusion is making great strides as a successful sustainable business!

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Reusable To-Go Boxes for UF Students

University of Florida Sustainability Blog: Gator Dining’s Green Takeout
UF Sustainability - Added:February 3, 2009

UF makes reusing easy for diners!

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New Deal Cafe Owner Works For Gainesville

Bert Gill, owner of The New Deal Cafe, host of Green Drinks Gainesville; Midred’s Big City Resaurant and T’Amo, works hard to help Gainesville eat better and to foster food purveyors of the future. The New Deal Cafe and Mildred’s Big City are renowned for using locally grown organic foods. Check them out!

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Green Drinks International: Free with Cash Bar/Kitchen

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