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Food preservation, food storage and the locavore

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I knew the idea of local eating had penetrated when I quickly ran into a grocery store while visiting my Mom, and this older couple came up to me and asked “Honey, could you read where it says where the plums came from? We’re trying to eat local but neither of us brought our glasses.” If I can’t get in and out of a supermarket in 3 minutes without running into someone trying to eat local, I know we’ve gone mainstream.

Beware those evil speculators

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I’ve refrained up to now on commenting on the “speculators” theory in so far as I mainly believe that it merely represents another form of denial about the alarming oil market fundamentals. But with Congress ready to act to further regulate futures trading on the NYMEX, it’s time to look at the situation more closely.

Transport – July 9

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Why fly when you can float?
Boeing, SkyHook team up to launch heavy-lift blimp
In San Francisco, mapping out a trail on the water
Rising fuel prices hit transit riders
General Motors plans US overhaul amid bankruptcy talk
Designing cars for low-carbon chic