Category: Blog
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How Plastic Pollution Went from Shorelines to Our Cells
August 5, 2025. — Susan Greene Change starts with awareness—and grows through action. Everywhere we turn—from the deepest parts of the ocean to the air we breathe—microplastics are showing up. These tiny fragments, less than five millimeters long, are now embedded in ecosystems, wildlife, and even our own bodies. While the visible plastic problem has…
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Vegetable Ramen with Shiso Greens
July 30, 2025. — Susan Greene This week’s CSA share included a surprise: Shiso greens. With a rare night home alone, I did a little research and decided to add them to a single-serving version of our go-to ramen recipe—a dish that’s easy to scale up for the whole family. The CSA share also included…
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Wasted Potential: Food Waste, and the Power of Local Solutions
July 29, 2025. — Susan Greene Each year, the world discards more than one-third of the food it produces. That staggering amount—133 billion pounds—represents far more than spoiled groceries. It’s the loss of labor, land, water, energy, and the environmental promise of more sustainable food systems. From global supply chains that fuel deforestation to companies…
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Dill Pickles Spears
This post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something, I may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting What’s Cooking From the CSA This Week. July 22, 2025. — Susan Greene Earlier this year, my farm offered a selection of seedlings for purchase—perfect for starting a…
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Erasing the Evidence
July 19, 2025. — Susan Greene Science is about knowing. Engineering is about doing. But erasing the data is about denying.* In 2006, a pivotal, peer-reviewed article published in Environmental Health Perspectives reflected on the 2000 U.S. National Assessment, which warned of the direct and indirect health effects of climate variability. It projected a future…
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Single-Use vs. Reusable Water Bottles
This post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something, I may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting Sustainable Swaps. July 18, 2025. — Susan Greene Are Reusable Water Bottles Really “Green”? A closer look at convenience, overconsumption, and climate action. Single-use plastic water bottles may…
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Green Smoothie
This post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something, I may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting What’s Cooking From the CSA This Week. July 17, 2025 — Susan Greene Greens were definitely the star of this week’s CSA share—I ended up with bunches of…
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Biodiversity Begins at Home
What Ants Are Really Doing in Your Yard
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Kapusta & Kielbasa
This week’s farm share included a beautiful head of cabbage, so I turned to my go-to recipe: Kapusta with kielbasa. I also picked up some fresh onions from the farm store to round it out. As my Polish mother and I discovered, what we always thought was “traditional” Kapusta and Kielbasa is actually more of…
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Step Into Sustainability: Comparing Allbirds, Cariuma & Nike
Comparing Allbirds, Cariuma & Nike