food, gardening, recycling, green businesses
Storm Farms reopens Oct. 7 with its pick-your-own pumpkin patch. Photos courtesy of Storm Farms.
Sept. 29, 2017
Storm Farms in Arlington was a hit this spring with its pick-your-own strawberry patch. Now, the farm is kicking off the fall growing season with the opening of its pumpkin patch Oct. 7.
The Hyatt Regency Dallas parteners with Clean the World to recycle its leftover shampoo, conditioner, body lotion and soap and distribute it in impoverished communities. Above, recycled soap distributed to a community in Haiti. Photos courtesy of Clean the World.
Sept. 26, 2017
Have you ever wondered what happens to all those half-full containers of shampoo, conditioner, body lotion and soap that you leave behind at the hotel? One local hotel is making good use of it.
Executive Chef Ryan Olmos grows much of the ingredients for his CiboDivino Marketplace dishes at his own farm.
Sept. 12, 2017
Executive Chef Ryan Olmos not only whips up fresh creations at CiboDivino Marketplace, an authentic Italian market in south Oak Cliff, he also grows much of the ingredients he uses at his organic farm at his home in Midlothian.
We ask two grocery store chains to tell us what's accepted in plastic bag recycling bins. Image courtesy of Trex.
Aug. 7, 2017
Many grocery stores offer bins where customers can drop off plastic film bags for recycling. But have you ever wondered whether that department store bag or plastic wrapping you stuck in there gets also recycled?
We asked two major grocery stores, Albertsons and Tom Thumb, which are owned by the same parent company, and HEB/Central Markets, for the scoop.
Annette Baker and Marianne Lacko opened Nature's Plate in the Lake Highlands area in Dallas in 2015. Photos courtesy of Nature's Plate.
Aug. 4, 2017
Two health conscious sisters are making it easy for Dallasites to eat their veggies.
Buda Juice sells in 33 locations and restaurants in Dallas, 2 in Houston and 11 locations in Canada.
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A Dallas-based juice chain was created after two Europeans moved to Dallas and found the juice market left them parched.
Horatio Lonsdale-Hands and Bernard Lucien Nussbaumer, a Brit and Swiss who grew up together in Lausanne, Switzerland, reconnected in Dallas and picked up their friendship where they left off. Turns out, the two also shared a penchant for raw veggies and fruits.
ReNusers is a mobile sharpener/appliance repair business that opened in March. Photos courtesy of ReNusers.
July 12, 2017
My son was home from college recently and asked how to sharpen his kitchen knives. We advised him to just go buy some new ones.
Wrong answer.
Turns out Americans are notorious in just dumping their knives and scissors when they become dull, along with our clogged vacuums, blenders with broken motors and microwaves that are on the fritz.
