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Tomorrow, as you well know, is Thanksgiving!  The day for eating, laughing, sleeping, watching sports or early Christmas shows, eating more, and then sleeping again.  We all know the holiday, we love it and we love the food that always accompanies it.  I for one, look forward to the holiday MONTHS in advance.  Now, I want to find a way to “Green” our Thanksgiving a bit, and I found a perfect way to do so.

That’s right, I found a perfect way, and it’s a bit unconventional and actually only will work if you live in an area that is somewhat conducive to the idea.  Nevertheless, the idea is cool and it actually is pretty simple:  Forage for your Feast!  That’s right, there are a great deal of wild, organic fruits and vegetables out there that are completely forageable.  The article I just read mentioned that the following foods can be found, snatched up and later feasted upon:

• Birds
• Berries
• Nuts
• Mushrooms
• Flowers
• Fruit

Not in an area that really would allow you to forage like the olden days?  How about doing the very same foraging at a Farmer’s Market or Organic Market?  The same quality foods can be gobbled up from there without the dirt, plane ticket and bug spray to actually trek into the wild.  Nevertheless, it brings up a perfect point:  Thanksgiving this year can be so much more organic, healthy and environmentally friendly if we just all take some steps to “Green” it up a little.  This is a DIY project I can fully get behind!

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