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Teach Your Children the Lost Art of Cooking

Source: Naturally Savvy | 787 words

Next, get your kids involved. Give young cooks some age-appropriate responsibilities. Naturally Savvy.com. Ask the average teenager today if they know how to cook and they'll probably look at you like you have two heads.

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COOKING

Source: Naturally Savvy

Even young children can help prepare meals, from measuring ingredients to adding finishing touches.

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Feds: Cold winter is not 'global cooling'

Source: MCT News Service | 405 words

Temperatures were colder than normal across the United States this winter, according to the latest assessment from the nation's climate-monitoring agency.

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'Cove' filmmakers out L.A. restaurant for serving whale sushi

Source: MCT News Service | 465 words

Once again armed with hidden video cameras and tiny microphones, the team behind the Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove" orchestrated a sting operation in one of California's most highly regarded sushi destinations _ a restaurant called the Hump ...

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Chill out with proper refrigerator temps

Source: MCT News Service | 255 words

One of the best purchases for your kitchen is a refrigerator thermometer. The best temperature for foods is a range between 34 and 40 degrees Fahrenheit, according to Jackie Newgent, author of "Big Green Cookbook."

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How to: Exchange, sell and recycle items you no longer want

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Source: MCT News Service | 1109 words

You know what spring cleaning gets you? Stuff. Sure, you can take the usual routes _ hold a garage sale, cart it off to Goodwill, take out a classified ad. We've cooked up a few fun ideas for lightening your load. HOST A SWAP PARTY.

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GRN-CHICKENS

Source: Tribune Media Services

Rose makes her way out of the chicken roost where a heater enclosed in a clay pot. (Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News/MCT)

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GRN-CHICKENS

Source: Tribune Media Services

Rose makes her way out of the chicken roost next to the ladder. (Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News/MCT)

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Compost care and maintenance

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Source: MCT News Service | 1010 words

Composting not only reduces the waste stream and minimizes the production of greenhouse gasses, it produces nutrient-rich humus, a key ingredient to any sustainable agriculture, be it a single houseplant or next year's organic wheat crop.

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NOAA: January was 4th warmest on record

Source: MCT News Service | 405 words

The nation's climate monitoring agency says January's global land and sea-surface temperatures combined were the fourth warmest on record for that month _ much of it the result of the Pacific ocean-warming phenomenon known as El Nino.

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Antarctic ice shelves retreating

Source: MCT News Service | 231 words

The U.S. Geological Survey recently reported that ice shelves are retreating in the southern section of the Antarctic Peninsula, and the researchers said it is due to climate change.

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For city chickens, custom coop is heaven on Earth

Source: MCT News Service | 740 words

The city chickens moved into their new luxury residential facility on the eve of a big freeze back in December. They hunkered down in a thick mattress of clean, sweet-smelling hay and survived the cold snap without contracting the sniffles.

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Where are you wasting energy? Energy audit sheds light on costly appliances, electronics

Source: MCT News Service | 1479 words

Our energy company brought my family an unwelcome gift in mid-November: a SmartMeter. Since the San Francisco Bay Area rollout last fall, these remotely read meters have come under fire. I was worried.

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Bottled water everywhere, and all that plastic stinks

Source: MCT News Service | 485 words

We all know that drinking water is good for us. Sure bottled water is convenient but there are many reasons to break the habit and you'll be saving more than money instantly. The sticker shock alone is a good reason to make a change.

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environmental

Source: MCT Photos Live

Americans currently spend about $12 billion annually on bottled water.

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