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This photo provided by San Franciscobased food delivery company Imperfect Produce, shows a typical box of "ugly" fruits and veggies customers can buy through an online subscription. (AP photo)
This May 20, 2015 photo shows Containerized chive blossoms in a yard near Langley, Wash., which attract a variety of bee species. Gardeners are opting for more herbs in their yards for culinary use but also to attract pollinators. (AP photo)
Want to help bees? Plant flowering herbs Herbs are among the most useful plants in nature. They can tantalize the taste buds, help cure what ails you, oil the body, perfume the air, and attract bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. “People are getting more into herbs, with herb sales definitely on the rise,” said David Trinklein, an Extension horticulturist with the University of Missouri. “They’re using fresh herbs from the garden for culinary purposes, but another important reason is to help pollinators.” Many gardeners are trying to help declining pollinator populations by providing them with the plants they need to thrive. Herbs appeal to a great variety of bee species, said Francis Drummond, a professor of insect ecology and insect pest management at the University of Maine. “It is mostly the abundant nectar that brings the bees in,” he said. “Some of the more attractive herbs to bees are thyme, comfrey, borage, oregano, bee’s friend, lemon balm, rosemary, hyssop, sage, lavender and chives.” Most flowering herbs are attractive to pollinators, but some, like cilantro and basil, tend to lose other qualities when they blossom or bolt, said Ed Spevak, curator of invertebrates at the St. Louis Zoo. “So use the leaves earlier (for your own purposes) but then allow the plant to flower to support pollinators,” he said. Some herbs, like cilantro, fennel and dill, produce very small blossoms that attract very small bees, Spevak said. “Fennel and dill also serve as host plants for black swallowtail caterpillars,” he said. Bees find flowers by way of their color, not their scent, said David Salman, founder and chief horticulturist for High Country Gardens. “Particularly honeybees, although some native bees will feed on them as well,” he said. “But herbs primarily have Old World origins, so their primary interest is (for) honeybees which also were imported here. “In general, annual herbs tend to be more important for butterflies, primarily swallowtails,” Salman said. Pollinators as a whole are necessary for a huge amount of the world’s food production, but the European honeybee is a critical species, Trinklein said. “They’re the king of the pollinators,” he said. “They are morphologically designed to be pollinators, while other species are more accidental pollinators. They’re also greater in number and activity level than other species of pollinators.” Bees need to collect syrup and pollen from early spring through late fall to support a healthy hive, Trinklein said. That means gardeners should plant a variety of flowers and herbs to prolong the bloom See Bees p. 2D
This April 19, 2013 photo shows a honeybee on Rosemary blooms in a garden near Langley, Wash. Some herbs, like fennel and dill, also serve as host plants for butterfly caterpillars. (AP photo)
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Shopping to cut back on unused food is easy on the wallet too By TRACEE M. HERBAUGH one particular food so the rest could get tossed by the Associated Press wholesaler. And it’s common for grocery stores to reAn expired date on an egg carton. Browning avocados. ject foods that don’t look like what the customer exThe Chinese takeout from last week. They’re all foods pects. likely destined for the trash. In the last few years, however, a secondary market for If you’re hoping to reduce household food waste, exthese “rejects” has arisen. Now they can be donated or perts say there are two key things to do: Eat what you sold. have, and buy only what you need. Two such companies are Misfits Market , based in Practicing smarter shopping is not only green for its Philadelphia, and Imperfect Produce , from San Francisenvironmental impact; it saves you money. co. Both have partnered with farmers to rescue rejected “People need to really produce. Customers sign think through whether up online for a delivered they need to be buying as box of funny-looking much food as they are,” fruits or veggies. The box said Jonathan Deutsch, a is then delivered to their professor of culinary arts front doorsteps. and food science at DrexMisfits Market, which el University in Philadelopened last October, sells phia and author or editor “ugly produce” boxes in of six books on food the Northeast. Customer management. sign-ups have grown 10We can rethink what we fold in the first five months define as waste, Deutsch of business, according to pointed out. A bruised Abhi Ramesh, Misfits apple or the green leaves Market’s chief executive encasing a head of officer. cauliflower can be easily “There’s a tremendous repurposed into a sauce interest in doing someor side dish. thing to reduce food “A good cook can make waste,” Ramesh said. a good meal out of what’s “People know it’s a huge already in most people’s problem.” houses,” he said. By comparison, the Im“Make sure you’re buyperfect Produce website ing only what you need, touts some 40 million and then be sure to use pounds of produce saved it.” through its business model The world’s food waste since the company was problem is well-docufounded in 2015. The boxIn this March 15, 2018 photo, travel and lifestyle mented and multies of rejected produce are writer Jule Eisendick poses for a photo behind a faceted. Some estimates currently available in 15 table advertising the hashtag "#plasticfreeproduce" put global waste at 30 cities, but the company to help raise awareness and to show how beautiful percent of all food. This plans to expand service to plastic free produce looks, while on a trip in Playa is in spite of the 795 mil12 more areas by the end Del Carmen, Mexico. Despite constant travel, lion people suffering of the year. Eisendick practices a a low to zero food waste life. from chronic hunger, ac“There are some really (AP photo) cording to numbers from funny-looking fruits and the United Nations. Food vegetables,” said Ben Siwaste that isn’t composted piles up in landfills. mon, CEO and co-founder of Imperfect Produce. “Some Fortunately, there are ways to make your grocery shopare really anthropomorphic . a potato that looks like a ping more environmentally friendly. teddy bear.” Buying expired or “last chance” produce at the superStill, this food is fine to eat, Simon said. market is one way 38-year-old Jule Eisendick reduces “Maybe there’s an orange that is slightly smaller than waste. Eisendick has been practicing a low- to zeroone you’d find at a grocery store,” he said. waste lifestyle while traveling, and writes about it on her The convenience of these home delivery services apblog, The Happy Choices . peals to busy professionals. Customers can choose the “I only buy fresh produce when the old one is gone,” size of the box and frequency of delivery. she said, adding she tries to use every part of a fruit or Zucu Ingersoll, a 36-year-old San Francisco Bay Area vegetable. She might make chips with leftover potato resident, has subscribed to Imperfect Produce for almost peels, or throw remaining carrot and beet tops into a sala year, and said the most unusual piece of food she read. “What I don’t use goes into compost.” calls getting was an oversized head of cabbage. Getting Much of the food waste problem starts in the supply the deliveries has cut down on time spent going to buy chain. Tons of misshapen, small or bruised produce is food. left in the field. Sometimes, markets have too much of “I don’t shop at the grocery store much now,” she said.
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This photo provided by InSinkErator shows a variety of InSinkErator's food disposal systems. Wastewater and environment experts agree that the environmental value of kitchen disposal systems depends on the wastewater system of a given locality. Disposals make sense if your wastewater system is set up to convert food waste into energy, as is the case in a growing number of big cities. (AP photo)
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By KATHERINE ROTH Associated Press If you’re trying to be more eco-friendly at home, should you use your kitchen garbage disposal? It depends. “Keep in mind that when food is added to the wastewater system, it must be further treated,” says Maggie Sauerhage, a spokeswoman for the U.S Environmental Protection Agency. She suggests learning about your local water infrastructure first. For starters, the most ecofriendly option for food waste is to create less of it. For unavoidable food waste, consider donating it or composting. Beyond that, wastewater and environment experts agree that the environmental value of kitchen disposal systems depends on the wastewater system of a given locality. Disposals make sense if your wastewater system is set up to convert food waste into energy, as is the case in a growing number of big cities. “Any food that is sent down the disposal will be filtered and captured at a wastewater treatment facility. The debris captured are typically sent off to a landfill, incinerator or to an anaerobic digestion facility (for conversion into energy) if one is close by,” says Steve Dege, director of material supply chain and solutions at the recycling company TerraCycle. Joe Dillon, president of Racine, Wisconsin-based InSinkErator, which invented the garbage disposal more than 80 years ago, says disposals are used in more than 50 percent of U.S. homes and in countless food-service operations. He argues that in addition to conve-
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nience, disposals are ecologically beneficial because they divert food waste from landfills. “Using an advanced garbage disposal like the InSinkErator can lessen the environmental impact of food waste by sending the processed food particles — from meat, bones, even banana peels — through a home’s plumbing system to facilities equipped to handle them, rather than sitting in landfills and contributing to excess methane,” he says. “A growing number of wastewater facilities are installing equipment that allows them to turn food waste into renewable energy. Cities that have introduced this technology include New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, Milwaukee and Tacoma, Washington.” But critics say disposals can be problematic near large bodies of water. “There’s a lot of nitrogen in food waste, and nitrogen can be very harmful to marine and plant life,” says Nancy Seligson, supervisor of the Town of Mamaroneck, New York, and a past president of the nonprofit organization Save the Sound. “If you’re in an area like ours, on the Long Island Sound, which has been trying to reduce nitrogen in the water for 25 years, using a kitchen disposal system and adding unnecessary nitrogen to the water waste system might not be a good idea.” Disposals also might not be the best option in areas with water shortages: Conveying food waste through pipes and treating it at a plant can be energy- and water-intensive.
“Another consideration that should be given is whether there is methane capture at their municipality’s water treatment plant. Sending food scraps into wastewater streams will change their chemical composition, and whether a municipality would be able to handle this or not is a very specific question,” says Birnur Aral, a director at the Good Housekeeping Institute focusing on environmental issues. Sauerhage, of the EPA, says that in determining how to dispose of food waste responsibly, consider these questions: Where is the effluent going? Does it go to a wastewater treatment plant or wastewater recovery facility? Has the treatment plant said it wants organic waste? Does it operate an anaerobic digestion facility? What does it do with solids? Is there concern over damaging your household or local piping systems? The EPA has issued a “food recovery hierarchy” to help consumers. It’s a sort of upside-down pyramid ranking possible solutions for food waste. At the top — the most eco-friendly option — is reducing food waste, followed by distributing excess food to the hungry. The next best option is industrial uses for food waste, such as converting waste oil to fuel and food scraps to energy. Then comes composting, either by communities or in backyards. Landfills and incinerators are the least eco-friendly destination for food waste, according to the EPA.
ISHPEMING — On April 2, TruNorth Federal Credit Union will partner with Member Advantage Mortgage LLC to present a seminar for first-time home buyers. The seminar will be free for all attendees and will be hosted at River Rock Lanes and Banquet Center in Ishpeming from 6-7 p.m. Glenda Britz from Member Advantage Mortgage LLC will be discussing different loan options such as fixed rate mortgages, Rural Development, FHA and VA. TruNorth now offers a wider range of mortgage solutions since partnering with MAM in 2018.
George Isola, general manager of TruNorth, noted the amount of first-time home buyers continues to grow among our membership. “Since partnering with MAM we are excited to offer more loan options to firsttime home buyers,” Isola said in a press release. “We understand that buying a house for the first time can involve a lot of questions and we hope that this seminar will inform everyone on the different options that we now offer.” Attendees can RSVP by calling 906485-1210 ext. 207.
NAR report: Homeowners more likely to take on DIY projects than hire contractor Homeowners looking to add personality and individuality to their homes are more likely to undertake a do-it-yourself remodel than hire a professional, according to the National Association of Realtors’ 2019 Remodeling Impact Report: DIY. The report also shows that cash-strapped millennials are the most likely of any generation to take on a DIY project. The report examines the differences between remodeling when hiring a professional compared to homeowners who pursue DIY projects. The report also differentiates between projects that were undertaken to benefit the homes of consumers and those that benefit consumers’ pets. According to the report, homeowners reported a “Joy Score” of 9.9 for projects done themselves (Joy Scores range from 1 to 10, and higher figures indicate greater joy from the project). That is compared to a score of 9.6 for projects completed by professionals. DIYers also expressed a greater sense of accomplishment with a finished project, with 97 percent of respondents indicating a major or minor sense of accomplishment, compared to 93 percent of those who hired a professional. “One of the pleasures of homeownership
is the ability to take on projects to customize a house that truly make it your own. With plenty of owners taking on renovation projects as New Year’s resolutions, this report is a great place to search for projects others have undertaken successfully,” said Christopher Germain, president of the Upper Peninsula Realtors. Nearly three-fourths of Generation Y and Millennial consumers (73 percent), over half of Generation X (51 percent) and 50 percent of Younger Boomers chose DIY home projects. When it comes to projects undertaken for the benefit of the consumer’s pet, marginally more respondents indicated complete satisfaction when they hired a professional, 65 percent compared to 61 percent. However, consumers are more likely to DIY a project for a pet (56 percent) than a general home project (47 percent). Anyone taking on remodeling projects to get the most bang for their buck on resale should speak to a realtor as they have unique and instrumental insights into which projects and upgrades bring the most value to homes in your area, said Germain.
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as well as nutrition for the bees, he said. “However, it is advisable to avoid (wearing) strong-smelling perfumes, hairsprays or other fragrances which might attract to the gardener confused bees seeking out nectar,” Trinklein said.
season. Many beekeepers maintain that the herbs used for attracting pollinators should be natives, but Trinklein disagrees. “I don’t think a bee minds if an herb is native or non-native,” he said. “Lavender and anything in the catnip family are particularly attractive to bees.” Gardeners seeking to support pollinators might consider planting scent gardens made up entirely of herbs. They would provide pleasing fragrances around the home
Online: For more about growing pollinator friendly herbs, see this fact sheet from University of Illinois Extension: https://web.extension.illinois.edu/cfiv/dow nloads/56964.pdf You can contact Dean Fosdick at deanfosdick@netscape.net
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