World Ark Magazine - November/December 2008 - (Page 6) The good Life Tips for Better Living Starts at Home As countries around the world struggle with food shortages, local food systems become more important. This holiday season, why not plan your menu around what you can get locally? The website www.localharvest.org will help you find farms and farmers markets in your area that produce fresh, organic fruits, vegetables, poultry and beef. If you’re hosting a dinner for family or friends, try printing up menus that explain where each item came from and who grew or raised it. ❉ If you buy from the local market, where food is often sold by the farmers themselves, ask if you can take their picture for your menu. It’s a great way to get involved—and involve your guests—in the “how” and “where” of your delicious meal. Food Security Passing Time, Saving Lives Is your boss on your case about wasting time online? You may get a break if you explain you’re being benevolent, not lazy. At www.freerice.com, a fun vocabulary game will not only test your intelligence, but for each question you answer correctly, 20 grains of rice will be donated to help end hunger. Since its launch in October 2007, FreeRice has donated more than 40 billion grains of rice and fed more than 1 million hungry people. The Gift That Gives Twice Tom’s Shoes might just be the anti-couture. For starters, this company manufactures just one model, a simple fabric slip-on based on a traditional South American style and produced with fair-labor practices. And for every pair of shoes purchased, the company donates a pair of shoes to a child in need. Since 2006, they’ve given more than 60,000 pairs to children in Argentina and South Africa and were aiming to give 200,000 in 2008. Learn more at www.tomsshoes.com. 6 November/December 2008 | WORLD ARK www.heifer.org http://www.localharvest.org http://www.freerice.com http://www.tomsshoes.com http://www.heifer.org
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of World Ark Magazine - November/December 2008 World Ark Magazine - November/December 2008 Contents Letters For the Record The Good Life Asked and Answered Finding Peace in Africa Sierra Leone on the Mend The Roma: A People Apart Mixed Media Heifer Bulletin Heifer Spirit Calendar First Person World Ark Magazine - November/December 2008 World Ark Magazine - November/December 2008 - World Ark Magazine - November/December 2008 (Page Cover1) World Ark Magazine - November/December 2008 - World Ark Magazine - November/December 2008 (Page Cover2) World Ark Magazine - November/December 2008 - Contents (Page 1) World Ark Magazine - November/December 2008 - Letters (Page 2) World Ark Magazine - November/December 2008 - Letters (Page 3) World Ark Magazine - November/December 2008 - For the Record (Page 4) World Ark Magazine - November/December 2008 - For the Record (Page 5) World Ark Magazine - November/December 2008 - The Good Life (Page 6) World Ark Magazine - 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