- Reducing the amount of land and water needed to grow vegetables
- Packing vegetables in smaller, lighter cans, so it takes less fuel to deliver them to supermarket shelves
- Utilizing traditional seed breeding methods over the last 35 years to double the amount of sweet corn grown on an acre of land
- Teaming up with growers to install a more efficient irrigation system that can reduce water use by more than a million gallons a year;
- Switching to more earth-friendly paperboard to package frozen vegetables, saving approximately 54,000 trees annually in the process.
To motivate everyone to be green, Green Giant is holding a little giveaway. First they sent me this and then shared that I can give one away too!! Very cool!
I only have one rule this time (shocking, I know!) - tell me how you are trying to be green for Earth Day. You get one entry for your comment and one entry tweeting about the giveaway (make sure you include me @allthelilstuff).
This contest will end at Midnight EST on Earth Day, so act quick. :-)
*Many thanks to Green Giant and MyBlogSpark for providing me with both a prize packages, and for asking me to host this giveaway!*
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I try to be greener anyway. I keep re-usable bags in my car, and I helped start a recycling program at my work. My newest efforts are to try to remember to bring my bags when I'm gonna be shopping in someone else's car and to bring a bag for recycling cans and bottles when I'm on the road for work.
ReplyDeleteI'm recycling cans all week long (even though I do it all year) but I'm also turning in plastic bottles and bags this week for the first time!
ReplyDeleteI always carry reusable bags in my purse. We pick up cans and bottles to recycle during our walks. We compost and save rain water. We love giving reusable bags as gifts to our friends.
ReplyDeleteReusable bags all the way... there are so many cute ones out there now, you can be fashionable and environmental! :)
ReplyDeletealso... always recycle cans/glass/paper!
We are planting out own garden. More plants to neutralize the CO2 and a decreased carbon footprint by not having to buy produce grown in other areas :)
ReplyDeleteI try to be greener in a ton of ways; including not printing school assignments (submitting by email), I grow some of my own veggies, and I use newspapers for my ferrets litter. =] Oh and I always, always, always recycle!
ReplyDeleteRecycle aluminum cans, newspapers, etc. Shopping at second hand stores and garage sales...buying used instead of new at times.
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