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Issue #13: Think Globally, Eat Locally

Diet for a Sustainable Planet
"The challenge: Eat locally for a month (You can start practicing now). From Olivia Wu of the San Francisco Chronicle: a primer on accepting the Eat Local Challenge…with recipies!

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