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9 votes

Have more potluck meals

Submitted by Chris Hardie in Neighborhoods and Families

Potlucks are great ways to get to know your neighbors, co-workers, and others around you while sharing good food.  They can usually be done on short notice, and tend to provide more than enough food for everyone who comes, even if a few folks don't have time to prepare dishes.

Organizing a potluck can be as easy as picking a time and place, but you can also play around with the idea by having themes, trying to make dishes from local ingredients, etc. 

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17 votes

Start Community Gardens

Submitted by Chris Hardie in Food and Agriculture

When we know more about where our food comes from, we can begin to have more control over our diet so that we eat healthier and in ways that reduce our impact on the land.  Community gardens are a great balance between everyone needing to go out and learn how to grow their food, and everyone just depending on imported foods or non-local growers.  By teaching ourselves and each other how to grow food, and sharing that knowledge (as well as the fruits of our labor) with each other, we build community and eat better.

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