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I have a brita jug with the water filter. I've had it for 5 months, but only really used it a month. I noticed there are white spots on the bottom of the filter part, is that normal or is that bacteria growing or something? I'm just wondering since its supposed to last much longer and I've only used it a month really.
The filters are suppose to be changed every 2 months even if you are not using it that much.
Gleaning: A Dog#39;s Guide | Gustavus Adolphus College
Know about me is that I also have a passionate interest in food. Because of my passion, I asked Lisa if I might have a few inches of space here to share with you the results of some research I’ve been doing for the past several years. It’s pretty timely stuff, I think-connected, as it is, to the whole locavore thing.
Folks looking to slip into something smaller, in the carbon shoe department have been talking about the virtues of gleaning-gathering the bounty of nature that’s free for the taking and likely going to waste anyway. Depending on where you live, you could join a group collecting fruit from trees growing in the backyards of Portland Oregon; attend a class on how to harvest, cook and eat the wild plants growing in New York’s Central Park; or go on a wild boar hunt with Michael Pollan in the California wilderness. You can’t emit much less carbon than a guy running around his neighborhood harvesting pigweed from the sidewalk cracks.
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