The initial question from those who want to eat local is: “How, in the dead
of an Indiana winter, can I obtain enough wholesome local foods to sustain a healthy mind and body?”

For a start, patronize your local winter markets. Produce shipped 2,000 miles from the field to your crisper is prized for travel, but not taste. At the market, you’ll find sweet potatoes; regular potatoes in various colors, such as white, red or blue; turnips; brussels sprouts; parsnips; carrots; mushrooms, salad greens and more.

HEC - Jesse Kharbanda

Wouldn’t it be great if there were jobs in Indiana where you did something that you enjoyed, got paid pretty decently, and were healing
the planet, all at the same time? That type of job exists — and, no,
I don’t mean working as a senior executive at the Indianapolis Zoo!

Emerging in the background of Indiana’s tough economic climate are green jobs — opportunities to design, build and sell the next generation of sustainable products, from electrical vehicles to wind turbines to zero emission buildings. According to the Pew Charitable Trusts, Indiana  already has about 17,000 of those clean energy jobs.

A retired teacher with a deep admiration for Rachel Carson, Rosie Bishop has boundless energy for her green endeavors. Having spent 25 years in public school classrooms showing children what she calls the “WOWs of Nature,” Bishop has retained her  enthusiasm to teach children about the Earth.

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