Nicki Hyde • manager of Amazing Grace • whole foods and nutrition center
(1133 Bardstown Rd.) Her tips for getting started buying organic foods:
!. Organic can be expensive, so work with a budget and use recopies.
2. A good cookbook is paramount. She likes “How it all Vegan” and “ The
Uncheese Cookbook”
3. Avoid packaged foods and concentrate on raw ingredients.
4. Learn how to cook using bulk foods — that can help lower costs.
5. Buy only what you need, and try not to throw food away — eat it up.
Jennifer Haun — organic gardener, mom to Silas and Mason —wife to Greg.
Her three top tips for organic gardening:
1. Feed the earth and it will feed you — in other words, compost.
2. Most bugs can be removed off plants with a blast of water — instead of
using pesticides.
3. Let some crops go to seeds — many will reseed themselves — crops like
kale, chard, lettuce, sunflower