Closed Loop Cooking Weekly Newsletter 8.21.20

August 21st, 2020

Hi fam,

I talk quite a bit here about small moments. Minor habit shifts that add up to major change. Keeping up with these daily acts builds consistency, a platform for a movement to take hold. Even with a global pandemic, we can still create resiliency.

I’d like to encourage y’all to try out one new habit, starting this week. Slight shifts you can build on.

Small moments for resiliency:

• Make DIY dried beans from scratch

• Repurpose an old t-shirt into rags, use these before paper towels

• Try a local preserve

• Read up on proper produce storage

• Test out a use-it-up recipe with whatever ingredients you have on hand

• Build up your improvisational cooking techniques! Cook a familiar ingredient in a new way

• Implement a low waste morning ritual

• Volunteer a few hours on a local farm

• Swap packaged non-dairy milk for 5 minute hemp milk

• If you’re ordering takeout, request no silverware or napkins

• Find out what’s seasonal in your area

• Freeze your leftover food scraps for scrap stock

• Figure out what your options are for composting

• Go in with a friend on bulk food purchases

• Learn about the Future of Farming in our latest interview

These are just a few ideas to help y’all get started. Your small moments may look entirely different. I want to hear what you’re making space for, drop me a note!

Stay hungry,Hawnuh Lee | Founder, Closed Loop Cooking

C O N V E R S A T I O N S

Future FarmingOur latest conversation in our Farmer’s Feature series with Smarter by Nature. A small scale farm out of Florida fueling the revolution. This week’s must read literature y’all. And if you can support their efforts for land sovereignty, donate here.

D E F E N D

Arctic DrillingIn an unprecedented move, the U.S. Department of the Interior formally opened up Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling. This is criminal. Now, more than ever we need a democrat in office. We must preserve our last wildlife refuges. You can read the full article here.

R E A D

For Black Jam Makers, the Power is in PreservingPreserving the seasons has been a vital part of Black cooking for centuries. This insightful think piece from NYT is a fervent reminder that we need more equitable opportunities in food, across the board.

B E E S

Badass bee removalAnxiety inducing but absolutely lovely bee removal video from Texas Bee Works. In awe of this lady’s fearless bee devotion. She’s the true queen B.

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