5 Eco-friendly Gift Guides

 

Shopping can be a fraught experience . To make it a tad easier, we’ve put together five gift guides for you, and the people you love. From a native seed starter pack to backyard gardening tools, homemade hot pepper sauce to farm animal rescue books, there’s a little something here for almost everyone.


13 gifts for backyard farmers and gardeners

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We could all use a little plant therapy right about now. So why not give the gift of growing good food to the people you love? Raising your own tomatoes, garlic, and peppers can be restorative, and delicious. And if that isn’t enough, starting an organic regenerative garden can capture greenhouse gases, and park carbon underground. Here’s to a greener new year full of home-grown veggies. Read on for the full guide.


Gift ideas if you’re growing food without a backyard

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Give the gift of growing food to people who live in small spaces. With a few of the right tools, and access to a patch of sun, just about anyone can grow herbs, fruits, and vegetables—no yard required. Read on for the full guide.



A gift guide for meadow gardeners

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The following gift ideas can help accelerate the move from high maintenance chemically-treated lawns to eye-catching, natural meadows that can both take care of themselves and help heal the planet. Read on for the full guide.


7 Holiday gift ideas you can make—all delicious

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Food makes a great gift because, even if it’s not beautiful, it will still taste delicious. These suggestions for plant-based gifts take you well beyond cranberry nut bread, with recipes for a hot pepper sauce, infused vinegars, pickled red onions, lavender and thyme truffles, and more. (And they’re gorgeous.) Read on for the full guide.


9 Holiday gifts for animal lovers

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Author Leslie Crawford’s daughter, Molly, whose younger likeness appears in both of her children’s books—Sprig the Rescue Pig and Gwen the Rescue Hen—recently became a vegan, and Leslie followed her lead. Instead of experiencing it as a limit on what they can eat and do, it opened up new possibilities. Here are their gift picks for a humane holiday, preferably delivered by Santa sporting a faux fur red suit and commandeering a solar-powered flying sleigh pulled by 12 tiny electric reindeer. Because using real flying reindeer is inhumane. Read on for the full guide.


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