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VerdeLlama
Photo by Sanra Ritten Oh, I have many issues with the bread that gets plonked on your table pre-arrival of food in bustling Buenos Aires. Often the rolls are so stale that you could probably knock...
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Natural Deli: Opening your Mind and Tastebuds
photo by Anette Berve Mike Legge is a man with a mission: to change the eating habits of Argentines. And his mission is to be accomplished via his chain of café-cum-delis: Natural Deli. The Brit is...
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Argentina’s Slow Food
Photo by Sanra Ritten To most people, steak, mate and malbec are the bastions of Argentina’s gastronomy. Yet according to Slow Food, an international grassroots, eco-gastronomic non-profit...
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Noble and Natural
Photo by Hayden Lewis Very noble indeed, this tienda hides its tiny yellow self shyly amongst a row of shops that surround Av Corrientes. But if you’re lucky enough to spot it like I did, then you...
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Wwoofing in Patagonia
Illustration by Nick Mahshie Looking back, I deserved to be punished. In fact, in a weird way, it was what I wanted. I saw my epic 35-hour journey to the tip of Patagonia and subsequent six weeks...
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Green Living? Think Local
Photos courtesy of Fundacion Huerto Niño The idea of ‘being green’ can be slightly overwhelming. To do it well and consistently does (as I am quickly learning) mean a complete overhaul of previous...
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Kensho: Clean, Green Dining
Wander around Palermo ‘Hollywood’ these days and you would be hard pushed to miss the plethora of ‘natural’ restaurants and cafes that have sprung up in the last year or so. Kensho restaurant interior...
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Top 5 Eco Restos
If your summer has been full of choripan and asados, it might be time to put down the steak knife and consider a healthier option. Green-minded restaurants that make veggies fun have been springing up...
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Argentina Celebrates World Environment Day
Painting the ecobolsas (Photo: Beatrice Murch) Sunday 5th June El Galpón farmers’ market in Chacarita played host to celebrations for World Environment Day, organised by Ambientate. The day-long event...
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Top 5 Organic Bodegas
Caligiore vinyard at the base of the Andes (courtesy of Caligore) Think Argentine wine and the first words that come to mind are malbec and Mendoza. But Argentine wine is much more than the the...
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Top 5 Farmers Markets
If it’s true that we are what we eat, then why not know the story behind the food we consume? Farmers markets are all different but most of them have a common objective: To improve people’s lives by...
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La Aurora: A New Dawn
This is an exclusive English translation of an article that originally appeared in Periódico MU no. 79, from August. Is it possible to work the land in an efficient and profitable way without...
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