Butternut squash soup – Fall recipe a good idea for the holidays

Butternut squash soup. Photo provided by Elyse McConnell

By Elyse McConnell
CG Commentary

There are hundreds of butternut squash recipes, but this particular one is my favorite. It became a family recipe, so much that we were unable to find it in any of our cookbooks — the only copy of it now is written on the back of a receipt, covered in squash.

Green Culture: Ways to Stop Energy Waste

By Sierra Legrier
CG Commentary

The issue of everyday electronic devises and their impact on energy consumption has evolved from a small round table discussion into a massive movement for conservation.

Buying Secondhand: Good for the Wallet and the Environment

By Elyse McConnell
CG Commentary

In the world of fashion, one day you’re “in.” And the next day… You’re in a landfill.  Every year, each American sends 68 pounds of clothing to a landfill.

Bluegrass: Raising the Voice to Lower the Footprint

By Alex Snyder

By Becca Cochran
CG Lifestyles and People

If you walk into Casa Cantina any Monday night, you’ll find yourself surrounded by a crowd of Birkenstock-clad, lively folks. Some are students, and some are Athens residents, but all are groovin’ to the sounds of Athens’ own Rattletrap Stringband. As you sit enjoying your food and beverage from the bodega, sounds of the fiddle, banjo, guitar and bass waft over the restaurant.

The Wilds’ Cliffside Camping addition offers new adveture

The Wilds is a park established on a reclaimed strip mine. It provides visitors with an "African safari" experience without needing to leave Ohio. Photo by Devon Antonetti

By Devon Antonetti
CG Lifestyles and People
da204906@ohio.edu

Luxury yurts, exotic safari tours, African animals grazing across 14 square miles of prairie and a private concierge serving drinks to you and your partner around a community fire pit — it may be hard to believe this experience is only an hour drive from Athens. Cumberland, in nearby Muskingum County, is host to The Wilds, a unique nature preserve and conservation center. Its recently-opened Nomad Ridge gives visitors an “immersive experience” that lets them escape the mundane for a night.

Groups strive to protect Athens’ scenic beauty

By Liz Bracher

Athens and surrounding areas are known for rolling hills and acres of deciduous forests, but an increase in land development poses a threat to its natural beauty.

Proposed FMMOS amendments could hinder small dairy businesses

By Rachel Ackerman and Becca Cochran

On May 4, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack faced a controversial matter about one of the most basic sources of nutrition: milk. Through proposed amendments to the Federal Milk Marketing Order System, or FMMOS, dairy lobbies are encouraging the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to tighten regulations on producer-handlers. (Handlers are any entity, other than the original dairy farmer, that processes and sells milk while producer-handlers produce, process and market milk within their own operation.) Such proposed amendments could have a negative effect on Meigs County’s Snowville Creamery.