When I was a sophomore in college, I wrote a research paper on organic farming. I became quite passionate about both organic farming and taking care of the resources that we have. I’ve been inspired to go papertowel-less, so when our paper towels are gone, they are gone. {Sorry, honey!}
We should do everything we can to protect the earth’s resources. The basis for my position on being a good steward of our planet is this:
“The earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof” Psalm 24:1
Ultimately because I love God and I believe that He created our world, I want to take care of the wonderful resources that He has given us. Anyway, that’s my position on “Earth Day” which is right around the corner on Thursday, April 22nd! {ahem}
When My Blog Spark contacted me to do a review of Green Giant, I jumped at the opportunity! We love Green Giant frozen vegetables! When they are on sale and I have coupons, I always stock up. The Green Giant Frozen Sugar Snap Peas are our favorite.
On top of having awesome food products, Green Giant is always finding ways to care for the environment, including:
- Switching to more earth-friendly paperboard to package frozen vegetables
- Packing vegetables in smaller, lighter cans, so it takes less fuel to deliver them to supermarket shelves
- Teaming up with growers to install a more efficient irrigation system that can reduce water use by more than a million gallons a year.
Green Giant is currently working to encourage greener farming practices near the Root River, one of Minnesota’s best trout streams. I’m thankful for Green Giant’s efforts in sustainability.
Green Giant and My Blog Spark, sent me this fabulous “Seeds of Change” gift pack including a : re-usable grocery bag, a set of three bamboo utensils (LOVE these!), a coupon for free Green Giant frozen veggies and a mini herb garden!
I love my mini herb garden! My brown thumb hasn’t killed the seeds off yet. All three herbs are coming up and I’m very excited!
I also have a gift pack to give away!
To Enter:
- Leave a comment with your favorite Green Giant product!
Extra Entries:
- Tweet about this giveaway (include @blessedlife2)
- Leave a comment sharing what you and your family are doing to be good stewards of the earth.
I will draw a winner via Random.org on Friday, April 23rd!
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My kids love the corn on the cob! Wish we could go papertowel-less here, but hubby would stroke!!
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I love that verse! Gracie loves broccoli, so we almost always have some on hand. I think it’s wonderful that you are taking time to bring attention to Earth Day! So important!
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I love Green Giant corn!
I think I will try to cut back on electricity usage
I’d love to enter your giveaway, please.
We are about 1/2 way through planting a large vegetable garden, as usual, but peas aren’t in the ground yet.
We reuse, upcycle and recycle whenever possible by buying used and fixing it up and donating items to thrift stores or recycling metals instead of filling up landfills.
@Lana, for some reason I thought peas were in the kit, but I’ll take herbs, too!
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We love the corn and cut green beans!
I have thought of going paper towel-less here, too, but the thought scares me a little. I’m still thinking about it.
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Mixed Veggies, especially for chicken pot pie!
Brussel sprouts in butter sauce ~ it is the only time I eat them and I love them.
We recycle every week and we are going to plant an organic garden this year. We are also considering switching to linen napkins rather than paper towels but I haven’t bought them yet. We also use all natural cleaners in our home.
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we really enjoy the green beans w/ almonds…taste almost like garden fresh!
i tweeted
http://twitter.com/tigergal01/status/12453619039
we won’t be doing anything special for earth day, other than the normal everyday things we do to take care of God’s earth!
My kids love corn on the cob with everything from burgers to enchiladas to spaghetti and meat balls. We switched from paper towels to rags about 2 years ago and have an overflowing shoe box full of them. The hardest part of the switch was to train my children to grab those and not dish towels to clean up messes; my husband was great about it as well as switching to cloth napkins.
This is a great giveaway! I love using the cloth bags for shopping and the wooden utensils would be great for cooking!
@Stacey, I forgot to mention that we love the green beans with almonds
I am in love with Green Giant sugar snap peas:-)
We don’t have anything extra planned for Earth Day, but maybe I can find some seeds to plant with my 4 year old daughter; I know she would love it!
My family and I are planting a garden to better stewards of the earth…so much fun!
I like the frozen corn on the cob. Of course, I like the fresh from our garden stuff best…but when it is the middle of winter….love to heat up the corn on the cob to have!
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To be good stewards of the earth…we try not to be wasteful, use Mrs. Meyer’s cleaning products (which are earthfriendly), and we have a huge garden!
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Don’t think I have a chance to win ..wow…what a response!
I just love the man himself, “Mr. Green Giant”…lol!! and we love all of the Veggies, so convenient and healthy.
This Earth Day I plan to do a garbage pick-up around our school. think the students are getting involved too.
The earth IS the Lord’s, and we should look after it whilst living here.
Blessings and love for a happy Momday Myra, oops, typo, but I will leave it!!
Linda
xxoo
I love the steam green beans! Steam them the saute with almonds and onion salt and garlic powder..,yum!
I love their frozen veggies and I would love to try my hand at a little herb garden!
We love their line of steamers! Especially the broccoli ones!
We are slowly starting to transition over to reusable shopping bags! It’s going to take a while to get enough for our big shopping trips, but never the less we are tackling it!
My favorite Green Giant product is their Healthy Weight blend of veggies in a box. It is a blend of sliced carrots, sugar snap peas, black beans, and edamame and it is Mmm, Mmm good! (Oh wait, that’s Campbell’s Soup’s slogan).
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My family loves ALL green giant veggies, but we almost always have the broccoli in our freezer
My favorite Green Giant vegetables are the brussel sprouts in butter sauce! No one else in my family will touch them, so when they are on sale for $1/box and I have coupons…I stock up and they are all mine!
What I’m doing to go green…we went “paperless” in the kitchen about two weeks ago and we don’t miss the paper towels at all! They key for me was having two kinds of cloth towels (I bought tons of them at Big Lots) and having them handy at all times. I have two colors: one for cleaning babies and food, the other for cleaning dishes, counters, floor spills, etc. I have a large stockpile of paper napkins but once they’re gone, they’re gone for good too.
It’s good to hear about large manufacturing companies taking steps to be more eco-friendly! I buy Green Giant for my family ALL the time. It helps me in preparing a quick dinner after a long day of work. We especially love the Valley Fresh Steamers. So easy!
Our family has also taken up recycling, changing out our lightbulbs, using cloth rags for cleaning, no paper plates and using re-usable bags for grocery shopping.
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We love all the frozen veg, and always stock up when there is a sale also! Our favorite is probably just the regular frozen peas(no sauce)
They are sweet enough to enjoy with nothing added. Sometimes I send them in my kids lunch frozen, and by lunch time, they are a perfect sweet finger food snack! Yummo
We like their frozen peas and corn, canned green beans and corn
We have quit buying bottled water for over 6 months now. We are now recycling all our newspapers and magazines
Love this giveaway! I love the all the Green Giant vegetables- especially the broccoli and mixed veggies. I always have a bunch in the freezer for a quick and easy veggie to add to our meal.
I tweeted!
I have made a conscious effort to make green changes in our home. We now take advantage of the free recycling our town provides with trash service, and I am beginning the transition to reusable grocery bags. This year we are going to start a compost pile and try our hand at an organic garden. I know all the little changes will add up in the long run!
We already compost, recycle, and use cloth napkins. Think we will make a rain barrel for earth day. We made one last year, but could use one on the other side of the house!
Our family likes the Sugar Snap peas (and regular peas too).
Our family recycles newspaper, magazines, almost all paper products and boxes. We also quit using paper towels and paper napkins (switched to cloth). Use vinegar to kill yard weeds instead of chemicals also.
We also like the corn, although it has been forever since I’ve gotten it.
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I here such herbs grow well in the motherland. Switzerland would love to have your herbs!
By the way, nothing like learning about major home changes via a blog post.
Our favorite is the Steamfresh Broccoli florrets.
We love the steamers line of veggies…so easy to prepare and a healthier choice than some others…thanks for bringing light to Earth Week!
Our family loves Green Giant Brussel Sprouts. They are so easy to cook and always come out tasting great!! Thanks!
My two sons and I have been taking weekly walks to clean up garbage from the streets of our neighborhood…we also have been enforcing a conscious effort to turn off all lights and electronics when not in use!
We reuse bags; i.e. grocery bags, sandwich bags, brown bags, etc. We also are collecting enough reusable cloth grocery bags so that we will have enough to do all our grocery shopping with those instead of the plastic ones at the store. Thanks!
Our favorite Green Giant product is frozen green bean.
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We recycle at home and always use our own shopping totes.
We love Green Giant veggies too! I love their steamers combos.
We recycle and use reusable grocery bags as much as possible.
I love green giant sugar snap peas too!
They are great to dip into ranch dressing or in stir fry dishes!
We eat a lot of the corn and broccoli. I’m getting rid of paper towels and paper napkins, too, but I’m having to sort of drag my husband into it.
I have loved Green Giant since I was a kid
I have two favorites: sweet peas and brussel spouts in butter.
I’ve been a fan of organic and sustainable farming for quite some time and I completely agree with you that we need to be stewards of this beautiful planet God entrusted to our care. I like the idea of going paper towel-less. Might have to look into doing that myself.
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Love their products! We enjoy the steamer packets…especially the peas. Thanks for hosting the giveaway.
I have giveaway on my blog you should definitely check out.
Blessings,
Amy
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I love their corn on the cob. This would be a fun gift to win. I also have a brown thumb so this would be interesting! Thanks
I would have to say the Baby Sweet Peas are my favorite.
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For our part in being good stewards of the earth, my husband and I have moved over to buying organic fruits and vegetables from local sources when possible, organic dairy as well. We also use resusable bags when we go to the grocery store.
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The Frozen Green Peas! They are my MVV…Most Valuable Veggie, adding appropriate color and sweet flavor to my Italian soups, Asian stirfrys, and Southern comfort foods. And they also taste great “raw” in a salad. What other veggie can do all that?!
Tweeted.
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We love the sugar snap peas too!! Yum!
We love using nontoxic and biodegradable cleaners in our home- all purpose cleaners, window/glass cleaners, dish soap, dishwashing detergent and laundry soap! We will continue to do this and more for Earth Day this year.
love mixed veggies! and lima beans
we use recyclable bags and recycle EVERYTHING!
We just love all of the steamer bags-my son loves the corn on the cob-I love the brocolli !!
It’s a toss up in our house between e-vil broccoli in cheese sauce and brussel sprouts in butter sauce(I had to nag to get the spouse to eat them since he hated them when he was younger. Guess what? He LOVES them now).
Christine
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We love the Steamfresh Broccoli florrets.
My family loves the snap peas the best. We plant a huge garden an can as much as possible to cut down on the food bill.
my boys loooove broccoli!
I tried a frozen Green Giant product, an Immunity Blend of veggies. I just looked on their site, it may have been a Healthy Weight blend, they dont’ have the veggiese listed for each. Anyway it had red and yellow peppers and broccoli, and some others, I thought it was very good.
Thanks!
KellyH
Love their Cauliflower and cheese!
We love the carrots and the peas in butter sauce. They’re wonderful!! We recycle everything we can here. My three year old son is even learning to recycle things.
For Earth Day, we’re going to let my son plant a tree in the backyard and then clean up the neighborhood park.
I’d love to have my name added to your great giveaway! Thanks so much!
My husband and I really love the Green Giant Broccoli and Cheese… Sooo yummy!!
We have just started using our own carrying totes for shopping..
Blessings,
~Lynn
Super sweet corn!! YUM!
We love the Niblets corn!
To be better stewards- we try to recycle plastic!
I love the green giant frozen boxed veggie blends like the immunity boost, etc.
We have begun recycling all paper at our house and have switched to mostly paper towels/washclothes/napkins.
I love the frozen corn on the cob it brings back wonderful memories
of summer when its cold outside. We recycle everything we can at
our house. I just took the recycle bin to the street and it was full. The trash that is going to the landfill only had a few items.:)
our favorite green giant veggies is the corn it always taste so fresh
My family knows green giant as “green box” sides. I love the green bean casserole as an easy lunch.
I’ve virtually eliminated paper towels from our home–that’s huge for us!
My favorite Green Giant product is Green Bean Casserole
*Thanks* for the giveaway!
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We leave less of a carbon footprint by regularly recycling everything possible. We also use CFLs, Energy Star appliances, and reusable shopping bags. We combine driving trips to save mileage — and turn things like lights off when not in use.
I haven’t gotten their frozen veggies in a while but the broccoli with cheese sauce looks yummy:)
We love their broccoli!
We are recycling the trash we pick up along our road.
Our fave product is the brocoli -it is a fave in our house.
We love Green Giant corn!
We recycle, reuse plastic sandwich and freezer bags and tin foil, and I’m also really debating going paper towel-less.
My favorite green giant product would be the frozen green beans! I add onions, butter and bacon to the green beans and they taste just like fresh picked from the garden!
I love GG frozen corn
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We recycle and have a compost pile
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I love Their vegie mix that comes in a garlic sauce, its delicious.
Love their frozen sweet corn!
What we are doing to save the earth — instead of buying new clothes for my kids when they outgrow their old ones, we have clothing swaps with other families. Kids get a new, free and earth-friendly wardrobe.
We like the Steam Fresh veggie line by Green Giant…all are really good but corn is a big hit around our house.
Rachel
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I love all their lightly sauced veges. I like the single serving steamable bags too.
I love the Green Giant Frozen Spinach – I always use it to make spinach dips!
To be good stewards of the earth, we’re recycling, using reusable shopping bags, and planting a garden for the second year in a row.