Category: gift baskets

You hear about the climate crisis all of the time. You might feel a bit helpless to do anything to help the crisis, but there is something you can do. The power of the pocketbook is the environment’s best hope. There is a whole shopping philosophy behind shopping green, but you can put many of the key elements into choosing organic food gift baskets for your gift-giving needs.

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Buy What You Need

One of the biggest reasons we are in a climate crisis is because we buy more than we need and wind up throwing out perfectly good stuff. We dont just waste the products themselves, but all of the resources and fuel that went into growing and distributing the products. Many people give gifts that are, quite frankly, useless. Either that or they wind up gathering dust in a basement for decades. But with organic food gift baskets, you are buying what everyone needs food.

More Eco-Friendly Farming Practices

One of the biggest reasons for water pollution is run off from big factory farms. This pollution includes artificial fertilizers and pesticides. This gets into the water and winds up poisoning the wildlife, plant life and ourselves. Most produce at your grocery store will not make a healthy food gift basket. Organic food gift baskets feature products grown in ways that dont use these harsh chemicals. You should see that the organic food gift baskets have “USDA certified organic” stickers on them.

Buying Local

Have you ever wondered where most of the produce at your supermarket comes from? Most of the time, it’s not domestic produce. Big business has found it much cheaper to import produce which can pay their workers less and have lower food standards than to buy domestic food. And so, you not only pay for this food, but low wages and for all of the fuel spent on importing and transporting the produce. Burning these fossil fuels like gasoline makes the greenhouse gasses that are causing the icebergs to melt and the climate to change so radically.

Ideally, you should always buy local or domestic when stocking organic food gift baskets. This might not be possible for some specialty food items such as real Parmesan cheese. But you can still get local produce, honey, herbs and baked goods into your organic food gift baskets. You may also find local vineyards and distilleries in your area, but dont give those organic food gift baskets to kids, please.

Italian food baskets are the perfect gifts for any occasion, such as a housewarming present, a birthday gift, a baby shower gift for the hungry mother-to-be or for a sudden surprise. It is best to know if your recipient has any food allergies, so that you can avoid those foods that they cant eat. But even if you arent sure, there are still a lot of choices in Italian cooking to make an attractive and delicious Italian food gift basket.

Olive Oil

The centerpiece of any Italian food gift basket should be olive oil. It should be the best olive oil that you can afford. Splurge on olive oil like you would a fine wine. It’s much better for your lucky gift recipient than fine wine and so far, no one is allergic to it. It can be used for vegetarians, vegans, diabetics as well as the plain old omnivore. It is the basis for most Italian cooking.

There are many grades of olive oil. Dont get what is labeled “olive oil”. Italians use that for lighting lamps. You want to aim for extra-virgin olive oil. If you cant afford that, then go for virgin olive oil. You can get flavored extra-virgin olive oil, but the safest bet for an Italian food gift basket is to keep it plain. Imported oils from Greece and Italy will cost more (and taste fabulous).

Spices And Sides

If you are not sure if your gift recipient can eat wheat, then skip pasta and use rice instead. Either that or skip a side dish altogether. You can put in a head of fresh garlic (also essential to Italian cooking) and other spices and dried herbs in the place of pasta. Pasta is relatively inexpensive and easy to get. However, people to tend to forget about how important spices are to cooking. With Italian food gift baskets, get basil, oregano and parsley.

Cheeses

You will be hailed as magnanimous if you can also include some authentic wedges of Italian cheeses such as Parmesan or Formaggio. Ideally, you dont want anything for your Italian food gift basket that needs to be refrigerated, but if the travel distance is small and it’s the dead of winter, then you can get things that need to be refrigerated.

As an extra special touch, choose organic products. That way, you’ll not only give an Italian organic food gift basket, but you’ll be helping to promote eco-friendly farming practices. Although most eco-friendly experts say that you should only get local cheese and produce, that can be impossible with Italian foods.