Kitchen Tip: Pop edible popcorn to use as packing material! The holidays are fast approaching and many of us will be packing up boxes of presents to mail out to loved ones.  Shipping materials can be expensive to purchase and usually are made of plastics that aren’t the friendliest on the environment.  There are many fillers that are used, such as styrofoam packing peanuts, plastic bubble wrap, plastic pellets, plastic bags filled with air, and newspaper.  Even used plastic grocery shopping bags can be used as stuffing in packages to keep items in place!  However, there is a better, cheaper, more environmentally friendly material to use as a packing material, and it’s in…