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Author: Tori Wesszer • Date: August 19, 2016

Recipe: Summer Fruit Galette

Piles of fresh summer fruit are wrapped in perfectly flaky pastry in this rustic, simple but impressive dessert. The pie crust recipe makes enough for two galettes, so double the fruit filling if you want to make two. Otherwise the crus...

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Author: Rochelle Minagawa • Date: August 16, 2016

In-Season Ferments

Tastes better and are better for you too! It’s that time of year when the farmers' markets are packed full of fresh local produce. There are more greens than you know what to do with an...

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Author: Curtis Stone • Date: August 10, 2016

How To - Hand Weed Effectively

Weeds are inevitable. No matter what you try to do to try to make sure they stay out of your garden/farm, some will come through. Watch this quick video where Curtis Stone - the Urban Farmer shows ...

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Author: Selena DeVries - Healthbean Nutrition • Date: August 6, 2016

Top 5 Anti-Inflammatory Foods For The Gluten Free Diet

Fighting inflammation with food is all the rage right now. Google “anti-inflammatory foods’ and you get over 26,000,000 hits. Wowza. But in all seriousness, anti-inflammatory foods are really important for celiac disease...

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Author: Jordan Marr • Date: August 4, 2016

Podcast: What Our Ancestors Ate and Why It Matters Today

This episode of The Ruminant looks at what and how we eat, compared to our ancestors. Jordan speaks with guest - anthropologist Stephen Le, author of ...

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Author: Tori Wesszer • Date: July 28, 2016

Recipe: Tomato Goat Cheese Tart

I’ve been eyeing up tomato tarts on Pinterest for some time now. But I will admit, the thought of making my own pastry is just too much for this busy mom to handle some days...

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Author: Scott Nystrom • Date: July 27, 2016

Glorious Garlic

Garlic is incredible. It is said to have both pleased the gods and come from the depths of hell, sprouting at the hoofprints of the devil himself. Both revered for its medicinal properties and scorned for its ‘overstimulation’ of ...

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Author: Riya Sander • Date: July 23, 2016

3 Eco-Friendly Ideas to a DIY Garden Shed

If you are struggling to find space for your yard equipment, then you have come to the right place. Garages and sheds serve as a valuable space to store things from the harsh conditions of the outdoors. Not everyone has a garage though, and t...

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Author: Lisa Kivirist and John D. Ivanko • Date: July 20, 2016

“Soil Sisters” Cook, Collaborate and Celebrate

Never underestimate what a bunch of women coming together at a potluck can do. What started six years ago as a regularly scheduled series of on-farm potlucks among local wo...

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Author: Dr. Brent Barlow • Date: July 19, 2016

Part 2: 3 Reasons To Reduce Sugar Excess

In Part 1, Dr. Brent Barlow talks about addressing excess sugar consumption for 3 reasons. Here are three more reasons to reduce excess sugar: ...

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Author: Jordan Marr • Date: July 17, 2016

Podcast: We Divorced Flavour From Nutrition, And It's Making Us Fatter

In this episode of the Ruminant, Jordan Marr interviews the author of ...

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Author: Allisha Heidt • Date: July 15, 2016

Kombucha Mixology! It’s Actually A Thing

Kombucha has got to be one of the most versatile drinks ever. Aside from helping colonize our gut bacteria, it’s used for so many other purposes - salad dressing, face toner, all-purpose spray – to name just a few. And now as this...

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Author: Curtis Stone • Date: July 5, 2016

How To START UP Your Own Urban Farm

Curtis Stone - the Urban Farmer answers questions on how to get started in urban farming and passes his knowledge on how to get your own urban farming operation off the ground. ...

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Author: Soil Mate • Date: July 3, 2016

He Started With Some Boxes, 60 Days Later, The Neighbors Could Not Believe What He Built

This homeowner observed his boring green lawn, and he started to ask himself, “so what’s the point?” Although it looked nice, it gave him no satisfaction. It was a lot of work to keep too. So he decided to try something else...

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Author: Chris Perrin • Date: July 1, 2016

We Could Feed the World With Sustainable Food If We Stopped Wanting It to Be Pretty

Bristol, UK — Can we farm sustainably? Can we endeavour to produce enough food to feed the world’s growing population in a way that is respectful to animals, and mindful of the stress agriculture places on the land? These are...

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Author: Trisha Miller • Date: June 30, 2016

Summer Means Snakes - What You Need To Know

It’s estimated that snake bites kill over 100,000 people each year. However, this only makes up a fraction of actual bites that take plac...

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Author: Scott Nystrom • Date: June 28, 2016

Feed Your Food!

It’s ALIVE!!! Soil is a living breathing thing. It’s not just sitting there being dirty, it’s actually teeming with life. One teaspoon of soil contains up to fifty thousand diff...

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Author: Jordan Marr • Date: June 27, 2016

Podcast: Your Weeds Are Trying To Tell You Something

Jordan Marr from the Ruminant speaks with Jay McCaman who has spent many years observing and cataloguing the weeds on his and his cl...

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Author: Jennifer Low • Date: June 25, 2016

Refreshing, Colorful Salads to Last You All Summer Long

Salads don’t need to consist of a few limp lettuce leaves and whatever you have left over in the fridge from last week. Summer provides lots of fresh produce that’s often available at local farm stands and markets, perfect for tas...

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