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Author: Chris Perrin • Date: August 25, 2016

Why This Food Bank Is Turning Away All Junk Food

Feeding people isn’t always just about calories. To one Washington, D.C., food bank, at least, a calorie isn’t always a calorie, and some ...

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Author: Soil Mate • Date: August 24, 2016

No Outdoor Space? No Problem, You Can Put A Nanofarm In Your Kitchen

This is the solution for people without garden space or a green thumb to maintain produce. Replantable is the producer of the Nanofarm, a product described as the “first appliance...

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Author: Christina Sarich • Date: August 22, 2016

16-Year-Old’s Invention Might Just Solve Drought Using Avocados and Oranges

South Africa — Orange peels and avocado skins could solve one of the worst droughts South Africa has seen in years. A 16-year-old schoolgirl from Johannesburg has developed a polymer from two unlikely substances which could help st...

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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: Soil Mate • Date: August 19, 2016

Eat For Energy

Whether you realize it or not, the food you eat contains vitamins and minerals that affect your ability to stay energized throughout the day. The following guide will help you understand what these vitamins and minerals are, and how they can ...

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Author: Bill Roth • Date: August 17, 2016

Unhealthy Big Food: the New Big Tabacco

Tying the scale of Big Food’s health impacts to those of cigarettes is based on an analysis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of our national weight gain. ...

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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: Amanda Froelich • Date: August 15, 2016

The Future Is Here: Whole Foods Launches 100% Vegan Burger Bar

The Burger Bar, located in Boulder, CO, serves 100% vegan- GMO, soy, and gluten-free burgers in addition to tasty side dishes. In a location like Colorado, there is an immense demand for plant...

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Author: Christina Sarich • Date: August 12, 2016

This Company Will Turn Your Food Trash Into Clean Electricity

Composting and source reduction of food waste are key to stopping the 130 billion pounds of food that are lost every year, but there’s another novel approach to America&...

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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: Christina Sarich • Date: August 8, 2016

Here’s Why Only 1 Percent of America’s Farmland Is Used to Grow Organic

Though consumers have been purchasing organic products by the bucket load, and the industry is expected to grow like wildfire into 2020, only ...

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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: Christina Sarich • Date: August 4, 2016

Stores Finally Begin Selling ‘Ugly’ Fruit and Veggies to Solve Hunger and Waste

Wal-Mart, America’s biggest food retailer, will start selling ‘ugly’ fruit in order to help reduce food waste. While some prattle on about how there are food shortages requiring our ...

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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: Abby Quillen • Date: August 3, 2016

Get Cultured: Sourdough Made Simple

Nobody knows who made the first loaf of bread, but it most likely happened in Egypt more than 4,000 years ago. Perhaps someone left wheat porridge out for several days, then baked it. That lucky person discovered sourdough bread, a food human...

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Author: Christina Sarich • Date: August 2, 2016

These Beekeepers Are Saving the Forest and Producing Honey at the Same Time

Zimbabwe’s beekeepers won’t let you go near their forest. Hundreds of their beehives are hidden within a dense patch of forest along the river in the Mpudzi Resettlement, and the beekeepers watch out for the trees just as vehement...

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Author: Alexis Henning • Date: August 1, 2016

Tech Companies Like Google, Uber, Twitter and AirBnB Donate Tons of Free Food Waste

Major tech companies produce thousands of free food for their employees every day. Luckily, they've also begun to donate their food waste to the hungry. Certain tech companies are famous for feeding their employees very wel...

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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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