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Author: Soil Mate • Date: September 8, 2016

How To Use Food Scraps In The Garden Without A Compost Bin

What if I told you that you can have all the benefits of compost without the bin? Trench compositing doesn’t require a lot of space and it allows gardeners to fertilize their soil without having a smelly eyesore in their yard. ...

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Author: Heather Denniston • Date: September 7, 2016

What Are The Healing Properties Of Tumeric?

Of late, turmeric has taken on a cape-wearing, superpower-wielding level of notoriety. A bright yellow powder that comes from the ginger family, turmeric is often used in Indian or Asian cooking for coloring and added flavor. However, over th...

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Author: Soil Mate • Date: September 7, 2016

Edible Food Wrapping — Not Plastic — Could Be The Future Of Packaging

Holy cow, this edible packaging seems way better than plastic at its job of protecting food. The world’s obsession with plastic is single-handedly killing the planet, all the way from production to disposal, and the ...

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Author: Curtis Stone • Date: September 6, 2016

Fall Projects and Winter Planning For Your Urban Farm

Summer coming to an end doesn't mean it slows down for farmers. Check out what Curtis Stone - the Urban Farmer is doing to get ready for fall and winter. ...

Appears in: Farmers

Author: Soil Mate • Date: September 3, 2016

The 50 States As Food Puns

Well, this is fun and clever! ...

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Author: Romina Rooney • Date: August 26, 2016

Area Codes

Turning the negative message of Ludacris’ catchy hit song and the use of the derogatory term ‘Ho’, we parodied the hit to promote local farmers in different area codes across the US and Can...

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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...

Appears in: Community, Recipe

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...

Appears in: Community, News, Recipe

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 ...

Appears in: Community, Farmers

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 ...

Appears in: Farmers, News

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 ...

Appears in: Community, Farmers, News

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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