by Courtney Llewellyn
CHICAGO – It can be difficult if not seemingly impossible to eat well while on the go, especially when faced with literal miles of fast food restaurants as you wander through an airport during a lengthy layover. O’Hare International Airport saw this and has stepped up to provide travelers – and the chefs who prepare their food – some green relief.
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by Courtney Llewellyn
Saffron’s flavor has been described as “metallic honey with grassy notes” or “hay-like and sweet.” It is an extremely subtle and fragrant spice, difficult to describe in taste but immediately recognizable in a dish. It has been associated with the Mediterranean and Middle East for centuries, but recently, it has been taking root somewhere somewhat unexpected – Vermont.
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Winding Stair Farm and Nursery is a diversified business that has worked patiently and precisely to produce and offer unique high quality products.
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by Sally Colby
Growers who are just starting with high tunnel production are satisfied when the structure is bursting with a profitable crop. There’s a significant investment in the tunnel, and growers want to offset costs by continually growing high-value crops. In many cases, that crop is tomatoes.
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by Sally Colby
What began as a home away from home for the dean of the Sargent School at Boston University grew into something the original owner would never have imagined, but his family knows he’d be proud of what they’ve done.
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by Sally Colby
Zach Lester has an extensive history of growing nearly every kind of vegetable, both outside and indoors. After successfully operating his own Tree and Leaf Farm in Fauquier County, VA, Lester has taken his talent to Potomac Vegetable Farms.
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by Enrico Villamaino
Taking over the family business is usually the result of years of planning and preparation. One generation serves an apprenticeship to the one that came before it, with the tacit understanding that the years of training and service will culminate in a passing of the torch. The fact that the son will follow the father is never called into question.
And then there’s Scott Longfellow.
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by Courtney Llewellyn
SYRACUSE, NY – Consumers are used to certain varieties of produce when they shop. Growers tend to be a bit more adventurous – and their explorations of agriculture often have the goal of presenting consumers with different, sometimes better, options.
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by Sally Colby
According to the FDA, the Produce Safety Rule is a set of science-based minimum standards for the safe growing, harvesting, packing and holding of fruits and vegetables grown for human consumption. The rule is part of the FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
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by Courtney Llewellyn
Planting time will soon be upon many farmers across the northwestern United States, if it isn’t already. Every growing season there are countless things to consider – when to plant which seeds, where to plant, finding reliable sources of water and fertilizer, dealing with whatever weather nature decides to bring upon us – and, as always, pest control.
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Many experienced vegetable growers maintain at least a few perennial crops such as asparagus, rhubarb, garlic and horseradish. Bill Davison, Extension educator at the University of Illinois, said there are more choices when it comes to perennials.
(more…)by Tamara Scully
Soil health happens in a cumulative manner, year after year, when attention is paid to sequestering carbon. Carbon helps to add stability to soil aggregates and to enhance soil water retention and soil nutrient retention. It is part of a healthy ecosystem for soil microbiota.
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