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How to make a fold-out window garden
This garden design gives you three times as much growing space as a window box.
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Pushing for local food in the farm bill: An interview with Chellie Pingree
Rep. Chellie Pingree introduced the Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act to make sure small-scale agriculture doesn't get left out of this year's farm bill.
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Mesmerizing video of flattened food
Filmmakers Hugo de Kok and Kay van Vree say they “where curious about de forms and shapes food makes when you flatten them.” (They’re Dutch.)
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Ginger beer [RECIPE]
The following recipe is from the book The Art of Fermentation: An In-Depth Exploration of Essential Concepts and Processes from Around the World. Read more from the author, Sandor Katz, here. Ginger beer is a classic flavor of homemade soda. It can be made lightly gingered, like most commercial ginger ale, or as spicy as you […]
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Beer and cheese ‘r’ us: Why fermentation makes us human
Fermentation guru Sandor Katz talks about how the ancient craft can help us participate in cultivation as a means of cultural revival. Also, he shares a recipe for ginger beer!
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Taco Bell sold 100 million Doritos tacos in 10 weeks
The Doritos Locos taco is now Taco Bell's most popular product launch ever.
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Disney bans junk food ads from kids’ programming
Disney will no longer broadcast or post advertisements that promote unhealthy food. The company is also branching out into food policing, with the "Mickey Check" -- a Disney seal of approval on a packaged food's nutritional value.
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Celebrity chefs and food movement leaders tell Congress: ‘This farm bill stinks’
With the bill on the Senate floor, Mario Batali, Alice Waters, Michael Pollan, and nearly 70 other food luminaries have signed a historic letter to Congress.
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With her new gardening book, Michelle Obama stays away from politics
Michelle Obama's new book, "American Grown," reflects on the first lady's move away from food policy and toward individual and grassroots efforts.
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New Agtivist: Fixing school lunch in the nation’s capital
Meet Andrea Northrup, a 25-year-old working to bring local foods into the public schools of Washington, D.C.