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Make delicious treats with the underrated kumquat
Here's how to store, prep, and make the most of kumquats, without wasting a scrap.
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Cabbage gets a delicious makeover
Here's how to store, prep, and make the most of cabbage without wasting a scrap.
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Fresh food finds a home in Memphis’ Southern comforts
Watch awesome urban gardeners, hospital directors, and chefs discuss Memphis' growing food scene.
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Are shrooms the new pesticide?
Irish scientists have found that a little bit of fungus growing inside barley can protect the plants from pests, disease, and even climate change.
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Will San Francisco’s water snobs drink from the gutter?
California's persistent drought has led San Francisco to take a second look at its long-neglected underground streams and springs.
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Why is Harvard buying vineyards in drought-ravaged California?
Harvard University's endowment fund bought 10,000 acres in the famed Paso Robles wine region.
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Warmer seas make for a transoceanic fish party
A melting Arctic is opening the path between the Atlantic and Pacific -- which could mean potential disaster for ocean ecosystems.
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What’s lighter on the land, sugar beets or sugarcane?
A reader wonders where best to get her sugar fix. Umbra gets granular.
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Where Americans and scientists disagree, in one chart
Climate change, vaccines, GMOs: Where Americans just don't get science.
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Can urban foraging actually feed poor people?
Urban foraging won't fill you up or provide miraculous cures, and you'll end up with lots of very bitter greens, but it could be the perfect solution for food deserts.
