produce
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This mobile restaurant brings the table to the farm
This mobile-home-as-restaurant might have won the war for most local food ever. Instead of bringing the farm to the table, the Buijtenkitchen is bringing the table to the farm. It’s basically just a hut with a wood-burning stove inside, but it’s small enough that it can be loaded onto a trailer and moved without much […]
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Shopper’s delight: Here’s what to buy organic
The Environmental Working Group's annual Shopper's Guide to Pesticides is out, with a few important additions.
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Beautiful chart tells you how to eat seasonal (in the U.K., at least)
This beautiful interactive chart from U.K. organization Eat Seasonably may not apply precisely to your climate, and it’s pretty British in other ways too — “courgettes” are zucchini, FYI. But I love the concept — a handy calendar showing you what fruits and veg are in season at what times — and I love the […]
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Glean unto others: Ending hunger with foraged foods
Fruit and vegetable gleaning isn't just for nature-curious hipsters. It's also a great way to get fresh food in the hands of those with less access.
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For New Yorkers, a farmers market on your phone
An experimental online marketplace hopes to fill two gaping holes in the community-supported agriculture business model: choice and convenience.
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Food Studies: future terroir
What can the taste of place mean in a country only three and half times bigger than Washington D.C.?
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Kickstarting on-demand heirloom produce
A new online project takes the traditional CSA model one step further by allowing eaters to help decide what heirloom produce farmers plant.
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Busting Monsanto's 'better' broccoli
The seed giant is now selling a ready-to-eat broccoli product meant to "maintain your body's defenses against the damage of environmental pollutants and free radicals." Can you taste the irony?