Apple Recall: Over 3000 Products Affected
Del Monte issued an apple recall on Wednesday for packaged cut apples and fruit medleys that include cut apples.
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2014 ‘Dirty Dozen’ and ‘Clean Fifteen’ Lists Highlight Pesticides on Fruits and Vegetables
The Environmental Working Group has released its 2014 guides to pesticides in produce. The ‘Dirty Dozen’ and ‘Clean Fifteen’ lists showcase the fruits and vegetables with the most and least amount of pesticide residues.
In Season Now: APPLES!
When did apple picking become such a competitive sport? We went out with a couple of the kids and our grand kids this past weekend, and when we pulled up to the farm driveway and saw lots of official looking men with flags to direct traffic and that cars were already overflowing into a new parking field at 10am, we kind of knew we might be in for a serious adventure.
Coming Soon: GMO Apples?
The Canadian company Okanagan Specialty Fruits is looking to start selling GMO apples in the U.S.
Growing Civic Fruit: Teaser and Documentary Screening
Remember the Boston Tree Party? They’re the group of urban gardeners in Boston who are planting apple trees on publicly available land. They’ve already planted enough trees to produce more than 10,000 apples a year for the community, once the trees start fruiting.
As if that weren’t cool enough, there’s a new documentary film about the group, and they’re going to be screening it this coming Tuesday at Boston University! Check out a trailer and deets on the screening below.
Apples, Bananas, Pears, Cauliflower, Cucumbers May Reduce Stroke Risk
A newly published 10-year study by Dutch researchers found that people who ate a lot of white-fleshed fruits and vegetables, like apples and pears, had a 52% lower risk of stroke.
What Foods Top the New Dirty Dozen List?
The Environmental Working Group has released its seventh installment of the “Dirty Dozen” and the “Clean 15.” Which list do your favorite fruits and vegetables end up on?
Green Diva’s Guide to Delicious Living: 2 Recipes for Apples, Apples, Apples
The Green Diva talks about the joys of apple picking and shares two tasty apple recipes.
Best Fruits! Top 10 According to Readers
Top 10 Fruits, as chosen by our readers.
Handy Apple Cooking Guide
The folks at Sage Fruit Company whipped up an infographic that shows which apples are sweet or tart and which are best for eating raw, for baking, or for other sorts of cooking:
Fruit Season — What are the 10 Best Fruits?
What’s the best fruit in the world, in your opinion? It is summertime in Poland and that means a ton of delicious fresh fruit,.. for a short time. I am so excited about fruit lately that I thought it would be interesting to find out from our readers (and authors) what you all think are …
10 Favorite Foods from the 1st 28 Years of My Life
[social_buttons] The following are, I think, my 10 favorite foods.. so far. Perhaps I will find some that I like more down the road, but for now I can’t think of anything that surpasses these gems of the Earth. Thought it would be fun to share these and get feedback from you on your favorites …
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Some More Vegan and Vegetarian Dishes for a Barbecue or Picnic
Here are two more vegetarian or vegan dishes and a drink you can bring to a barbecue to go with the homemade vegan black bean burgers and herbal butter we wrote about yesterday. [social_buttons] Especially if you are an apple or mushroom lover, these dishes might strike your fancy.