Whole Foods Market is rolling out a new produce rating system to promote sustainable farming practices. How much does it really mean? You be the judge.
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Ugly Produce Can Do Beautiful Things
Food waste stats are staggering, and our refusal to buy misshapen, ugly produce is a big part of the problem. But people are starting to flip the script.
Food Waste vs. Hunger: How Ugly Food Can Feed the World
Don’t judge a carrot by its straightness or an apple by its roundness. Most “defective” produce ends up as food waste because it’s just not pretty enough.
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.
Whole Foods To Tell The Whole Truth About Its Produce And Flowers
Whole Foods Market is on its way to provide major transparency into the produce and flowers it sells by launching a tiered labeling system. Learn more.
Five Intriguing Techniques To Keep Your Produce Fresh
Tossing too much of the gorgeous produce you’ve brought home from the farmer’s market? Here are five intriguing ideas for extending the freshness of your produce picks.
Avoid Produce Waste with a “Nose-To-Tail” Approach
We’ve written a lot about ways to reduce food waste, but it bears repeating now that spring is bringing us the good stuff.
Selling at Farmer’s Markets 101 – Insteading
Now that you have grown beautiful vegetables, lovely flowers or have gorgeous chicken eggs, how do you go about selling them at a farmer’s market? What are some of the tricks of the trade and the lessons learned from veterans?
Stock Up on Storage-Friendly Produce at Your Final Farmers Market
Here’s a list of fruits and vegetables that store well over the winter. Be sure to stock up at your final local farmers market!
The Best Seed Catalogs – What’s Your Favorite?
Whether you’re interested in starting a garden or you just want to try some new varieties of produce next year, seed catalogs are a great way to research what will work for you. Here are my three favorite sources for seeds. What are yours?
Pesticides in Kids’ Food
A recent, small-scale study found that 20 percent of the conventional produce that kids eat contains measurable amounts of pesticides.
Your Garden Successes and Failures
As the growing season draws to a close, it’s time to talk about this year’s garden success and failures. Which unusual or exotic seeds will you be reordering this winter, and which ones will be forever banned from your garden?
Tainted Produce in Poor Neighborhoods
[social_buttons] Not only do low-income neighborhoods have less access to fresh produce, but the rare fruit or veggie found in these areas is also more likely to be tainted. A [ … ]