16 Foods To Re-Grow From Kitchen Scraps
I am regrowing scallions again right now in our kitchen window :)
Posted on Friday, June 14th 2013
Reblogged from Sam
Ahhh the joys of early summer and rhubarb.
Posted on Thursday, June 13th 2013
Reblogged from Dirt Doll
And here we are again. June 9th’s Community Supported Agriculture share…
Posted on Sunday, June 9th 2013
One lucky CSA members will walk away with this basket of freshly picked #manofarm #raspberries this week.
Posted on Sunday, June 2nd 2013
A link to a Fresh Rhubarb Pie recipe! “Mom used to grow her own rhubarb in her backyard, and when her rhubarb was ripe, what great pies she made! I will enclose her recipe.” —
Posted on Saturday, June 1st 2013
We slipped rhubarb in the shares quietly last week, and may do so again. Here’s a link to an LA Times article that profiles the crop, and also check out the following recipe post! I just found out you don’t necessarily need strawberries to make a Rhubarb pie. I’m going to get working on mine as soon as possible!
Posted on Saturday, June 1st 2013
Genetically Modified Wheat Isn't Supposed to Exist. So What Is It Doing in Oregon? - Businessweek
Wheat farmers, advocates of food safety, and pretty much anyone who eats bread or noodles have turned their attention to Oregon, where a wheat farmer found a genetically engineered strain of wheat in his otherwise unmodified crop. He couldn’t kill it in any of the normal ways, so he sent it to the lab for testing, which sounds like the set-up for a farm-belt horror movie. The reality has caused alarm of a different sort: Genetically modified wheat hasn’t been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, and unlike corn and soy and other so-called GMO foods, there isn’t supposed to be any genetically modified wheat in the U.S. food supply at all
Posted on Friday, May 31st 2013
Why radish is good for you | Life and style | The Guardian
Like other vegetables of the brassica family (cabbage, broccoli, brussels sprouts etc), radishes contain two natural compounds, sulforaphane and indole-3, which in animal and lab studies have shown an anti-cancer action. It is thought that these antioxidant substances may slow or stop the growth of several different types of cancer, possibly by prompting the body to make higher levels of detoxifying enzymes. Since we generally eat radishes raw, we benefit from this nutritional benefit as these compounds are depleted by cooking. Radishes also give you a significant amount of vitamin C to boost your defences against disease
Posted on Saturday, May 25th 2013
Ben Di Gregorio, the official Mano Farm Community Supported Agriculture bread baker and incredible human being. These pictures were taken by Tanja Korvenmaa for an upcoming Edible Ojai & Ventura County article that Quin is writing about Ben. We visited Ben at his house where he bakes his bread in a kitchen that’s permitted via the new California Homemade Food Act. Want to add bread to your CSA share? Visit icookyoueatojai.com to learn more!
Posted on Saturday, May 25th 2013
Don't just sit there. Really. - latimes.com
“Prolonged sitting is not what nature intended for us,” says Dr. Camelia Davtyan, clinical professor of medicine and director of women’s health at the UCLA Comprehensive Health Program. “The chair is out to kill us,” says James Levine, an endocrinologist at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine.
Posted on Saturday, May 25th 2013
Breeding the Nutrition Out of Our Food - NYTimes.com
Wild dandelions, once a springtime treat for Native Americans, have seven times more phytonutrients than spinach, which we consider a “superfood.” A purple potato native to Peru has 28 times more cancer-fighting anthocyanins than common russet potatoes. One species of apple has a staggering 100 times more phytonutrients than the Golden Delicious displayed in our supermarkets.
Were the people who foraged for these wild foods healthier than we are today? They did not live nearly as long as we do, but growing evidence suggests that they were much less likely to die from degenerative diseases, even the minority who lived 70 years and more. The primary cause of death for most adults, according to anthropologists, was injury and infections.
Excellent article.
Posted on Saturday, May 25th 2013
How to Dry Herbs for Optimal Quality
If you grow your own herbs, you’ll want to learn how to dry them to preserve their freshness and enjoy them through the winter months. If you follow the techniques described here, your dry herbs will last for months to come.
By Tammi Hartung
Cut Lemons Lengthwise to Get More Juice
When you need lemon juice for a recipe, nothing beats fresh-squeezed, but it’s always a struggle to coax a lot of juice out of the fruit. As it turns out, the secret is to cut the lemon lengthwise.
Posted on Saturday, May 18th 2013
The Harvest (Spanish: La Cosecha) is a documentary film about agricultural child labor in America. The Harvest is a feature documentary film on the life of migrant children and their families in the United States.The film depicts children as young as 12 years of age who work as many as 12 hours a day, six months a year, subject to hazardous conditions: heat exposure, pesticides, and dangerous work.
The Harvest was produced by Shine Global in association with Globalvision, Romano Film and Photography, and Eva Longoria’s UnbeliEVAble Productions. Eva Longoria signed on as an executive producer of the project in 2009.[4] It was directed by U. Roberto (Robin) Romano, Director and Photographer of Faces of Freedom.
This is something you should watch. You can rent it on youtube for three dollars.
I think it may also be on netflix. ‘Tis something I’m glad I watched.
Californian grapes don’t taste so sweet anymore.


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