Food
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Making The Most Of What We Harvest
It’s nearing the end of our main growing season here in North Carolina. Halfway through October, our tomato plants are…
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Wild about Persimmons
I didn’t grow up eating persimmons. Somehow they made it into my vocabulary but never my diet. My British wife…
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Maitake Mushrooms
Temperatures are starting to suggest that autumn is arriving here in North Carolina. It’s teetering between summer swelter in the…
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Will this Type of Agriculture Feed Your Grandchildren?
You know that a system of agriculture is truly sustainable when the harvest occurs—increasingly abundantly—as a by-product of ecosystem regeneration.…
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Everything You Need to Know About Backyard Farming
Yearning for more sustainable living, an organic garden, but don’t know where to start? Dreaming of eating healthy vegetables and…
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Squashing the Surplus
If ever there were a crop to grow to make a person feel certain of a green thumb, it’s summer…
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Foraging for Chanterelles
One of my favourite parts, and there are many, about foraging food is that some things can only be grown…
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5 Ways to Get Probiotics While on a Plant-Based Diet
For years, you’ve heard about the mythical benefits of probiotics. They’re a cure-all, some people say. They’ll solve all your…
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Herbs of Zaytuna – Mint
On our last stops of the herbal tour of Zaytuna Farm we met Rosemary, Yarrowand Aloe. This stop is with the iconic, delicious, aromatic…
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A Forest Garden With 500 Edible Plants Could Lead to a Sustainable Future
National Geographic in this short film shows us an example of forest gardening of food forests from the UK. Martin…
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Ramps: Saving Our Wild Edibles
Since moving to North Carolina a couple of years ago—my, how time flies—Emma and I have developed a minor obsession…
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Herbs of Zaytuna Farm – Yarrow
Plants have secrets that science is only just discovering, but that traditional herbalists, healers and farmers have known about for…
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