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The ground! Baby carrots are simply carrots that haven’t fully matured. Click here to watch the video containing more information. I'm on Read More »
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Phytochemicals In Plant-based
Foods Could Help Battle Obesity, Disease Eating healthy servings of
broccoli or leafy greens first could help people battle metabolic
processes that lead to obesity and heart disease, a new study from
University of Florida reports. Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (0) | Blog
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Would you rather have expensive vegetables from who-knows-where at the grocery story or fresh, local produce harvested…
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For a third (and last) day this week, I want to again stress the importance of understanding that growing apples isn’t as sterile as supermarkets’ apple displays make it appear.
Visit Jim Kent’s fruit stand at various farmers’ market locations in Manhattan and you’ll see 70 apple…
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Are school lunches about to get healthier? Is it worth the higher cost? FatFighterTV has a look at this story and other diet and fitness headlines making news this week. Read More »
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One fruit that couldn’t handle this year's rainfall was the cherry, and Jim Kent’s crop was almost completely wiped out because of heavy rains that occurred only three to four days before Locust Grove Fruit Farm was to start the cherry harvest.
“We had a beautiful crop of…
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With all the perfect-looking fruits and vegetables at the supermarket, it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that many variables exist in every step of the growing process.
Here in the Northeast United States, we had an extraordinarily wet spring, followed by less-than-ideal weather…
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Ten snacks to give your kid if he’s going for a ride on a helium balloon:
1. Oatmeal and raisin cookies 2. Unsalted nuts 3. Hummus with cut-up veggies 4. Dark chocolate 5. Fresh fruit 6. Dried fruit 7.
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A popular cooking lesson I teach is a soup and stew class, which allows people to produce a large amount of food at one time. With that in mind, I recently made a huge pot of chicken soup, enough for six meal-size portions.
Making the soup took little time and was cheaper, healthier and…
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Earlier this week, I shared Kathy Kaehler's secret for encouraging your family to eat healthy snacks. Her simple tip is to spend Sundays buying veggies, fruit, beans, lean lunch meat, and other whole grain, high fiber, and low-cal things from the grocery or farmers market, and immediately wash, cut, and divvy them up into containers to easily set out after school.
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