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Food Systems
Cover Cropping for the Home Gardener
Sep 5th, 2023 | By Chelsea Graham
Planting cover crops in your off season can help improve soil health, manage pests, and keep weeds out of your garden.
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Food Systems
How to Organize your Freezer to Reduce Food Waste and Save Money
Aug 23rd, 2023 | By Chelsea Graham
An effective freezer storage system is a safe and easy way to keep food from going bad and feed your family on a budget.
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Food Systems
Food Pyramid, Compass, or Plate? Food Guides can Help Improve Health and Address Climate Change
Aug 7th, 2023 | By Chelsea Graham
Food guides are always evolving in an effort to help make healthy eating easier, and increasingly, they’re focusing on sustainability as well.
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Food Systems
Tips for Building Incredible Edible Landscapes
Feb 16th, 2023 | By Chelsea Graham
Take food production beyond the vegetable garden with plants that look good and taste great.
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Food Systems
Refugee Food Cultures Enrich Us Food Systems
Feb 13th, 2023 | By Chelsea Graham
Refugees bring their unique food cultures with them to the US. As they feed their communities, they also make the food system stronger and more diverse.
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Eco-living, Food systems, Transportation
5 Resolutions for a More Sustainable New Year
Jan 3rd, 2023 | By Chelsea Graham
Smart, structured goal-setting for the year can help you live more sustainably and appreciate your progress over time.
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Food systems
Is the Future of Meat Production Really in the Lab?
Dec 14th, 2022 | By Chelsea Graham
Lab-made meat hasn’t yet hit the shelves, but proponents see it as a solution to feed the world more sustainably. Skeptics highlight key questions around how successful it might be at scale.
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Eco-living, Food systems
Fall Preserves for a Colorful Table: Tips for Canning Creatively
Oct 26th, 2022 | By Chelsea Graham
Canning fall fruit is a great way to avoid food waste, save food without needing refrigeration, and to keep your winter bright and tasty.
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Food systems
Tips to Use Winter Squash and Prevent Food Waste
Oct 21st, 2022 | By Nicole Sturzenberger
Experiencing a bumper crop of winter squash this fall? We have rounded up 5 ways to use up excess squash and storage tips for keeping it fresh for months to come.
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Food systems
Extend Your Growing Season with Tips for Fall & Winter Gardening
Oct 14th, 2022 | By Chelsea Graham
If you just can’t get enough gardening, learn how to keep your vegetable garden growing under cover or indoors once the weather gets colder.
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