Good Enough for the Aztecs
One of the wonderful things about community supported agriculture is discovering new food. By “new” I mean new to you. A recent box from the farm in which I have a share included many leaves of the plant amaranth. I can’t recall ever having seen it at a grocery store or farmers’ market, so what’s the story?
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Written By: Gaby Gollub
We’ve all been encouraged to “buy local” to reduce the amount of fuel burned and greenhouse gases produced by transporting goods from across the country and overseas. Food, for example, travels an average of 1,500 miles from the farm to the store.
Many of us have started frequenting farmers’ markets, meeting – and supporting – the people who grow our food not so far away. And some of us, …
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