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This story first appeared on Civil Eats. On a Saturday in late October, Carolyn Phinney stands hip-deep in a half acre of vegetables, at the nucleus of what will one day be 15 acres of productive farmland. "You cant even see the pathways," she says, surrounded by the literal fruits of her labors. The patch is a wealth of herbs, tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, kale, winter squash, and zucchini. So much zucchini — fruits the size of bowling pins hidden under leaves as big as umbrellas. "Zucchini ...

Related On Tuesday, just a day after Congress finally passed a third COVID-19 relief package and two days before Christmas, Congressman David Scott (D-Georgia) was eager to both reflect on the past and plan for the future. The 75-year-old representative started by describing his grandparents’ South Carolina farm where he was born and later picked cotton, fed the hogs, and milked the cows. (“You name it, I did it.”) He recalled later living in Scarsdale, New York, with his parents, where ...

Getty Images Each day at 5 p.m. we collect the five top food and supplement headlines of the day, making it easy for you to catch up on todays most important natural products industry news. California farmers of color need more support during the pandemic. Can private efforts help? While some farmers have benefited from the renewed interest in local food systems, Californias BIPOC farmers are still recovering from closed wholesale accounts and diminished attendance at...

This story first appeared on Civil Eats. If you know where to look in the fall, youll find patches of ground turned red with wild apples in certain parts of Ithaca, New York. Steve Selin knows where to look — and he seeks that bounty out in his role as cider maker at South Hill Cider. Although Selin owns a small orchard just outside of downtown Ithaca, he also spends time searching the hedgerows and forests around his part of the Finger Lakes for wild apples to use in his cider. Advertisemen...

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Climate Point: Nissan dumps Trump, and Nevada is spared from bombing Mark Olalde, USA TODAY © Joe Cavaretta/AP FILE - In this Friday, July 19, 2002, file photo, A U.S. Air Force B1-B bomber drops live bombs at the Nevada Test and Training Range in Indian Springs, Nev. The bombing run was part of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Capstone program, where top military brass get to watch live firepower displays. Conservationists are rallying around a pair of state legislative resolutions...

Related The day before Thanksgiving, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, made an appearance at D.C. Central Kitchen. They met with World Central Kitchen founder Chef José Andrés and thanked the D.C. Central Kitchen staff members who were preparing 10,000 holiday meals. During the visit, Emhoff told reporters that food insecurity is one of the issues he hopes to work on while serving as second gentleman. The 56-year-old entertainment lawyer and father of two has ca...

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