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Eat Your Park?

This NYT story may be a quirky diversion about a few people foraging for edible plants inĀ  parks…or a harbinger of what could become general as we head into an uncertain food future. It reminds me of the Tragedy of … Continue reading

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killer app-les

We’ve been experimenting with cider lately, but nothing on this scale: a photo essay from the Guardian on an apple’s journey from tree to pub in England. Some of it is wrong (the caption writer isn’t an apple grower) and … Continue reading

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Big Fig

The largest fig tree in Canada is taking over a residential backyard in Burnaby, BC. Or it would be if it weren’t being expertly tended by its owner, Umberto Garbuio. Umberto gets hundreds of pounds of figs off his monster … Continue reading

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