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Farmers Market: Vibrant Earth Seeds helps gardeners achieve food sovereignty
McElmo Canyon-based business is just over a year old
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Food allergies complicate hungry Americans’ search for meals
Alex Miller grabs a loaf of bread from a shelf at Porchlight Community Service food pantry May 6 in San Diego. For millions of Americans with food allergies or intolerances,…
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Farmers Market: Kind Hemp Farms is passionate about regenerative agriculture
Archuleta County farmers sell CBD products and honey
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Farmers Market: Wild Hearts Farm works the land in the Animas Valley
Farm grows vegetables and flowers south of Durango
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USDA rejects request for faster pork slaughterhouse speeds
The Smithfield pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, S.D. The USDA said on May 26 it will not increase the speed at which pigs are processed into meat at U.S.…
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Farmers Market: Humble Fungi grows mushrooms in Aztec
Oyster, chestnut mushrooms currently available, more on the way
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A Facebook food group comes together to make a cookbook
"In the Quarantine Kitchen," a self published book of recipes collected during the pandemic by Traci, Daniella and Kristina Cangiano. The book offers 120 recipes from across the globe that…
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Farmers Market: Blue Heron Farm sells seeds, teas and salves from Sunnyside Mesa
Olson family takes holistic approach to farming vegetables and herbs
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Home cooks find antidote to blandness on TikTok videos
This combination photo shows Lori Jackson cooking a steak and asparagus recipe she found on Tik Tok, from left, an image of the Tik Tok app and a recipe for…
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Quick glaze transforms weeknight chicken
Glazed chicken thighs, seasoned with jalapenos and apricot preserves. A dusting of earthy cumin on the chicken before roasting helps ground the flavors and balance the brighter sweetness of the…
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Durango Farmers Market to return for 25th year
COVID-19 protocols returning, but so is live music
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In new book, farmer reveals deep vegetable knowledge
“The Chef’s Garden: A Modern Guide to Common and Unusual Vegetables — with Recipes” by Farmer Lee Jones. The 640-page book is equal parts vegetable reference bible, family memoir and…
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New garden takes root in Bayfield with focus on healthy ingredients, food security
Students learn about produce production to help others
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Navigating the varied world of olive oils
A variety of olive oils are displayed at a grocery store March 12 in New Milford, Conn. There is a lot of confusion about which olives oils to buy and…
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Cuban cooks overcome shortages with ingenuity on Facebook
Can’t find the ingredients you want? No problem: Yuliet Colón will help you whip up a dessert using the eggs you ran across, swap pork for the ground chicken in…
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Oklahoma town eases pandemic, one restaurant meal at a time
Cafes in and around the close-knit town in the state’s northeastern corner have put up “receipt walls,” allowing diners to pre-pay for meals and the needy to grab what they…
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Underappreciated cacao shines in Dark Chocolate Tahini Cups
Brenner left that venture in 2012, and a few years later began exploring a different side of chocolate. A trip to Jamaica in 2015 ignited a passion for cacao, which…
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Fried tortillas piled high with spicy roasted squash make for a crunchy, fun dinner
Chorizo-Spiced Squash Tostadas.Laura Chase de Formigny/Washington Post I rarely fry flour tortillas, but I think of Hamilton’s description every time I drop a corn tortilla into oil, which is something…
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Meet Analiese Gregory, a chef who fishes, forages and hunts
Living on the wild and biodiverse Australian island of Tasmania, Gregory might be found diving for abalone one day or hunting deer the next. “To be able to just go…
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Southwest Colorado responds to MeatOut Day by celebrating meat
Durango barbecue just one of many celebrations of livestock industry
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How to prep, cook and enjoy stuffed artichokes
She would buy a dozen of them each March, stuff them with seasoned breadcrumbs, Parmesan cheese and olive oil and then pack them inside an oval, blue speckled roaster, add…
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How to care for your wood cutting board so it lasts a lifetime
If you’re using your wood cutting board every day, treat it with food-grade mineral oil at least once a month.Scott Suchman/Washington Post You can make a case that all those…
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Newly remodeled Columbine Bar & Grill to open next month
Family-oriented establishment will feature new menu
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Give lasagna a boost of bold flavors with hot Italian sausage and tangy goat cheese
Sausage, Spinach and Goat Cheese Lasagna.Scott Suchman/Washington Post Well, now I can say I have a very good reason to remedy my former neglect, and it’s this recipe for Sausage,…
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Pity poor celery, the last stalk standing when storms clear out the supermarket produce aisle
It was 9 p.m. on the night before the third New York City snowstorm in three weeks, and panic shopping for what would be half a day of mild snowfall…
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Lady Gaga Oreos are an extra-sweet mystery wrapped in an enigmatic pink wafer
So, here I am, listening to the soundtrack to “A Star Is Born” (2018 version, naturally) in my home office, wolfing down a small stack of cookies that look as…
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A guide to cornmeal, grits and polenta – and how to know when to use them
Four types of ground corn: left to right, polenta, white cornmeal, yellow cornmeal and grits.Scott Suchman/Washington Post In an effort to save you from this pain, I read through all…
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Durango scouts collect food, money for food bank
Troops ‘pleasantly surprised’ by amount donated
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This cauliflower hater likes the vegetable one way only: Pickled
Turmeric Pickled Cauliflower.Scott Suchman/Washington Post If you want to get creative and know I like to cook, some fancy fleur de sel would be thoughtful. Or that I like live…
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Cabbage, white beans and spicy sausage give this hearty one-pan dinner a little bit of everything
Thanks in large part to its long shelf life during a time when many Americans are grocery shopping less frequently, cabbage has found its way into refrigerators across the country.…