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Anyone who is striving for self-sufficiency, whether living on a small city lot or on a ranch in the country, needs to have a self-sustaining garden. This means a garden that flourishes without the need for buying expensive hybrid seeds, ...

If you have ever wondered how you could cut your grocery bill while cutting back on food scraps, here is an idea for you and the whole family. Why not regrow your vegetables? That’s right, you can regrow many favorite ...

They’re affordable to purchase, easy to grow, versatile in recipes and are rich in vitamins C and B6, and potassium. They contain no fat, no sodium and no cholesterol, and they produce more food per unit area of land than ...

Potatoes are second only to rice in terms of world food consumption. Inexpensive, easy–to-store and versatile in its many preparations, the potato is probably a staple in your pantry and your garden. You are accustomed to baking them whole, frying ...

Certain foods once deemed harmful by nutritionists have been found to provide essential nutrients to the diet, according to recent studies. From butter to chocolate, several “bad” foods offer an array of health benefits – within certain limitations. “What’s old ...

“Root vegetable” is a loose term that describes crops with edible root systems. These include crops like potatoes, garlic, turnips, and carrots, as well as more uncommon foods like parsnips, celeriac, and daikon. Root vegetables are important crops in the ...

As a child growing up in southern Idaho, October meant one thing: spud harvest time. School was cancelled for two weeks and everyone, young and old, headed to the fields to help bring the potatoes in. Spud harvesting machinery rolled ...

Have you ever noticed a slight green tinge to your potatoes? Or maybe you’ve seen the occasional greenish chip in a bag of potato chips. Potatoes sometimes turn green and, no it is not an old wives’ tale that this ...

LIMA, PERU – In spite of concerted lobbying efforts by numerous multinational agribiz corporations, lawmakers in Peru recently passed a law banning all genetically modified ingredients. The stipulations of the new law are not eligible for review for ten years. ...