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5 Reasons to buy local produce

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Today, it is likely that you can get all types of produce, all year long. In a sense we have been spoiled. When you want blueberries in…

User post: Celebrating Kids at the Farmers Market

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The Farmers Market Coalition, who notes that the number of farmers markets in the U.S. has increased by 170% in the past 10 years, recently asked, “Why do you love your farmers market?” My response: “Because my son knows his cheesemaker, his apple growers, and his meat producers by name.”

Farmers' market: why it's the "single best thing you can do for your health"

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I love farmers’ markets and try to make them a part of my week. But I never really thought about all the reasons why they are so healthy until I read the new EatingWell in Season: The Farmers’ Market Cookbook and began making its recipes. In this new book, Dr. Preston Maring tells how he convinced Kaiser Permanente hospitals up and down the West Coast to set up farmers’ markets in their parking lots. Dr. Maring says, “Shopping and eating from your farmers’ market is the single best thing you can do for your health.” He also outlines 7 other reasons why you should shop at farmers’ markets, including...

Eat well by color!

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This weekend, the farmers’ market in my town is starting up and I absolutely cannot wait! I love shopping the market for fruits and vegetables that represent all colors of the rainbow. A colorful variety means that my shopping bag looks super pretty—but it also means that I’m packing in tons of good nutrients.

5 new ways to eat local

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I’m so glad that spring is (finally!) here and my farmers’ market is back in the swing of things. I can get my favorite salad greens, garden-fresh rhubarb and fresh-from-the-oven bread directly from the best local purveyors. But shopping at the farmers’ market isn’t the only way I eat local. Here are 5 ways you can eat local beyond the farmers’ market...

What’s in season where you live?

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This week when I picked up fresh produce from my community-supported agriculture (CSA) share, my booty was full of beets, carrots, winter squash and onions. You can definitely tell what season it is from each week's pick-up. An e-mail from a friend in Georgia, detailing her perfect late-summer meal, got me wondering what’s in season around the country. Here’s a taste of what is in season around the rest of the U.S.

Serving Dish: Pigging Out in Portland, OR

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Babs Chernetz, REDBOOK's incredibly talented and well-traveled food editor, recently came back from a trip to Portland, OR, and when she started talking about the food she ate on her trip, every mouth in the office started to water. Here's what she had to say:

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Family Business

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There are some benefits in getting older: Mark Spitz now looks hot to me, and the kid is getting interested in the family obsession: Wine Giques.

4 Easy Ways to Go Organic

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Going organic is a good idea… Organic foods are higher in nutritional content, from vitamins and minerals to antioxidants. They’re also free of pesticides, hormones, antibiotics, and other toxins that cause hormonal imbalances, many kinds of cancer, birth defects, and other serious...

Tamra Davis Cooking Show - Banana Pancakes

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I hope you enjoy these delicious Banana Pancakes that we made while on vacation in Kauai. I am a mom with a camera and I love to cook healthy and delicious food for my family. Please visit my www.TamraDavisCookingShow.com for more shows and recipes!