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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.”

An Easy Way to Support Community Gardens

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Yesterday, the first day of Summer, also marked the start of Giving Through Growing, a partnership between

What is the definition of “local” when it comes to food?

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It's nice that so many consumers, and food makers, care about supporting local food purveyors. Too bad we can't all agree on how to define "local."

The New York Times today ran an article about how the folks behind Lay's potato chips…

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...

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...

A Peek at the Menu at the New Yankees Stadium

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Hot dogs. Pretzels. Cracker Jacks. Beer. This is stadium food. Has been for generations. But times changes and so do people's taste. Today, the New York Yankees announced their "general concessions lineup" and it's a peek inside the future of ball-field…