Maple Madness: Refreshing Drink Found In Maple Water
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_layout=”light”] All around the world, the province of Quebec is known for its poutine and maple syrup. Preferably, not together, but I am seeing a lot of people do some pretty weird things with poutine these days. (Just a quick online search found multiple recipes for “maple-bacon poutine”; Yikes!) Good news […]
Grape-Aid: Napa Valley Superfoods Rescue Project
There are superfoods hanging on the smoke and fire damaged vines following this fall’s California wildfires, and one Napa Valley business aims to save them. The Wine RayZyn Company wants to turn the unharvested wine grapes into raisins to aid disaster recovery efforts. Not just for the California wildfire victims, but those in the midst […]
Wild Flours: Sustainable Superfoods
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8 Wild Greens: More Superfoods for Sustainable Agriculture
Before agriculture and the food system supersized everything from size and sugar content to shelf life and shippability, people turned to plentiful plants in the wild. Some see these not as superfoods, but as subsistence foods. Considering the robust vigor of native and naturalized plants, and their ability to thrive year after year with no […]
Superfoods, Sustainable Agriculture and Native Plants
Aronia berries are one of those superfoods, chock full of antioxidants and other health benefits thanks to their dark coloring. But they weren’t a commercial crop until the 1990s, though processed drinks already contained the fruit, which means that the health drink maker was sourcing them in the wild. Foraged food in a grocery store […]