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three million gallons of water per minute More than one billion gallons of water in California go to growing alfalfa—a nutrient-rich plant in high dema…
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This week we nerd out on watermelons (available May to October). All living beings on Earth constantly search for water—tree roots grow into cracked or…
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arugula salad with politics on the side In 2007, at the mandatory Iowa stop, presidential hopeful Barack Obama greeted the crowd and then offended at l…
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This week we nerd out on arugula (available year-round). Arugula: the leafy green that is a popular salad ingredient and isn't a lettuce.
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wait, how much for a basket of strawberries? Now that winter’s gone, there’s a new fruit in town: the strawberry! After a winter season full of citrus,…
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This week, we nerd out on Brussels sprouts (available September - May). Abuelitas, omas, or grandmas leave edible legacies. “The way grandma used to ma…
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This week we nerd out on makrut lime (fruit available November-January, leaves available year-round). “As American as apple pie” is an idiom that descr…
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This week we explore sweet potatoes (peak availability September-December). Sometimes the best way to understand what something is, is to start from wh…
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Think back to a recent memory of eating a pear. Chances are texture may be one of the more salient aspects of that memory. If so, there’s a tiny reason…
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This week we nerd out on honeydew melons (available June-October). Has anyone ever said something simple that, for whatever reason, reaches you in an u…
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This week we nerd out on tomatoes (available June-October). Social distancing has made it difficult to meet new people. But, through food, I managed to…
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This week we nerd out on green beans (available June - November). Most of you reading this post have had beans at least once, perhaps in a burrito, tos…
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