With some time and a little grit, you can grow a surprising amount of your own fruits and veggies. Even if you don't have room in your backyard for an orchard or farm, there's at least one food on this list you can harvest.
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5 Foods You Should Grow in Your Own Backyard
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With so much curiosity about organic, natural and environmentally friendly practices, it's easy to see why there's growing interest in raw milk. And while it may sound appealing, it could actually kill you.
Top 5 Foods You Should Only Eat When They're In Season
Just because fruits and veggies are available year-round doesn't mean they taste good year-round. Which produce should you buy only when it's in season?
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Slow Food Movement
What's the opposite of fast food? Slow food -- food that's been prepared from locally grown ingredients and reflects a certain culture and its history. It's the kind of food you savor, not scarf down on the way to your kid's soccer game.
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Heirloom tomatoes come in an astonishing variety of colors, shapes, sizes and flavors. Check out these heirloom tomato pictures and pick some up at your next farmer's market visit.
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From using seawater to grow crops in the middle of the desert to helping us colonize distant worlds, greenhouses are undoubtedly going to be an integral part of humanity's future.
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Who would have ever imagined that the best way to get kids to eat their vegetables would be to make them grow their own -- at school? It turns out that a trowel, some seeds and a little soil are great tools for budding veggie lovers.
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Greenhouses have grown from a novelty to an essential component in the way we feed hungry populations around the world, cultivate plants for medical research and preserve plants for future generations to enjoy.
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