If you ate apricots, cabbage, cucumbers, grapes, peaches, peppers, strawberries or tomatoes recently, you should thank a migrant worker. Even with all the technological advances in modern agriculture, much is still dependent on manual labor, and the...
It took me nearly 35 years to get the answer to two questions that have dogged me nearly my entire adult life. Was my high school homecoming date encouraged or even paid by my parents to take me to the dance? And was the experience terrible enough...
Growing up, I was never a part of 4-H or Future Farmers of America. I didnt live on a farm, I didnt take care of animals and I have never driven a tractorthe closest I got was crashing my cousins golf cart, but we dont really have to...
Previously, I talked about ways that doubt can come in and hinder our mustard seed faith from bringing what we are believing into fruition. If you have doubt, listen to me carefully: Do not get condemned! God is not condemning you and I am not...
It seems to me that people more and more often have taken to growing things and raising things. I have friends who garden. And by garden, I dont mean they prune some roses and pick some petunias. These people grow what they eat and eat what they...
Rumor has it that gardening is good for your health. The obvious benefits of getting up, wielding tools, heaving and hoeing will do an able-bodied person some degree of good. I miss the physical part of gardening in winter. It feels good to work and...
Some root vegetables are so familiar. Carrots are carrots, even when they come in colors other than orange. Potatoes are potatoes, even when their skins and flesh are red, yellow or blue. There are some root vegetables that have been forgotten...
I am the kind of person who needs a good reason to exercise. Its not that I dislike physical activity, and I like being in shape. But I also like walking to the fridge, lifting my fork and running my mouth from time to time. I need a good reason...
Staying healthy is no easy feat for me. Ever since I was young, Ive been tripping over color changes in the carpet, eating things that werent necessarily meant for consumptionthat included tasting some bug poison I found in the back...
Have you ever watched a movie with some kind of food making an appearance and thought, Ive got to make some of that! I doubt many people have watched Fried Green Tomatoes without wanting to raid the garden and make up a batch. Theres a...
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