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Picking Your Own Apples Is A Better Deal For The Farmer
Wise Bread has an interesting story about the economics behind a family trip to a “U Pick” apple orchard. Picking your own apples is now called “agritainment,” and it’s a better deal for the orchard...
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Bananas Represent Everything That Is Wrong With Our Food System
Ever wonder why bananas are the cheapest fruit in the supermarket? It makes no sense. They’re grown thousands of miles away by steely imperialist multinational corporations, and spoil within two weeks....
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Well Hello There, New Bar Codes
Snazzy new bar codes are starting to adorn our fruit and vegetables to stop blurry-eyed cashiers from ringing up organic produce as the cheaper-priced regular stuff. They’re called GS1 DataBars, and...
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MonaVie Hits Blogger Over 'Trademarks' In Metadata
UPDATED 9/15/09. See below. Lazy Man and Money is just one of many sites (including this one) that have been critical of MonaVie, a company that has cleverly combined the miraculous, life-extending...
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Coca-Cola Redesigns Fruit Juice Cartons To Emphasize Fruit
One year after Tropicana’s disastrous redesign of their orange juice packaging, Coca-Cola is debuting a redesign of the cartons in their various lines of fruit juices. Coke’s key advantage: the new...
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It's Cheaper For Farmers To Let Strawberries Rot Than Sell Them Now
In Florida, acres of delicious strawberries are starting to ripen, and… being left to rot and plowed under. Thanks to cold weather at just the right point of the winter growing season, berry crops are...
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Scofflaw Lemon Tree Escapes Florida, Causes Interstate Incident
Florida is apparently under quarantine because of diseases that affect the quality of citrus fruit. This isn’t information your average person from Wisconsin is in possession of, so when the United...
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Picking Your Own Apples Can Take A Cider Press To Your Wallet
The fall harvest season is here. For some reason, that makes people want to pay large sums of money to go out and pick their own fruit. Delicious. Reader Jennifer wrote in to share her apple-picking...
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Walmart, Where Math Is Hard But The Fruit Is 110% Delicious
(Thanks to Will for the photo)You might be able to figure it out from the name, but a Pluot is a hybrid between a plum and an apricot. As for what percentage of each of those fruits are represented in...
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If You Find Using A Butter Knife Difficult And Dangerous, The Banana Slicer...
Banana, sliced. In our hectic modern world, it’s difficult to find time in the day to pick up a butter knife and slice up a banana. I eat at least once sliced-up banana with peanut butter every day,...
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Keep Your Onions & Potatoes Separated And Other Tips For Storing Fruits &...
(Jonathan Coffey) We’ve all got kitchens and we all eat food, but not everyone can agree on where and how to store that food so it doesn’t immediately turn into a moldy mess or dry out into a worthless...
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Great Fruit Recall Of 2014 Expands, Becomes Even Greater
Wawona Packing Company in California has expanded its recall of fruit that it processed and packaged during the months of June and July that may be contaminated with the foodborne pathogen Listeria...
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McDonald’s Adds Clementines To The Happy Meals Menu
(Triborough)As adult consumers increasingly lean toward the healthier items on restaurant menus, so it goes that the offerings for their children are also heading in the more nutritious direction. To...
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CDC Links Listeriosis Illnesses To Fruit Recalled In July 2014
(Renee Rendler-Kaplan)Last summer, a California-based fruit packing company recalled all fruit that had passed through their plant during a six-week period, since they were potentially contaminated...
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5 Food Prep Tips For Reducing Pesticide Risks
When you buy a sack of potatoes with dirt still clinging to the spuds, you know they’ll need a wash before going into your dinner. But those completely clean-looking apples, peaches, and strawberries...
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Groupon’s Post About Banana Case Turned Into A Festival Of Dignified Lewd Jokes
(Groupon)Let’s be honest: the Banana Bunker, an adjustable plastic tube meant to protect your banana from bruising or other damage when you carry it as a snack, is a hilarious piece of snack equipment...
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Experimenting With New Ingredients Isn’t So Easy For Fast Food Chains
(frankieleon)When I want to make a kale salad, I go to the grocery store and buy a bundle of kale. When McDonald’s wants to make some kale salads in their restaurants, they have to set up an entire...
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Federal Program To Feed Poor Kids Fresh Fruit And Vegetables Is Actually...
The federal Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program means that kids in high-poverty schools receive cups of fresh fruits and vegetables every day, starting kids on what program boosters hope will be a...
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Del Monte Recalls Granny Smith Apples Sold At 7-Eleven And Coremark
Fruit in convenience stores is a healthy snack option, but maybe not such a healthy option when potentially contaminated with bacteria that could make you sick. Del Monte Granny Smith (green) apples...
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Today’s Children Don’t Remember Happy Meals Without Apple Slices
It’s not often that we use the phrases “McDonald’s” and “healthy” in close proximity, but the fast-food giant has one thing that it can brag about: putting billions of bags of apple slices in the hands...
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