Like so many others, in the spring of 2020, I made the abrupt shift to working from home. This shift provided an opportunity to replace commuting with gardening. I decided to expand our garden, put my ...

Dehydration is one of the oldest methods of preserving food. While our ancestors relied on the sun to dry food, today we have commercial equipment and home appliances that can remove bacteria-forming ...

Years ago, I witnessed an older Greek woman tending raisins drying on her sunny rooftop on the island of Crete. It seemed a timeless moment as I watched her wooden pitchfork gently turn the deep ...

Strawberries are on the way out and peaches are right around the corner. That’s the nature of seasonal produce in Texas and elsewhere: it’s here one week and gone the next. There are plenty of ...

Dehydrating food is considered one of our oldest—if not oldest—method for preserving food. For as long as our species has been gathering, foraging, and throwing spears at wild beasts, we have been ...

Springfield Community Gardens and Eating the Ozarks are collaborating on a new project that supports local farmers and consumers across varying income brackets. Still in the developmental stage, the ...