FACS

• FRESH AND LOCAL FOODS: Apples

  November 1, 2016

  

  John Chapman, an entrepreneur from Massachusetts, developed a forward-looking business model. He took a waste product that he could get for free, cultivated it over several years into a must-have item for other independent start-ups, and strategically positioned his sales outlets along developing travel routes.

  Posted in: ANR, FACS

• FRESH AND LOCAL FOODS FOR SEPTEMBER – SWEET POTATOES

  September 1, 2016

  

  Did you know that many Americans don’t get enough potassium in their diet? Potassium helps lower your risk of heart disease and stroke. While bananas get credit for providing dietary potassium, they’re only a runner up.

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• FRESH AND LOCAL FOODS FOR AUGUST – TOMATOES!

  August 1, 2016

  Tomatoes are one of the most popular foods for home canning. While we typically consider tomatoes to be acidic foods, studies have found that they have a “borderline” pH of around 4.6.  So how do you safely can tomatoes? Add bottled lemon juice, vinegar or citric acid to tomatoes in amounts recommended by the USDA…

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