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More fresh juicy local peaches and heirloom tomatoes than I can handle, saved from waste by rich and poor alike

More fresh juicy local peaches and heirloom tomatoes than I can handle, saved from waste by rich and poor alike

I've eaten ten or twelve juicy ripe peaches and about that number of bowls of heirloom tomato gazpacho in the past two days. I got them from volunteering. I brought…

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Heirloom tomatoes, a local pear tree, and a local fig tree

Heirloom tomatoes, a local pear tree, and a local fig tree

I've written and recorded a bunch lately on the peaches and heirloom tomatoes I've been eating tons of lately because people don't take them. Here are those posts: Podcast episode:…

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A new personal best (bench/floor press) and a failed attempt (Turkish Getup)

A new personal best (bench/floor press) and a failed attempt (Turkish Getup)

I wrote in August about a couple personal bests in my lifting practice, Two personal bests in a week: Freedom, and last month about the risk of injury in exploring…

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834: Do Americans Know How to Prepare Food From Scratch?

Late summer means produce at peak ripeness, especially peaches and heirloom tomatoes. Regular readers of my blog and subscribers to my newsletter have read of how my volunteering to bring…

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834: Do Americans Know How to Prepare Food From Scratch?

834: Do Americans Know How to Prepare Food From Scratch?

Late summer means produce at peak ripeness, especially peaches and heirloom tomatoes. Regular readers of my blog and subscribers to my newsletter have read of how my volunteering to bring…

Continue Reading 834: Do Americans Know How to Prepare Food From Scratch?
When did you last prepare a full meal from scratch, not one packaged product?

When did you last prepare a full meal from scratch, not one packaged product?

I wrote last week about how people decline free produce in my post More fresh juicy local peaches and heirloom tomatoes than I can handle, saved from waste by rich…

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What fruit or vegetable has industrial agriculture destroyed most?

What fruit or vegetable has industrial agriculture destroyed most?

I used to find people annoying who complained about how supermarket tomatoes and vegetables available even out of season because they're shipped from California. The difference wasn't that great, I…

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