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Recipe: Butternut Squash Stuffed with French Lentils and Walnuts

Nov 30, 2022 ● By Brittany Wood Nickerson

Squash is a fabulous storage crop that offers filling, sweet, comforting fall and winter fare.

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Recipe: Holiday Butter Board

Nov 30, 2022 ● By Tiffany Hinton

After a savory dinner or holiday lunch, the Holiday Butter Board is a heart-healthy snack with a bit of sweetness, which pairs perfectly with a warm cup of dark, organic coffee.

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Table full of various plated brunch dishes and foods alongside mugs of coffee, small pumpkins, cinnamon sticks, leaves and other autumn decor

Merry Brunching: Put a Healthier Twist on Favorite Recipes

Nov 30, 2022 ● By Sheila Julson

With a few easy modifications, serve up healthier versions of tasty brunch foods over the holiday gathering season.

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Nourishing Herbs and Mushrooms for Mental Wellness

Oct 31, 2022 ● By Linda Conroy

Healing herbs and mushrooms tend to work in collaboration with the body. Knowing which herbs impact different body systems can assist in bringing them into our daily lives, as well as ingesting them when we are struggling with specific issues. There are several categories of herbs that are helpful in relation to mental wellness, explains Master Herbalist Linda Conroy.

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Recipe: Gluten-free Streusel Apple Pie

Oct 31, 2022 ● By Tiffany Hinton

Pie is a traditional dessert when it comes to Thanksgiving. This gluten free recipe takes a twist on traditional apple pie and apple crisp, featuring organic apples, spices and a hint of sweetness for your holiday table.

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Recipe: Verna Schumacher's Pumpkin Pie

Oct 31, 2022 ● By Veronica Hinke

On their Fairview Farm near what is now Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, Verna and Arthur Schumacher grew a variety of crops, including pumpkins. Each year in the fall, Verna made pies with the pumpkins. Here is Verna's original recipe, perfect for your Thanksgiving and fall celebrations.

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The Gut-Brain Connection: How Food Affects Our Mood

Oct 31, 2022 ● By Kimberly B. Whittle

Exploring the gut-brain axis and the role that microorganisms in the gut play in mental health conditions like anxiety, stress, depression and other disorders.

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October is for Pumpkins

Sep 30, 2022

This fall is the perfect time to cook with the vegetable of the season, pumpkin.

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FRESH FALL KOHLRABI & APPLE SALAD ingredients

October Farmers Market Finds: Kohlrabi and Apples

Sep 30, 2022 ● By Laine DeLeo

While it may appear to be exotic, once the “alien” arms and ends are removed and any bruised or overly thick parts of the skin are removed, kohlrabi is easy to work with and delicious eaten raw or cooked in a variety of dishes.

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Warming Plant-Based Recipes for Crisp, Fall Evenings

Sep 30, 2022

As summer’s heat gives way to cooler temperatures, these two warming dishes will hit the spot.

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Person wearing orange dress holding out fresh picked beets and carrots

Fall Beets: Versatile Leaf-to-Root Eats

Sep 30, 2022 ● By April Thompson

Versatile, nutritious, colorful and flavorful, beets are an easy-to-grow, multi-season vegetable, packed with nutrition. Here are some delicious ways to enjoy them.

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A woman holding a wooden bin of eggplants.

Eat Seasonally for September with Eggplant

Aug 31, 2022 ● By Laine DeLeo

Eggplants are mid- to late-summer vegetables that come in many sizes, shapes, colors and varieties.

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Still Time to Enjoy This Season’s Tomatoes

Aug 31, 2022 ● By Tiffany Hinton

There are many ways to preserve the garden fresh tomatoes to enjoy throughout the winter, including making marinara sauces, salsas and stewed tomatoes, which you can then can or freeze.

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Food dehydrator with various fruits inside and next to unit

Food Dehydration Made Easy: Best Ways to Preserve the Harvest

Aug 31, 2022 ● By Sheila Julson

Preserving fruit, veggies, meat, fish, herbs and nuts is easy with these best tips for getting started using a food dehydrator.

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Woman farmers laughing together in front of a barn.

Cultivate Connections ~ Lessons from Women Farmers on Growing a Local Network

Jul 29, 2022 ● By Lisa Kivirist

Soil Sisters exemplifies how when women know each other personally and share stories over potlucks and meals together, we grow and feel personally supported to take important personal risks such as starting one’s own farm to running for county board

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Summer in a Bowl ~ Full of peak-summer farmers market finds, Garlic Lover’s Gazpacho is a healthy, flavorful chilled soup.

Jul 29, 2022 ● By Veronica Hinke

This gazpacho recipe is the perfect way to celebrate the abundance of heirloom tomatoes in gardens at the height of summer.

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Tomato Season is Here to Savor

Jul 29, 2022

This recipe is helpful with using the tomatoes and other veggies to make meals easier and more convenient throughout the school year.

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Sustainable Shellfish: Superfood of the Sea

Jul 29, 2022 ● By April Thompson

Shellfish is delicious, fast-growing, nutritionally dense, sustainably produced, locally available from coast to coast and comes in nature’s own sturdy packaging.

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