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Is Your Food a World Traveler?

As you know we believe in the importance of buying locally grown, organic foods. There are many reasons for doing this, including freshness, taste, nutritional value, support of the…

Life with Backyard Chickens

It’s been almost a year since our chickens moved into our backyard. We bought four hens from a neighbor — along with a chicken coop he had built. “The girls,” as my husband calls…

Fredrika Syren
Gardening, Urban Homestead
Sep, 20, 2017
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Foraging — Nature’s Pantry

By Fredrica Syren:

Spring is here, and it comes with lots of sun and nature’s awakening after its long winter slumber. Now is also the beginning of foraging season, something my family truly enjoys. Foraging…

Fredrika Syren
Gardening
May, 16, 2016
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Support An Organic and Local farm when Buying A Turkey This Season

By Fredrica Syren:

In most households, a turkey is the centerpiece at the Thanksgiving meal. And there may be no better time than the harvest season to make the statement that you believe in serving good quality,…

Fredrika Syren
zGreen Mom's Kitchen
Nov, 21, 2015
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Local vs. Organic Food: Which Is Best?

By Fredrica Syren:

If you stand in the grocery store, holding two apples, and one is locally grown and one is organic, which is the right choice? Of course buying local organic food is the…

Fredrika Syren
zMisc (formerly nutrition)
Oct, 15, 2014
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Plant Based Fall Stew — Warming You from the Inside

By Fredrica Syren:

I chuckle a bit when people (even my own family) assume that we, as a vegan family, live on salads. How do you stay warm and grow with leaves? Well, as a…

Fredrika Syren
zGreen Mom's Kitchen
Oct, 13, 2014
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Is Your Food a World Traveler?

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Foraging — Nature’s Pantry

Support An Organic and Local farm when Buying A Turkey This Season

Local vs. Organic Food: Which Is Best?

Plant Based Fall Stew — Warming You from the Inside

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