Make the Most of Your Summer CSA With These Veggie-Life-Extending Tips

By Steve Holt Thanks to Steve Holt for interviewing me for this piece. His article was originally published on TakePart. With a little planning and some creativity, you can say good-bye to spoiled,…

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Are You Ready? Preparing for Massachusetts’s Commercial Food Waste Ban

Does your food business produce more than a ton of food waste per week? If so, now is the time to plan for the change! In Massachusetts, new regulations will ban food waste from the waste stream,…

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Looking Back: Past Articles

Here’s an overview of the different articles we’ve written in the past four years. They’re always available in full on our website.

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Eating Green: Exploring the Triple Bottom Line

The recent Stanford Study called to attention the reason so many folks choose organic foods over conventionally grown, and it’s not necessarily nutritional value.  The study asserted that…

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9 Tips for Incorporating Local, Sustainable Foods Into Your Menu

“Local” and “Sustainable” have been buzz words of the restaurant industry for the last few years and this trend is here to stay. Buying locally and sustainably is not just good for the environment…

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25 tips for eating local without going crazy

No matter where you live, eating seasonally and locally offers a different way of thinking about food. While some areas of the country are relatively blessed to have locally grown fruits and…

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Five Tips for Helping Your Garden Survive the Heat Wave

Here in Cambridge, we haven’t seen a drop of rain in over a week, and none is on the horizon for many more days.  Given the wet June we had, it may seem like a relief. But with temperatures soaring…

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Sustainable Seafood

Barton Seaver’s new cookbook hits shelves on May 3rd.  What? You’ve never heard of him?  Neither had I until 3 weeks ago, when at the last minute I decided to attend a lecture on sustainable seafood…

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Planning for Design

Bringing in appropriate design consultation early in the planning process of a new restaurant is an important step that will save you time and money.

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Announcing: The Farmer’s Kitchen

I’m thrilled to announce that my new cookbook, The Farmer’s Kitchen: The Ultimate Guide to Enjoying Your CSA and Farmers’ Market Foods is now available for sale.

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