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December 20, 2012

Food's The Word 

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Ag Messages Zero In On Cities … And Farms

Debate surrounding what we eat and how it’s made is nothing new. But the various sides are reaching out in new ways and new places.

December 17, 2012

Start the day off right 

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Kids In The Kitchen: Quick ‘N’ Hot Oatmeal

Start your morning off right with a hot and hearty bowl of oatmeal.

December 10, 2012

Shake It Up 

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Kids In The Kitchen: Sunshine Shake

Orange juice serves as the base for this smoothie, and Heather Tallman made her own vanilla frozen yogurt.

December 3, 2012

Local Options 

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Central Indiana Food Hub To Begin This Spring

Food hubs allow consumers to connect with farmers in a virtual marketplace.

December 3, 2012

Colorful Drink 

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Kids In The Kitchen: Purple Cow

This colorful treat includes grape juice and frozen yogurt.

November 28, 2012

Feed The World 

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The Local-Global Food Connection

Sending corn and soybeans abroad is just part of the equation when it comes to figuring out how we’ll feed the projected 9 billion people on Earth by 2050.

November 25, 2012

Superweeds 

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Roundup Resistance Leading To More Chemicals, Study Finds

After years of exposure, weeds are beginning to adapt to Roundup. As a result, farmers are using more chemicals, according to a recent study from Benbrook.

November 24, 2012

Tainted Food 

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The Struggle To Trace Produce From Farm To Table

A new law could force the produce industry – from top to bottom -- to get serious about traceability.

November 20, 2012

Winter Blanket 

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More Farmers Running For Cover Crops

Corn and soybean farmers are adding a cover crop season – whether they have cattle to graze on the green or not.

November 19, 2012

Dope Dip 

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Kids In The Kitchen: Berry Good Dip

Introduce kids to using a blender with this recipe. Serve it with pretzel sticks when you're finished.

November 13, 2012

Money Money Money 

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Investors Angle For A Piece Of Precious Farmland

Farmland prices all over the Corn Belt have been sky-high lately, in part thanks to corn prices topping $8 a bushel.

November 12, 2012

Tooty Fruity 

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Kids In The Kitchen: Super Pudding

This sweet treat contains mangos, strawberries and homemade vanilla yogurt.

November 5, 2012

Hidden Veggies 

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Kids In The Kitchen: Los Broccolis Incognitos

Felix named this dish himself. He isn't the biggest fan of broccoli, but this dish disguises it enough that he loves to eat it.

October 30, 2012

Food For All 

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Study: Farmers Markets Inaccessible To Low Income Households

Many farmers markets are located near higher income communities and don't have subsidized programs.

October 29, 2012

Wrap It Up 

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Kids In The Kitchen: PB&B Honey Wrap

This recipe is easy to make with kids -- Let them peel and mash the banana!

October 27, 2012

Fall Favorite 

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Second Servings: Persimmon Pudding

Indiana has many signature sweets – sugar cream pie, apple butter, strawberry rhubarb pie, but there is maybe none more ubiquitous than persimmon pudding.

October 26, 2012

Animal Farming 

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Here’s The Short Story On Cow Tails

Cow tail docking as a practice was introduced in the New Zealand dairy industry in the early 1900s.

October 23, 2012

No Mow Zone 

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On Marginal Land, These Grasses May Be Greener

Marginal land might only produce a profitable harvest with traditional crops, like corn or soybeans, once or twice every five years.

October 22, 2012

Tooty Fruity 

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Kids In The Kitchen: A Pear-Fect Treat

This parfait features layers of pears, vanilla yogurt and granola.

October 16, 2012

Let It Rain 

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Water Resources Are Stretched

Nebraska irrigates more acres of farmland than any other state in the nation. Kansas is also near the top.

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