Who’s a farmer?

Farmers are now good news.  When I was a kid they were not.  They were hicks, people with dirt under their fingernails. Now they are honored.  But which farmers?  Here’s…

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From grim to chic: tea kettle broth

A couple of posts back I talked about my mother’s pity for those who had to subsist on tea kettle broth or, to give it another of its names, toast…

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Mexican ethnobotany blogs (in Spanish)

I don´t usually link to blogs until they have a bit of a track record but these sister blogs on Mexican ethnobotany could be really interesting.  All come from Heike…

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