Knowing how to store and keep your produce fresh for longer reduces your waste and will also help you save more money in the long run. Here are some steps you can take. 1 Always check best before dates Best before dates are there to give you an idea of how long a product will stay...
Freshly harvested potatoes are shown here, still covered in soil. (Edwin Remsburg/VW Pics via Getty Images) Meanwhile, your potatoes could get frost damage if you wait too long — and can also begin to split, sprout or rot underground, Damiano said. Gardening expert and host of the Magnol...
A famous example of this technique is the Meare Heath bow. Found in 1961 in the peat bogs of Somerset, England, it dates back to about 2,690 BC. This flatbow – 6 cm wide and 190 cm long – had both transverse and criss-cross leather and sinew bindings. A replica of the bow –...
The seeds inside these pods are harvested to make chocolate. Today we travel around the world exploring the history of chocolate. Its story begins with a plant whose scientific name, The obroma cocoa, means "food of the gods". People have been enjoying the rich flavor of chocolate, a ...
fall and was necessary for ripening the barley and the wheat. The grains were harvested around the time of Pentecost/Feast of Weeks (Exodus 34:22). Fruits, other seeds and vegetables were harvested after Pentecost. These included grapes, olives, dates, figs, and pomegranates (Deuteronomy 11:...
Today's elite varieties have been bred to produce high yielding, disease-free plants, producing easily harvested products that resist decay and ship smoothly within and across nations. While production has been priority one, flavor and nutrition have suffered from benign neglect. The irony has been...
Plant breeders have been extremely successful at driving genetic improvements in crops. However, ‘improvements’ are truly a question of perspective. Over the last one-hundred years most plant genetic innovations have been driven by industry demand. Lar
- Inflation-adjusted price: $2.85 (#24 most expensive year in 84-year span) The federal gasoline tax has remained at 18.4% since 1993 and exists with the intention of raising money to pay for infrastructure like roads and highways. The current structure of this tax dates back to 1957, wh...