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Michael Pollan Urges Fresh Food on Bill Moyer’s Journal

Dec 13th, 2008 | By Fritz Nordengren

The November 28 edition of Bill Moyers Journal features some provocative comments by Michael Pollan on eating fresh.
MICHAEL POLLAN: And that, there is a real crisis in the inner city with access to fresh produce. And we know, distance from a source of fresh produce is a predictor of health.
BILL MOYERS: What do you mean,
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Gardening question: Burpless cucumbers

Dec 8th, 2008 | By Fritz Nordengren
Gardening question:  Burpless cucumbers

What makes a Kirby cucumber burpless?
Kirby cucumbers, like other greenhouse cucumbers, are milder than garden grown slicing or pickling cucumbers. As a result, to some people they seem to be easier to digest, resulting in less burping. The greenhouse cucumbers now known as “Kirby-type” were developed to produce fruit parthenogenically, that is, without pollination of
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