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Posts by Elena Valeriote

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What Do Fish, Butterflies, and Bats Have to Do With Booze?

How the alcohol industry impacts wildlife and tips for sipping more sustainably.

by Elena Valeriote· February 28, 2025
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This Holiday Season, Choose a Gift that Supports a Farmer

If you’re looking for the perfect present, check out these farm offerings.

by Elena Valeriote· December 2, 2024
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The Bounty Between the Tides

Meet the coastal farmer and forager introducing Oregon to climate cuisine.

by Elena Valeriote· July 26, 2024
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Meet the 97-Year-Old Salt-Harvesting Matriarch

She taught her family the traditional ways of harvesting salt, and today, they still harvest completely by hand. An eco-tourism model helps this family keep going.

by Elena Valeriote· June 14, 2024
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How to Be a Food Policy Advocate in Your Community 

Food policy experts offer simple steps that anyone can take to create positive change.

by Elena Valeriote· April 2, 2024
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This is the Year to Eat More Upcycled Foods

As consumer interest in climate-friendly consumption grows, “upcycled” products—made from food that otherwise wouldn’t be utilized—are gaining steam, with an official certification and more.

by Elena Valeriote· February 29, 2024
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Meet the Virginia Retirees Making Sweet and Smoky Syrup from Fallen Bark

Joyce and Travis Miller are two of just a handful of hickory syrup producers in the world today. 

by Elena Valeriote· October 20, 2023
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Meet the Flavor-Focused Farmers Cultivating More Than a Thousand Crops

For Zaid and Haifa Kurdieh of Norwich Meadows Farm, crop diversity guides what grows.

by Elena Valeriote· August 4, 2023
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For Ramps, A Sustainable Future Depends On Leaving The Bulb Behind

Ramps, a kind of wild onion, are foraged from forest floors. But amid growing popularity, there’s a right way and a wrong way to harvest.

by Elena Valeriote· June 28, 2023
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