Ice can be much more than frozen water. Remember that time you were maybe five years old and your mom and dad took you to a “real” restaurant, where you sat at a shiny red booth and your root beer was served in a glass with a straw and fancy ice cubes? They were smaller…
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The Best Ice Ever
Stop and Eat the Flowers
By Michael Dax
Untapped: New Mexico Hop Growers See Unlimited Future
Five years ago, Diego Marlar, co-owner and founder of Stone Lizard Hops Farm in Belen, was enjoying a beer at a local brewery when he asked the bartender where the brewery sourced its hops. To his surprise, the answer, as it is for most New Mexico breweries, was the Pacific Northwest. Although the craft…
In Harmony with Nature
Sustainable food garden program takes root at Interlochen. “It was the summer of 2016, and the Board of Trustees wanted us to do things more sustainably on campus. The initial idea was to put in a school garden, that summer,” Emily Umbarger tells me. “I said, ‘Let’s slow down. Let me give you a 12-month…
Seed Saving: The Opportunities and Challenges
Saving seeds from our favorite crops and flowers for the next growing season might seem like a humble tradition, like something your grandparents had been doing for years, hoping you’d notice. But like many humble traditions, there is wisdom in seed saving, as it can provide insight into how we might combat our changing climate…
By Bruce Cole