Post-apocalypse produce
Cover photo: squash plant ash accumulation in backyard garden in Corvallis (Staff photo) Ash accumulations on bean plant leaves, lettuce, and tomato plants (Photos courtesy of Eating Rainbow Garden Coop, Corvallis) Greetings, Conscientious Food Consumers! The skies have finally begun to clear during this second week of horrific and historic wildfires in northwest Oregon, …
No Questions Left Behind (ok, a few)
Greetings, Conscientious Food Consumers! As autumn approaches, we can all look back on how our lives have changed since March, and the reality of COVID-19. Like most everything else, No Food Left Behind Corvallis has transitioned online, and in April we launched “Kitchen Confessions.” Before COVID-19, NFLB’s outreach happened in the schools, community presentations, and …
Mind your ‘maters!
Greetings, Conscientious Food Consumers! When was the last time you delighted in the taste experience of a ripe exploding cherry tomato? For many, one of the greatest pleasures of summer is the color, aroma and savory satisfaction of garden-fresh tomatoes, that ubiquitous vegetable (actually a fruit) that gardeners tend to have in over-abundance this time …
‘Chillin’ with those summertime fruits and veggies
Greetings, Conscientious Food Consumers! It’s “chillin’ time” — mid-summer — here in the Mid-Willamette Valley. We endured a heat wave in late July with near-triple-digits, while our gardens and markets were bursting with colorful varieties of seasonal produce. Now the challenge is on: getting it all harvested, properly stored, processed, prepared and onto our plates …
No strawberries left behind… And hooray for the harvesters!
Greetings, Conscientious Food Consumers! We Willamette Valley dwellers are so blessed to be living in one of the largest berry-producing regions in the country. Strawberry season is here! Luscious, juicy and vibrantly red — like these, picked fresh from a Corvallis backyard garden — the local bounty of strawberries is just now waiting to delight …
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Hooray for our local “helpers”! And less wasted food.
Greetings, Conscientious Food Consumers! Now that we’ve all had a number of weeks of staying home and doing our part to fight the spread of the coronavirus, how’s the “new normal” at your house? Besides keeping ourselves and our loved ones safe, healthy and constructively occupied, it’s been a lot about food, hasn’t it? We’ve …
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Not just another Earth Day
Happy Quarantine Earth Day, Conscientious Food Consumers! It’s the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, and the theme is Climate Action, as it should be! We applaud the roll out this Earth Day of a campaign called “FoodPrints for the Future,” challenging us to accept responsibility for the impacts of our food choices and habits on …
Welcome to Kitchen Confessions!
Hello, Conscientious Food Consumers! No Food Left Behind, a project of the Corvallis Sustainability Coalition, welcomes you to our new “Kitchen Confessions” blog for sharing fresh facts, resources, tips, lessons learned and anecdotes around issues of wasted food in the home. This blog was already in the works before COVID-19, but now since most of …