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Reduce Food Waste with a Smart Kitchen Strategy
May 2022
Rosanne Rust, MS, RDN, author of Zero Waste Cooking for Dummies® highlights a few food waste heroes and sugar's role in reducing food waste.
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Where does sugar come from?
May 2022
Have you ever thought about where sugar comes from? If you think it comes from the grocery store, you’re right, but before it’s on the grocery shelves, it’s in plants that are grown on farms across the United States.
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The Sweet History of Birthday Cakes
March 2022
Birthdays have been celebrated around the globe for thousands of years. Each culture has unique traditions and baked goods to make birthday celebrations memorable and fun. In this three-part blog series, we’ll discuss the history, traditions, and presentation of baked goods.
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Celebrating a World of Flavors during National Nutrition Month
March 2022
Looking at traditional recipes and the ingredients used across cultures, sugar is an ingredient that can be found in a wide variety of dishes.
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Sugar: Captured Sunshine
February 2022
You’ve probably heard of solar energy, but what about “sugar energy”? All green plants make sugar through photosynthesis, the process plants use to transform the sun’s energy into sugar, their stored food and energy supply.
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What makes Valentine’s Day so sweet?
February 2022
While real sugar is one of the world’s oldest documented commodities, the history of the role of sweets in Valentine’s Day is much more recent.
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Added Sugars: Separating Fact from Fiction
January 2022
If you hear the term added sugars but aren’t that familiar with what it means, you’re not alone.
Recipes
Favorite Hot Chocolate
January 2022
You won’t want to miss celebrating #NationalHotChocolateDay on January 31, but here is a recipe for any day that calls for hot chocolate!
Farmer Profiles
Erik Bakke, Ulen, MN
January 2022
Erik Bakke is a goal setter. Setting big and little goals have taken him from renting 160 acres as a teenager to operating the farm that he does today.
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