Have you tried your green thumb out lately? It’s time to get your garden going! While some things are best direct-seeded (peas, beans etc), it is best to start most…
Category: 4 Shopping & Storage Tips
Storing Fresh Produce
Post by UNH Student and Seacoast Eat Local Intern, Chris G. Onions: All types of onions will last you approximately one month in refrigeration. A good method for prolonging their shelf…
How to Incorporate Local Vegetables Into Your Winter Eating
Post by UNH student and Seacoast Eat Local intern, Chris G. At the February 8th market in Exeter High School, the focus of my food demo was root vegetables and…
Meal Planning and Easy Crockpot Recipes
With the cold weather likely impacting your motivation, it can be hard to get up the energy to cook during the week. Meal planning can be an easy and time…
Food Safety Around the Holidays
As the holidays role around, lots of families and friends are coming together to enjoy large Thanksgiving feasts. During this time, food-borne illness also becomes of larger concern. Families are…
4 Tips on How to Shop Smart at Your Farmers Market
When you’re headed to the farmers market, you want to shop local, sustainable, and smart, right? You know you can find sales at the grocery store or use all the…
Product Spotlight: Raspberries
It’s finally that time of year again, my favorite time of year—RASPBERRY SEASON! The raspberry is one of my favorite foods, and there’s really nothing quite like a freshly picked,…
Storing Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
The summer months are so exciting when you have a spread of fresh produce you get to bring home and enjoy from your garden or your local farmers market, but…
How to Prevent Food Waste
Buying too much food is an issue that most people deal with. Sometimes you overestimate how much your guests will eat, you want to try something new and you end…
Eating Local Between Markets
Waiting for the summer farmer’s markets can feel like forever especially if you can’t travel to markets that are a little further away. However, in between markets you can still…
How Do I Add Fruits and Vegetables to my Diet?
As a student in nutrition & dietetics, one of the most common things I get asked is, “what is the #1 piece of advice I have to anyone for their…
Reducing Food Waste
With increased global fertility rates and a higher life expectancy, global populations are expected to rise to 9.7 billion by 2050. That’s a 2.4 billion person increase over about 35…