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Celebrate! Add Carrot Pickle to Your Festive Table or Gift Boxes ARTICLES First appeared in Grainews on December 2021 All month I’ve been pestering Mom for stories. You’d think I was five again. But no. Truth is, we’ve been in closer proximity than usual. She’s... 
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Articles Water First appeared in Grainews on 25 September 2018 Dave is mourning the passing of the lake that almost surrounded our house for seven years. It covered fifteen acres at its peak, in fact a large slough, but ‘lake’ dignified what was a difficult situation.... 
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Making the Best of a Tough Tomato Harvest First appeared in Grainews on 21 September 2021 Articles War contributes to the transportation and appropriation of goods around the globe. For instance, tomatoes were among the plants and animals that ended up in Europe in... 
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Lentils from the Ashes of War ARTICLES First appeared in Grainews on 5 April 2022 In 1923, Jirys Ya’qūb Sallūm kissed his wife and young sons goodbye in the town of Qar’awn, located in the Biqa’ Valley, in the French protectorate of Lebanon and Syria. Speaking only... 
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Articles In Good Company First appeared in Grainews on 9 April 2019 We arrived for a preliminary visit at the farm in June 2010, a month ahead of our move-in date. Over-anxious? Eager? Yes, both, but mostly we came early to help my aging parents move out – into a... 
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Giving Up the Garden ARTICLES First appeared in Grainews in September 2019 This spring, I stood in Mom’s back yard with a wheelbarrow and a shovel, digging out all the soil in her raised beds. “Take it all,” she urged when I slowed down. “I’m done with it.” “Not even...