Orion Magazine - https://orionmagazine.org/category/food-agriculture/ America's Finest Environmental Magazine Wed, 15 Feb 2023 14:42:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 195321810 Figs https://orionmagazine.org/article/figs/ https://orionmagazine.org/article/figs/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2021 18:03:38 +0000 https://orionmagazine.org/?post_type=article&p=224781 Figs are actually inside-out flowers—hundreds of flowers trapped inside a casing. ...

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]]> https://orionmagazine.org/article/warrior-foods/feed/ 0 219319 Dandelions https://orionmagazine.org/article/dandelions/ https://orionmagazine.org/article/dandelions/#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2021 15:04:29 +0000 https://orionmagazine.org/?post_type=article&p=213825 When the last snowmelt runs down the street and spring peepers have their song, I know the promise of warmth on my skin presses near. Stars! In the grass! ...

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]]> https://orionmagazine.org/article/dandelions/feed/ 6 213825 A Dill in Every Soup https://orionmagazine.org/article/a-dill-in-every-soup/ https://orionmagazine.org/article/a-dill-in-every-soup/#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2021 19:02:55 +0000 https://orionmagazine.org/?post_type=article&p=213811 I love to look at dill. I love to handle it, chop it. It’s an elegant shape. Its featheriness is touchable; I brush it on my cheeks when no one is looking. ...

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]]> https://orionmagazine.org/article/cherry-season/feed/ 1 67199 Chocolate https://orionmagazine.org/article/chocolate/ Fri, 05 Mar 2021 02:00:12 +0000 https://orionmagazine.org/?post_type=article&p=75666 “The plainest things, it seems to me, are filled with wonder.” —Lucille Clifton   SOME PEOPLE are perfectly fine without it. My friend Ross jokes that he can go for months ...

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]]> 75666 Sharing the Table https://orionmagazine.org/article/sharing-the-table/ https://orionmagazine.org/article/sharing-the-table/#comments Tue, 21 Jan 2020 21:05:00 +0000 https://orionmagazine.org/?post_type=article&p=58860 Take a visit to Ryder Farms, an arts residency in Brewster, New York, and learn how artists and activists find space to thrive on a working farm. ...

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]]> https://orionmagazine.org/article/sharing-the-table/feed/ 1 58860 Caretaking https://orionmagazine.org/article/caretaking/ https://orionmagazine.org/article/caretaking/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2019 20:05:39 +0000 https://orionmagazine.org/?post_type=article&p=52530 LOCAL ECONOMIES are the foundation of democracy, sanity, and a healthy natural world. Wendell Berry and Helena Norberg-Hodge explain why. ...

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]]> https://orionmagazine.org/article/caretaking/feed/ 15 52530 Bring You Apples https://orionmagazine.org/article/bring-you-apples/ Thu, 27 Dec 2018 01:21:17 +0000 https://orionmagazine.org/?post_type=article&p=51773 WE CLIMBED the gray-slatted lookout tower as the lab bounded ahead, up stairs four at a time. Especially in autumn, after hiking the oak and beech woods of southern Indiana, my ...

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