On My Plate: Water
"Around 22 million pounds of plastic end up in the Great Lakes annually, according to Rochester Institute of Technology scientists Matthew Hoffman and Eric Hittinger."
On My Plate
On My Plate: Sweet corn
"Corn dominates the rural landscape surrounding Oxford this time of year, but sweet corn for direct human consumption comprises only around 1% of it, according to the Ohio Department of Agriculture."
On My Plate: Green beans
Green beans used to be widely known as string beans because they had a tough fibrous strip that needed to be removed before cooking and eating.
On My Plate: Kohlrabi
Kohlrabi is closely related to cauliflower and can be eaten raw or cooked.
On My Plate: Scapes
Scapes are the tender stalk and flower bud of a hard-neck garlic plant.
On My Plate: Strawberries
The first modern garden-variety strawberry was bred in France in the 1750s through the pollination of male and female strawberry plants.
On My Plate: Cucumbers
Cucumbers were brought to Haiti by Columbus in 1494, and were later embraced by Native Americans