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Good Apples
Good Apples: Behind Every Bite | Susan Futrell
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Apples are so ordinary and so ubiquitous that we often take them for granted. Yet it is surprisingly challenging to grow and sell such a common fruit. In fact, producing diverse, tasty apples for the market requires almost as much ingenuity and interdependence as building and maintaining a vibrant democracy. Understanding the geographic, ecological, and economic forces shaping the choices of apple growers, apple pickers, and apple buyers illuminates what's at stake in the way we organize our food system. Good Apples is for anyone who wants to go beyond the kitchen and backyard into the orchards, packing sheds, and cold storage rooms; into the laboratories and experiment stations; and into the warehouses, stockrooms, and marketing meetings, to better understand how we as citizens and eaters can sustain the farms that provide food for our communities. Susan Futrell has spent years working in sustainable food distribution, including more than a decade with apple growers. She shows us why sustaining family orchards, like family farms, may be essential to the soul of our nation.
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Bookgoil
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@AprilMae thank you for this delicious recipe! Sadly I burned myself I was so excited to get them out to try them! They are delicious but how much oil I think I misread the recipe!? Lol. #litsylove

Crazeedi They look yummy! 4y
AprilMae 1/3 cup!! Glad you liked the recipe!! 4y
Bookgoil @AprilMae oh I guessed right! 😊 4y
Bookgoil @Crazeedi they were even tho I forgot some cinnamon in the batter haha 4y
litenthusiast Looks delicious! 4y
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DebinHawaii
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#ThoughtfulThursday Thank you for the tag @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick 🤗

1️⃣ Apple Orchard 🍎🌳🍏
2️⃣ Soup of course! 🥣 🍲 🍜
3️⃣ Cinnamon Dolce (with coconut🥥milk & whipped cream)
4️⃣ I fear both would make my allergies/asthma 🤧😷kick in but bonfires 🔥
5️⃣Apple🍏Pie🥧Always! 😍

Would anyone who hasn‘t yet like to play along? 🤗

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I think the soup question was why you popped into my head for tagging 😆 Thanks for playing! 4y
MoonWitch94 3 sounds delicious 😋 I will have to try it. Thanks for playing 🎃🧡☕️ 4y
DebinHawaii @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Hah! I am too predictable! 🥣😉 4y
DebinHawaii @MoonWitch94 The coconut milk makes it so rich & of course I still have them add the whip & topping at SBUX. 😉 4y
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Kshakal
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One of my favorite fall activities is apple picking!!! #apple #wordsofoctober @OriginalCyn620 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Darklunarose Apple picking is a lot of fun. One of our favourite things in autumn too. 4y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awww she‘s adorable 🍎🍎 4y
OriginalCyn620 Apple picking is fun! And she‘s so cute! 🍎 4y
Lizpixie I‘m growing my own apples this season, though it‘s spring here and the blossoms have just started to open🌸 4y
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We had a great day trip to North Carolina yesterday. Stopped in downtown Asheville for lunch and picked apples in Hendersonville.
Looking forward to canning apple sauce and apple butter-- but first: apple cider doughnuts!

Texreader How amazing! 5y
kyraleseberg @Texreader It was a great day! 😊 5y
Linsy So sweet! 5y
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SincerelyStacie
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History, sustainable living, and stories combine to share the love of all things apples. From the very first tree to the thousands of growers across the country to the now over 2,500 varieties of apples Futrell teaches to appreciate every single bite. What‘s your favorite apple? 🍎 🍏
Mine is Honeycrisp!

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Current read from netgalley ✨ out September 1st

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