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Archive: January 2014 (2 Posts)

Smiling woman dressed in outdoor winter clothes holds a large, old-style camera

Feast Your Eyes: Today’s Storage is Tomorrow’s Dinner

Posted by: Kristi Finefield

Today’s Storage is Tomorrow’s Dinner. These words, plastered across a photo of a wide array of fresh and canned fruits and vegetables, opened a 1942 filmstrip created by the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). (If you never had the pleasure of watching educational filmstrips in school, here’s a quick explanation!) Drawing from the vast …

Smiling woman dressed in outdoor winter clothes holds a large, old-style camera

Caught Our Eyes: A Frosty Morning

Posted by: Kristi Finefield

As I made my way to work in temperatures hovering near zero degrees Fahrenheit, it was hard to think of anything except staying warm. Millions of Americans were bundled up like me, experiencing this week’s shock of unusual Arctic cold. Once I thawed out and could start to think of other things, I recalled this …