Produce

  • HealthYahoo Canada Style

    The best in season fruits, vegetables to buy in Canada during the winter

    Buying seasonally available fruits and vegetables helps ensure the food you're eating is fresh.

    5 min read
  • NewsKristine Solomon

    ‘Food Has a Body Image Issue’: Why Americans Prefer Pretty Produce

    A new food phenomenon is bringing new meaning to the saying, “you are what you eat.” It seems we’re actually projecting our image insecurities onto the fruits and vegetables we shop for at our local supermarkets, according to Salon. If this sounds ridiculous, it’s because it is — and chef Evan Hanczor will be the first to admit it. Hanczor identified the problem in a Facebook Live broadcast with moderator Josh Zepps at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday. ...

  • NewsYahoo Canada Style

    How to keep your produce fresh for as long as possible

    Whether you’re a regular at the farmer’s market, tend to your own garden, or pick your fruit and veggies from the heaping piles at the grocery store, there’s generally no shortage of fresh food in the summer.  And we’ve all been seduced by heaps of plump fruit or juicy tomatoes, only to bring our loot home and discover we’ll need to invite the entire neighbourhood over for dinner—or a tomato fight, depending on how we feel about our neighbours—to avoid food waste.  But with the following food st

  • NewsAsymina K.

    This is the best way to clean your fruits and vegetables

    While most of us may not give too much thought into washing produce, experts say we should be thoroughly rinsing all fruits and vegetables before eating them. The Environmental Working Group recently published a list of the dirtiest produce on the market. While it’s no surprise that pesticides are used while growing fruit, it’s up to us as to how much bacteria we actually consume.

  • NewsJenna Birch

    This Is the Most Pesticide-Laden Fruit You Can Buy

    For the past five years, the apple has bested all other fruits and vegetables as the most toxic produce selection on the market. However, according to EWG’s 2016 Dirty Dozen report, which measures the levels of pesticides on American produce each year, a new fruit is taking the title.