Tag - farming

cows eating
Understanding Food Ingredients

Where milk comes from

Almost all of our food starts at a farm where plants are grown, animals are raised or fish are kept. Here’s where farmers use photosynthesis and biology to convert sunlight into high quality foods. It’s...

April 15, 2019
5 min read
pigs in the barn, relaxing

Where pork meat comes from – Visiting a pig farm

Seeing where our food comes from is a great way to better understand our food, not just the science, but the whole supply chain that starts long before it comes in a factory, supermarket or on our plate. Seeing how...

May 20, 2018
3 min read
getting ready to make stovetop popcorn

Stovetop popcorn & difference between sweet and popcorn corn

Updated: 16-Feb-2017 Popcorn = cinema = not made at home. At least, that’s how I used to think about popcorn. That changed when I discovered microwave popcorn and changed even more when I realized it’s also...

August 18, 2019
6 min read
growing an avocado

Growing avocados – Using an Avoseedo

Besides cooking and baking food, I also enjoy growing or (it, better said: attempting to grow my food). I’m certainly not a great gardener (yet?) but it gives me a lot of new opportunities for doing experiments...

May 28, 2018
4 min read