Japan’s Hyogo Prefecture is arguably most famous for its succulent Kobe beef, which bears the name of the prefecture’s capital city. However, the expansive Hyogo, which stretches across Japan’s main island from the Seto Inland Sea in the south to the Sea of Japan in the north, offers a vast range of authentic experiences just…
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Every winter I make yuzu syrup. The question is, Every winter since…when? I’m struggling to identify a year. Our yuzu tree arrived in 2020. But had I only made yuzu kosho before that – the intense condiment made from unripe yuzu and green chiles? Did I make yuzu syrup from the ripe fruit later that…
Wild Nutrition: Seed Saving for Wellness. Exploring how seed saving can bring more nutrition to your plate. In This Podcast: Julia Dakin talks about Eating on the Wild Side. Greg and Julie discuss the nutritional and health benefits of wild and heirloom foods compared to their modern counterparts. They dive into uncovering how our food…
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This post may contain affiliate links.* As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Click here to read our affiliate policy. Estimated reading time: 11 minutes Cattails are an often overlooked survival food. These nutrient-rich wild edibles grow throughout the United States and are generally easy to find. Cattails boast a high percentage of…
Parallel metro rail lines The Bay Area is a big metropolis. Not the biggest, but quite large. We have a metro rail (or subway) system called BART. We also have a regional rail system with Caltrain, while BART beyond Oakland and Berkeley acts more like a regional rail system. What we don’t have is multiple…
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img { border: 10px solid #FFFFFF; } For those interested in spatial analysis and urban transportation, Daniel Herszenhut and I have written a book about urban accessibility and data analysis. The book is currently only available in Portuguese, but we are planning to share a version in English in the next few months. More details…
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A community can bolster its ‘resiliency’ by addressing vulnerabilities (e.g., minimizing susceptibility to harm or risk) and building adaptive capacity (e.g., expanding capability in managing, anticipating, or responding to shocks). For example, a community can build resiliency by improving access to fresh, nutrient dense, and culturally relevant food in underserved communities and by expanding urban…
January 27, 2025 — A UF/IFAS assistant professor has been selected by the U.S. Sec. of Agriculture for a USDA federal advisory committee to provide guidance for supporting urban agriculture and innovative production across the U.S. Catherine Campbell, an assistant professor in the UF/IFAS family, youth and community sciences department, was recently chosen for the Urban…
Here I am. I moved to Lomé, the capital city of Togo, Africa! I’ll be working and exploring some of the cities of Africa until the next summer with a talented urbanist and a fantastic co-worker, Julien Carbonnell. The initiative I’ve joined in Togo is called WɔɛLab, created by Sénamé Koffi A., a community-based incubation…
This Heatless Curls Tutorial using Flexi Rods Hair Curlers is one of the easiest and quickest ways to style your hair without using damaging heat tools. It only takes about one hour to get bouncy and voluminous curls. I try my best to not use too much heat on my hair. Heat tools are great…
