Feb 19, 2021 | Ark of Taste, Biodiversity, Plant a Seed, School Gardens
Jimmy Nardello Peppers, or Jimmy Nardello’s Sweet Italian Frying Pepper, are perfect for just that: frying up in a pan. It is considered one of the very best frying peppers as its fruity raw flavor becomes perfectly creamy and soft when fried.
Feb 19, 2021 | Ark of Taste, Biodiversity, Plant a Seed, School Gardens
Ground cherries are the sweeter, smaller and golden cousin to a tomatillo. Their small fruits are like tiny packages wrapped in a papery husk. When ripe they become a deep golden-yellow in color and their flavor is pineapple-meets-vanilla…
Feb 19, 2021 | Ark of Taste, Biodiversity, Plant a Seed, School Gardens
The Nell Bryson tomato, also known as the Old Carolina Tomato, has two names because its full story is still being uncovered. What we do know however, is that…
Feb 19, 2021 | Ark of Taste, Biodiversity, Plant a Seed, School Gardens
When the seeds of the King Philip Corn were first grown by the Food Project farmers, outside of Lincoln, Massachusetts last year, it was as if the land itself was welcoming the corn back…
Feb 19, 2021 | Ark of Taste, Biodiversity, Plant a Seed, School Gardens
The Early Scarlet Horn carrot is a special seed, and not only for its very sweet flavor, or even just because of its unusually fat, rounded shape, and ability to grow to well over 8 inches. It’s the land it comes from and the people who have grown it, that make it the unique seed that we have today…