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    April is National Garlic Month: Celebrating the Many Uses of Garlic
    Accokeek Foundation
    • Apr 19, 2014
    • 2 min

    April is National Garlic Month: Celebrating the Many Uses of Garlic

    Haven’t you heard? April is National Garlic Month (and today is Garlic Day!) With all of the Earth Month hullabaloo going on, it’s no wonder that this lesser known annual celebration in honor of the great Allium sativum has gone a bit unnoticed. Garlic, though pungent and often the cause of vampire-repellent breath, is quite beneficial to our health–plus it’s just so tasty! Six Health Benefits of Garlic Garlic is a great source of antioxidants, helping to boost the immune sys
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    Promises of New Life at the Farm
    Accokeek Foundation
    • Feb 1, 2013
    • 2 min

    Promises of New Life at the Farm

    Continue reading more about what the new season holds in store for us here at the farm, as Livestock Manager, Polly Festa prepares for her new arrivals… Today I find myself wishing I had the ability to speed up time. I am waiting with baited breath for the coming season. I don’t mean spring; I acutely enjoy the winter–as long as it is not an Upstate New York winter. The season I am so antsy for is the birthing season. The farmers at the Ecosystem Farm get to see their hard wo
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