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Root Cellars: Safe and Secure from the Corporate Food Train
Illustration courtesy of University of Alaska Fairbanks. Root-cellaring is a saving technique for ordinary winter storage of fresh, raw, whole vegetables and fruits that have not been processed to increase their keeping quality. The root cellar is a way to hold these...
Guide to Storing Garden Vegetables
by Eric Sideman, PhD - MOFGA’s Organic Crop Specialist Cheryl Wixson, P.E. - MOFGA’s Agricultural Engineer Apples Use caution when storing apples with other vegetables as they give off ethylene gas that causes other vegetables to rot. They can be stored in tubs with...