Eccentricity? All In A Day's Work For Rainn Wilson *
Dec 30th, 2008 · Rainn Wilson plays beet-farming, archery-loving middle-management kook Dwight Shrute on NBC's The Office.
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The Phelps Of Food Canning ****
Aug 23rd, 2008 · Master canner Barbara Schaller preserves everything from tomatoes to "pickled boiled dirt chunks." She explains how this nasty sounding concoction — pickled beets, for the uninitiated — has turned her into one of the greatest champions of the Minnesota State Fair.
Beets Part of New Recipe to Treat Icy Roads *
Feb 25th, 2008 · More U.S. cities are starting to use a mixture that includes sugar beet juice to treat icy roads. The mixture is less corrosive than salt to cars, equipment, roads and the environment. Some say the beet solution is expected to phase out traditional salt-spreading trucks in the next decade.
Genetically Engineering the Sweet Stuff
Feb 14th, 2008 · American farmers want to change the way they make sugar. This spring, a huge number of growers plan to switch to genetically modified sugar beets. But some groups have asked a federal court to stop them.
Beet Pancakes and Frittatas with Bittman **
May 30th, 2005 · Melissa Block and food writer Mark Bittman visit a farmer's market, and return with ingredients for a springtime meal that features an unusual use for beets.
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