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Local foods stores throughout the state are giving producers another option to get food onto Wyoming plates – an option that’s a little more consistent than your typical farmers market.
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The Wyoming Food Coalition is hosting its fifth annual conference from February 1-3 at the Central Wyoming College (CWC) campus in Riverton. It’s the first time the conference will be in-person since 2019 – due to the pandemic, the event has been held virtually over the last few years.
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Artificial Intelligence has the ability to write everything from cover letters to movie scripts. It’s also being used to write books about gathering food in the wild. But AI’s foray into foraging comes with risks.
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Northern Cheyenne tribal members Linwood Tall Bull and his son Randall know a thing or two about plants – the father and son duo are ethnobotanists and educators from Chief Dull Knife Community College on the Cheyenne Reservation in Montana. The pair will share stories and traditional uses of Indigenous plants at the Sheridan Food Forest on Thursday, August 31st.
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For years it was extremely difficult to find meals like Bison Pot Roast or an Elk Taco at a restaurant. Yet Indigenous cuisine has been in the Americas for centuries. Now, several Indigenous chefs are finally being recognized and using their talents to serve the community.
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The Wyoming WIC program has expanded its eligibility rules. WIC is a joint federal and state program that is officially known as the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children.
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The Food Bank of Wyoming is providing food to students and their families who need it this summer via their Totes of Hope program. The need for food has increased statewide in the past year.
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Chili peppers are an important ingredient for many foods. Now, a new study shows that they have been around for much longer than we thought, with origins in parts of the Mountain West.
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A nonprofit food distribution program in Campbell County has received a grant to meet increased needThe Edible Prairie Project provides non-perishable food items via repurposed newspaper stands at several locations in Gillette and one in Wright. A recent $1,000 grant from the Gillette Elks Lodge will allow for more food to be purchased for those in need at a time when demand for it is at record levels. Two more newspaper stands are set to be added to the network of pantries in January.
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As Wyoming deals with inflation at a 40-year high, the Food Bank of Wyoming is making sure to have food available for Wyoming families in need. Rachel Bailey, Food Bank of Wyoming’s executive director, said there are more families going hungry this year.