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Getting to the bottom of trail mix packaging

Getting to the bottom of trail mix packaging

TweetI mix my own GORP (Good Old Raisins and Peanuts). Not so much for cost savings as for content control; less salt, less sugar, more nut meat, less cheap filler. My winter trail mix includes much more than raisins and peanuts. I include six kinds of nuts & seeds, dried apricot pieces, dried blueberries, raisins, and one cheat sweet, the raisins are yogurt dipped. I always make more trail mix than I need for upcoming outings because I buy consumer…

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Tsampa Soup, a new product from Patagonia Provisions, Inc.

Tsampa Soup, a new product from Patagonia Provisions, Inc.

TweetTsampa Soup delivers the great taste of supply chain ethics. I’m no food critic, but I know what I like! Yvon Chouinard, world class climber and ethical entrepreneur, founder of outdoor retailer, Patagonia, is expanding his new food business. At this time, his food retailer, Patagonia Provisions, Inc., offers responsibly sourced wild caught salmon introduced in 2012, and organic Tsampa Soup introduced in 2014. I bought a twelve-pack of Tsampa Soup packets for $70.20. Each packet makes two cups of…

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Shade tree chef: Dutch ovens

Shade tree chef: Dutch ovens

Tweet Do’s & Don’ts for Dutch ovens and camp ironware… Do get started today! The heft and clangor of cast iron cookware takes us back to great grandma’s hearth. Rattling iron echoes our ancestors’ busy hands around stone fireplaces. Dutch oven lids clanging to closure, the ring of heavy utensils, and the aromas of hardwood coals and bubbling cobbler are simple pleasures, and much more. Camp cooking with cast iron is enjoyable and convenient, all you need to get started…

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