Linda Ly

Linda Ly runs the award-winning blog Garden Betty, which chronicles her adventures in the dirt and on the road. From her South Bay abode, she shares farm-to-fork recipes, raises backyard chickens, bakes bread and makes jam and still finds time to surf or snowboard or kayak or climb-depending on the season. (So many reasons to love SoCal!) She has been featured in Country Living, HGTV, and Los Angeles Times. Her first book, The CSA Cookbook, was released in March 2015 by Voyageur Press.

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Infographic: All You've Ever Wanted to Know About Cooking Oil

If you're in the market for a new oil, or want to know what you should use for the type of cooking you're doing, this chart is a good place to start.

Photo by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/comedynose/">Pete</a>/Flickr/<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">Creative Commons</a>

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California Start-Up Rescues 'Imperfect' Produce to Bring Farm-Fresh Goods to Families at a Discount

An Oakland-based start-up is selling fruits and vegetables you've probably passed up at the store -- at about $1 per pound.

Video by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvvvPTksIJ4">The Center for Public Integrity</a>

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The FDA Doesn't Really Know What's In Your Food

The Food Additives Amendment introduced the "GRAS List" in 1958 to allow food companies to use ingredients like vinegar and vegetable oil in their products without a formal review by the FDA. However, many companies have taken advantage of a loophole i...