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Holiday gifts you can eat

November 29, 2010   •   

In the season of gift giving, here is an interesting take from CNN on home-grown gift ideas.

Some Americans are giving homegrown food and specialty items as presents this holiday season and spending a fraction of what they’d pay in a store.

Who doesn’t like a tasty bargain?

According to the National Gardening Association, about 41 million households participate in food gardening; 58 percent do it to grow better tasting food and 54 percent do it to save money on food bills.

Read to full story here…

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