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  • Fresh holiday vegetables harvested from healthy soil on a regenerative farm, showing how soil health shapes nutrient density, digestion, mood, and energy
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    The Holiday Plate Begins in the Soil | Farmland Friday

    December 19, 2025 - By Donna Appel

    I’ve been thinking a lot about the holiday table lately. Not the recipes or the decorations, but the food itself. Where it comes from, how it feels in the body afterward, and why some meals leave us grounded and satisfied while others leave us tired, bloated, or irritable. For years,…

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