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7 grocery hacks everyone should know about
1. Where should you store your apples?
You may already know that storing your apples by other fruit is a no-no. But did you know they actually should be stored near potatoes? Apples release a gas called ethylene that causes most produce to ripen a little too quickly. Potatoes though, they love ethylene because it keeps them from sprouting. Looks like your apples just found their new BFFs—Best Food Friends.
Living out of town shouldn’t mean we miss out on great produce, should it?
Hey, I’m Will, former fruit shop owner and supposed retiree at my farm in Guanaba.
Ive been in fruit since my father introduced me as a young lad and have travelled both this country and the world buying fruit, selling fruit, looking at fruit, tasting fruit and visiting farms.