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Eat with the seasons.
Freeze it. Store it. Share it.
Revolution starts at the root
Not a merger — just another quiet monopoly tuning its guitars.
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Oppy Takes Control of Dole’s Non-Tropical Fruit Sales
A quiet power shift tightening that decides what fruit gets sold, where, and for how much.
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October 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Performance Food and US Foods are exploring a merger. Wall Street calls it “efficiency.” In reality, consolidation squeezes farmers, restaurants, and consumers—and makes our food system fragile.

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Another Food Giant Merger Will Leave Everyone Else Squeezed
From SpartanNash to US Foods, consolidation is accelerating—squeezing farmers, raising prices, and leaving our food system more fragile than ever.
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September 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Corn season is short. Winter is long.
Our newest Resistance Pantry guide is live: Canning Corn—Under Pressure.

🌽 Step-by-step instructions
💪 Why you need a pressure canner
🛠 And why it belongs in your Resistance Pantry
#PunkRockProduce #TheResistancePantry

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Canning Corn: Under Pressure
Corn season doesn’t last long, but it’s abundant while it’s here.
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September 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Safeway is shutting down another 12 stores this fall. The real story goes back to 1986, when a leveraged buyout turned a community anchor into a corporate shell.

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What Happened to Safeway?
Another 12 stores will shutter this fall. But Safeway’s decline didn’t start yesterday — it began with a leveraged buyout nearly 40 years ago.
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September 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
When the state wants to dictate the specs of your stove but won’t cap the runaway price of propane, that’s not about “efficiency.” That’s about control.

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They want to regulate your stove because they can’t meter your woodpile.
The Last Fuel They Can’t Control
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August 30, 2025 at 7:13 PM
🚨 Oregon is cracking down on agri-tourism—and it’s the small farms that pay the price.
Food education? Events? On-farm dining? All under threat.
We wrote a letter to the Governor. All you have to do is sign it.
#AgriTourism #OregonFarms #LocalFood #HandsOffOurFarms #FoodSovereignty #PunkRockProduce
July 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Trump claims Coca-Cola is ditching corn syrup for cane sugar—but who really pays the price? We dig into how corporate pivots like this impact American farmers, processors, and consumers alike.

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⚠️ Sweet Lies: The Real Cost of Coca-Cola’s Cane Sugar Comeback
Behind the Bottle: Who Pays When Image Matters More Than Impact?
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July 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
If anyone can walk me through canceling my #paramount+ subscription that would be great just spent too much time getting nowhere. Think I will just alert my CC company? #stephencolbert
July 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Learn how to freeze strawberries the right way—no mush, no waste. Just local, ripe fruit locked in at its peak so you can taste real summer in February.

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Strawberry Fields Forever? Nah—Just Freeze ‘Em Right
Your local strawberries taste better because they are. Here’s how to lock in peak-season flavor so you’re not stuck with sad, sour imports come winter.
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July 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Blackberries grow wild and bite back. Nothing more punk than foraging your own—but snagging them from a local farm? That’s pretty rock ’n’ roll too.

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How To Freeze Blackberries Without the Freezer Burn Blues
Whether you brave the brambles or buy from the farm, freezing blackberries is a move your future self will thank you for
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June 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
UNFI got hacked.
Deliveries stopped.
Grocers scrambled.
The media says panic. We say prepare.
This isn’t a glitch. It’s a warning.
Time to decentralize, go local, and get serious about food resilience.
#PunkRockProduce #UNFI #Cyberattack #LocalFood #FoodSecurity
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UNFI Got Hacked. What Now
⚠️ The Dust Is Still Settling—But the Lessons Are Clear
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June 17, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Learn how to freeze blueberries like a rebel—no mush, no waste, just peak-season flavor ready to riot through the winter.

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How To Freeze Blueberries for Maximum Freshness (And Minimum Regret)
Freezing blueberries isn’t just tossing them in a bag and hoping for the best.
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June 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Fresh Fruits & Veggies Day
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Fresh Fruits & Veggies Day
🍓 What Are We Really Celebrating?
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June 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Farmstand-style stores sell the illusion of freshness—even in the dead of winter. But fake freshness leads to food waste, consumer guilt, and lost trust. Here’s how to fix it
#punkrockproduce #farmstands #foodsystem #localfarms #supportlocal #DIYyourfoodchain #Foodwaste

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Farmstand Vibes, Food Waste Lies
When “Fresh” Becomes Fake
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June 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Blueberry season’s peaking and we’re not wasting it. Here’s how to freeze local berries like a punk—no mush, no mystery, just real food preserved for the hard months ahead.
Support your farmers now, eat better later.
#ColdStorageforHotTimes is live.
#foodresilience

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How To Freeze Blueberries for Maximum Freshness (And Minimum Regret)
Freezing blueberries isn’t just tossing them in a bag and hoping for the best.
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June 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Welcome to Punk Rock Produce
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Welcome to Punk Rock Produce
We’re not here to sugarcoat the food system.
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June 12, 2025 at 11:49 PM
You just had to be there #njhc #njpr #thenjscene
April 5, 2025 at 2:20 AM
April 4, 2025 at 10:44 AM