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Mercedes Jones founded Crimson Cupboard to combat food insecurity on the Indiana University campus. The food pantry focuses on student-specific issues, such as the fact that dorm residents don't have easy access to kitchens. | Photo by Natasha Komoda

Food Insecurity, Part 3: Complex Issues Put College Students at Risk
Sarah Gordon, Natasha Komoda
Concluding her three-part series on food insecurity, writer Sarah Gordon found the obstacles to getting healthful food are different for college students than for others — everything from insecurity within their social groups to disasters in their hometowns or countries. She also found an IU student who is doing something about it. Click here to read the full story.
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Ruthie Cohen's deconstructed salad highlights each ingredient. | Photo by Ruthie Cohen

Stirring the Pot: Spring — Such Bounty, Such Joy
Ruthie Cohen
Spring brings such a fresh bounty of veggies and greens, the recipes are bound only by your mood and temperament, says Ruthie Cohen. “In food, in fashion, in life, we are always making choices, assembling, reassembling, collecting, discarding.” Making the everyday unique, making the timeless your own, she says, creates loveliness in the world. Click here to read the full story.
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Bloomington has two Food Truck Friday locations lasting from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., one in The Chocolate Moose parking lot and one in the Smith Shoe Center parking lot. | Limestone Post

The Mavens in the Food Trucks
Limestone Post
With Food Truck Friday in full swing at two locations in Bloomington, an anonymous photographer set out to photograph the people who make it happen. Whether at The Chocolate Moose or in the parking lot at Smith’s Shoe Center on South Walnut, these chefs, cooks, and servers dish out the goods. Click here to view the photos.
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Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has been the only presidential candidate of either party to visit Bloomington during this campaign season. An enthusiastic crowd greeted him at Indiana University Auditorium on Wednesday. | Photo by TJ Jaeger

Sanders Is Only Presidential Candidate to Visit Bloomington Before the Primary
TJ Jaeger
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has been the only presidential candidate of either party to visit Bloomington during this campaign season. An enthusiastic crowd greeted him inside and outside of Indiana University Auditorium on Wednesday. Writer/photographer TJ Jaeger captured the event in words and photos. Click here to read the full story.
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Dorian Phillips shares his experience in the Monroe County CASA program at the CASA Day rally at the Indiana Statehouse in March. His CASA of three years, Jim Shelton, stands with him in support. | Photo by Ann Georgescu

Former Foster Child Says CASA Had Huge Impact on His Success
Ann Georgescu
When children enter the legal system due to neglect or abuse, they often confront an ever-changing stream of caseworkers, counselors, and more. As Dorian Phillips learned, their one constant throughout the process is their Court Appointed Child Advocate, or CASA, who stays with each child until the case is closed. Click here to read the full story.
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Bekka Potter, whose roller derby name is Silken Tofu, clocks a time out during the Women's Flat Track Roller Derby Association's (WFTDA) Championship Tournament in fall 2015 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Tofu is one of the top four WFTDA-certified Non-Skating Officials (NSOs) in the world. | Photo by Bob Ayers

Local Derby Volunteer Officiates, Teaches at the Highest Level
Jonna Mary Yost
Bekka Potter, also known as Silken Tofu, has reached the highest level of officiating in the sport in which the local roller derby league, Bleeding Heartland Roller Derby, competes. Traveling abroad to officiate and certify other Non-Skating Officials helps her to stay connected with family and friends while pursuing her passion. Click here to read the full story.
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Laura Reagan sits with her twin sons, Korbyn (left) and Jarek, and their dog, Sancho, and cat, Squishy. Reagan has dealt with food insecurity on and off throughout her entire life and has worked very hard to protect her sons from the stress of being food insecure. | Photo by Natasha Komoda

Food Insecurity, Part 2: Seniors and Children Are the Most Vulnerable
Sarah Gordon, Natasha Komoda
In part 2 of this three-part series, Sarah Gordon looks at two of the larger groups of Americans who are experiencing food insecurity — seniors and children. Not only are they more vulnerable and susceptible to hunger and malnutrition than most of the population, they’re also less able to improve their situations. Click here to read the full story.
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Permaculture, says writer Daniel Bingham, originated as an attempt to reshape industrial agriculture into sustainable ecological design that works in harmony with the natural world. First applied to farmsteads, it’s also used to create self-reliant homesteads. | Photo by Natasha Komoda

Can Permaculture Make Society Sustainable? Part 1
Daniel Bingham, Natasha Komoda
Permaculture, says writer Daniel Bingham, originated as an attempt to reshape industrial agriculture into sustainable ecological design that works in harmony with the natural world. First applied to farmsteads, it’s also used to create self-reliant homesteads. Part philosophy, part methodology, and part science, permaculture integrates humans with the natural environment. Click here to read the full story.
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Twenty years ago, Ruthie Cohen's granola recipe included everything but "the proverbial kitchen sink." Since then, she's simplified the recipe — and oats are the star. | Photo by Ruthie Cohen

Stirring the Pot: Granola, Where More Is Often Less — How Lifelike
Ruthie Cohen
Ruthie Cohen has learned that you don’t mess with certain things in life. Her chicken soup, for instance. Or her mother’s meatball recipe. But, usually, as with Ruthie's granola, the recipe changes: Ingredients are added and deleted until, ultimately, the dish is stripped to its delicious essence. How lifelike. Click here to read the full story.
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Oldenburg, Indiana, calls itself the "Village of Spires." Adventure travel writer Michael Waterford says this small town holds a special place in his heart. | Photo by Michael Waterford

Destination Small Town: Old World Germany in Oldenburg
Michael Waterford
In our newest series, Destination Small Town, adventure-travel writer Michael Waterford explores intriguing places in Indiana. His first trip is to "ludicrously pleasant” Oldenburg. With Germanic heritage, a historic convent, and two restaurants on the Southeastern Indiana Chicken Tour (yes, it's a real thing), Oldenburg is a fantastic weekend getaway. Click here to read the full story.
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After years of gardening difficulties in Montana, Jonna Mary Yost and her husband, Benjamin Schwarz (pictured here), did not realize what was in store from their Bloomington garden. | Photo by Jonna Mary Yost

Montana Transplant’s First Hoosier Garden Turns Into ‘Tropical Rectangle of Chaos’
Jonna Mary Yost
With so-so results and “a heavy blanket of defeat” from gardening in her native Montana, Jonna Mary Yost dug her thumbs in the dirt at her new Indiana home. The prime growing conditions of the Hoosier climate turned her backyard into a lush harvest. Click here to read the full story.
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PupCake The Service Dog works with "her girl" on many things, including guide work, mobility, self-injury prevention, item retrieval, alerting, wheelchair work, and repetitive-motion disruption. | Photo courtesy of PupCake The Service Dog

Service Dogs Are a Breed Apart
Brian Hartz
The range of skills and tasks that service dogs can accomplish is remarkable — almost human. At the very least, they provide a measure of confidence and independence to people with specific needs, but often the results are nothing short of life saving. In this article, writer Brian Hartz looks at the canine saviors. Click here to read the full story.
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