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All Hail Kale!

March 3, 2009 on 1:23 pm | In Main Category | No Comments

We love kale. We love all greens, really but kale is…well, let’s just say that the NY Times has a nice little story on kale so for the moment, Kale is our favorite. We’ve been bringing in fresh, organic kale from The Garden Project’s 125 acre farm at the SF County Jail in San Bruno (along with chard, collards and broccoli) and when we stumbled across this little story in the NYT, we just had to share. Aside from great taste, here’s a compelling reason to give kale a shot:

kale is packed with health-promoting sulfur compounds, and it has been found to have the greatest antioxidant capacity of all fruits and vegetables. It’s an excellent source of vitamins K, A and C, as well as manganese, and a very good source of dietary fiber, calcium, iron and potassium. All of this nutritional value comes in a low-calorie package.

You can read ther rest of the article and get simple kale recipes, here.