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Super Bowl LIX: Easy Guacamole Recipe

BY FARM2ME EDITORS
2 MINUTE READ 

Halve ripe avocados, remove the pit and add to a bowl. Finely chop onion, fresh jalapeño, cilantro, and squeeze lime (juice) into a bowl, add salt, and mix (jalapeño and cilantro optional). Note that adding the seeds from the peppers will make the dip spicier.

Salt to taste, and mix to make as smooth or as choppy as you want.

You can add your favorite Cotija cheese or any crumbly cheese you want like Feta, etc. Don’t mix, just leave on top.

Top with some Chili Crisp (Asian or Latino style) for flavor. Don’t mix, just leave on top.

Serve immediately or cover and refrigerate for later. Lime fresh squeezed in the guacamole will keep it fresh / prevent bacteria from growing inside.

Add flowers or herbs for decoration

Ingredients for guacamole recipe:

4-6 ripe avocados

1/2 onion

1-2 fresh jalapeños (optional)

1 spoon of Chili Crisp Oil or Salsa Macha

Juice from 1-2 limes

1/4 cup fresh cilantro

Salt to taste

Add flowers or herbs for decoration

Spoon of crumbled cheese (cotija or feta or goat cheese) on top (cheese optional)

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America’s Favorite Super Bowl snacks by state

BY FARM2ME EDITORS
2 MINUTE READ 

Super Bowl Sunday is here — and one of the most important plays for watching the NFL championship game is to game-plan your party spread.

To learn more about the eating habits of Americans during the Super Bowl, we put together a list of dishes we surveyed across america for game-day snack preferences. 

These findings, which also revealed the top choice of snacks and dips, were easily divided by hyper local region.

Here's what Americans plan to eat and drink during Super Bowl LIX between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles.

Nashville, TN

Rochester, NY

Buffalo, NY

Chicago, IL

Minnesota & Midwest / Northern States

Texas

Arizona or Utah

New York City

Philadelphia, PA

Kansas City, MO

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The Power of Standards and Consumer Choice

While many awards and ratings systems are pay-to-play and lack meaningful standards, like renting booths or paying with samples, the real power lies in setting transparent, values-driven benchmarks that allow consumers to make informed choices. Instead of arbitrary rankings, brands should be evaluated based on clear, ethical criteria that matter to the communities they serve.

Setting Meaningful Standards Matters

A true support system for emerging brands should prioritize:

• Ingredient Transparency: Consumers deserve to know what goes into their products, how they're sourced, and whether they align with health, sustainability, and ethical labor practices.

• Sustainability and Ethical Sourcing: Brands that prioritize environmental responsibility and fair labor should be elevated over those cutting corners for profit.

• Community Impact: Supporting brands that reinvest in their communities fosters a stronger, more equitable food and consumer goods ecosystem.

Without real standards, the marketplace is dictated by who can spend the most on marketing, not by who is producing the best or most responsible products.

Let Consumers Vote With Their Dollars

Consumers have immense power to shape the industry by choosing where they spend their money. When brands and platforms prioritize transparency over advertising dollars, they empower consumers to make purchases that align with their values.

• Direct-to-Consumer and Community Support: When consumers buy directly from brands that align with their values, they reinforce the importance of ethical business practices.

• Avoiding Corporate-Influenced Rankings: Consumers should be skeptical of awards and lists that lack transparency about how selections are made. Instead, they should seek out businesses that are recommended by real communities and trusted platforms that disclose their selection process.

• Shifting the Industry from Pay-to-Play to Value-Based Support: When consumers prioritize products based on quality, sustainability, and ethics rather than marketing budgets, they create demand for a more equitable marketplace.

Farm2Me’s Commitment to Consumer-Driven Change

Rather than awarding arbitrary scores or hosting expos designed to generate revenue, Farm2Me focuses on setting meaningful standards for supporting brands. By providing visibility to businesses that meet ethical and sustainable benchmarks, Farm2Me empowers consumers to vote with their dollars—ensuring that success is driven by quality and integrity, not just marketing budgets.

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Iodine Salt from Seaweed vs Lab Salt

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Why is this important? Iodine is crucial to metabolism, turned into Thyroxine in your Thyroid, Iodine is an element used in Thyroxine and other hormones created by the Thyroid gland as part of metabolism (cell growth) and cellular digestion. Think about people with Hypothyroidism (under performing Thyroid gland), which means less Thyroxine produced (less Iodine) — these patients have a problem with their metabolism (low metabolism without Thyroxine means they gain weight, are groggy and tired, lower energy). Many of us don’t think about the difference between 1 ingredient from another, 1 tomato from another, 1 salt from another. But there is a difference! 80% absorption vs 20% absorption.

This has been our mission at Farm2Me — to help consumers understand that — to increase knowledge about this, improve access to more natural / transparent / organic products found locally rather than chemically grown or lab produced over processed (ultra processed products like snacks and drinks and baked goods plaguing the grocery stores).

Whether you’re adding a pinch of Spicewell’s superfood salt to your dish or seasoning with Spicewell’s turmeric-infused pepper, you’re supporting your health in every bite.

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Farmers Markets to find Sustainable Gifts

Farm2Me Guide of Farmers Markets is not just a map – you can finally search by day, location, and see what’s open — it’s a vibrant, living community celebrating the hardworking farms and makers all over the country, every day.

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Farm2Me Map of Non-Alc Grocers is not just a map – it’s a vibrant, living community celebrating the hardworking shops and shopkeepers you pass by every day.

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