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A startup meal prep service and delivery company is creating new partnerships with food producers and now a major grocery chain in Bloomington-Normal.
Eatology was created by Donovan Muldrow and Kristin Rae last spring. Muldrow pushed his friend and business partner Rae to start a meal prep service for families on the run just like hers.
Since its launch, the company has partnered with Schnucks and area farmers to supply fresh meals each week. Meals have to be pre-ordered by 1 p.m. on Friday for the Eatology chefs to prepare them and have them ready by Thursday of the following week. The ingredients for the meals are brought to the chefs by local vendors each week.
Provided by Fedco Seeds
Steve Larimore was hoping to triple the size of his garden this year.
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Once the seed catalog arrived at his home near Bend, Ore., Larimore excitedly got his order together. He then went online and began adding the different seed varieties to his cart, only to discover about a third of the items he wanted were unavailable.
Tomatoes? Sold out. Kale? Gone. Sweet corn? Nope.
“I was pretty discouraged,” he says. “There were some things that I’ve grown before that I really like and I wanted to grow again and they didn’t have those.”
Many people stuck at home during the pandemic turned to gardening for the first time. The unexpected spike in demand has seed suppliers struggling to keep up.
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Seed companies are seeing historic levels of demand this year from home gardeners and commercial farmers, and they re having a hard time keeping up.
Steve Larimore was hoping to triple the size of his garden this year.
Once the seed catalog arrived at his home near Bend, Ore., Larimore excitedly got his order together. He then went online and began adding the different seed varieties to his cart, only to discover about a third of the items he wanted were unavailable.
Tomatoes? Sold out. Kale? Gone. Sweet corn? Nope. I was pretty discouraged, he says. There were some things that I ve grown before that I really like and I wanted to grow again and they didn t have those.
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