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The arrival of warmer temperatures and peak-season summer produce means serious salad-making opportunities. What do I mean by “serious” salads? A salad that is a meal on its own, that goes beyond a standard green salad. I like to keep my kitchen stocked with some basic ingredients so that whatever beautiful summer produce I come home with, or whatever garden-fresh produce a neighbor generously shares, I’m ready to put together a hearty salad.

Here are the key salad-making supplies I keep on hand:

1. Canned beans—especially black, garbanzo and white. Keep several cans around and you’ll be ready to turn any salad into a satisfying meal. ...

So you think you can dance? Get this: worker bees use dancing to recruit fellow foragers and communicate the location of food, water and shelter. Known as the “waggle dance,” this fancy footwork is just one example of how honey bees work together for the good of the hive.

Since ancient times, beehives have been a symbol of cooperation and productivity. These days, when bee populations are dwindling, we’re taking a cue from the hive mind and building partnerships to help protect endangered pollinators.

As I shared yesterday, Whole Foods Market® has teamed up...