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Store your produce well, keep it fresh…food experts agree on one thing: fresh fruits and vegetables are good for you. But fresh produce can present storage challenges. Follow these guidelines, from "Field Guide to Produce" by Aliza Green (Quirk Books, 2004) and the Kansas State University Extension and Research Service.

• ASPARAGUS: Trim 1 inch from bottom of stem. Wrap in wet paper towel. Refrigerate in plastic bags for two to four days.
• GREEN BEANS: Pods get tougher as beans mature. Store in perforated plastic bags in vegetable drawer up to one week.
• BROCCOLI: Refrigerate in airtight plastic bags four to five days.
• CABBAGE: Refrigerate tightly wrapped in plastic wrap up to three weeks.
• CARROTS: Refrigerate in perforated plastic bags four to five months.
• CAULIFLOWER: Refrigerate in perforated plastic bags up to 10 days.
• CORN: Refrigerate in plastic bags no more than two days.
• CUCUMBERS: Keep in plastic bags in vegetable drawer up to two weeks.
• EGGPLANT: Store in vegetable drawer up to one week.
• LETTUCE: Refrigerate in perforated plastic bags up to two weeks.
• CANTALOUPE: Store at room temperature until fully ripe. Refrigerate cut melon in airtight plastic bags two or three days.
• GREEN ONIONS: Cut off roots and trim tops, leaving 3 to 4 inches of green. Refrigerate in plastic bags up to one month.
• ONIONS: Keep ventilated during humid weather. Don't use plastic bags. Don't store with potatoes, which emit a gas that will spoil onions. Keep three to four months.
• TOMATOES: Don't refrigerate. Ripen on the counter. Mature green tomatoes with whitish-green skin can be kept three to five  weeks by wrapping each in newspaper and checking for ripeness weekly.

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