(GH: Anna King of The Northwest News Network reports on a battle between wine makers and wine critics on Northwest Public Radio.) Posted: Friday, March 5, 2010 RICHLAND, WA – Some big names in the Northwest wine industry have been quarrelling publicly — online. Gut punches on Facebook have led to rebuttals on blogs and plenty... »
Garden City based Cinder Winery has been on the receiving end of some very good press lately (not that that’s altogether unusual thing for husband and wife team Joe Schnerr & Melanie Krause). In February, Cinder made Wine Business Monthly’s seventh annual “Hot Small Brands” list,... »
The ethical treatment of farm animals is a growing concern for many Americans. And that puts states with relatively few animal cruelty laws, like Idaho, in the cross-hairs of animal welfare groups. It also makes those states attractive to livestock operations looking to relocate... »
(GH: Anna King of The Northwest News Network reports on a law that would allow wine tasting at farmers’ markets.) RICHLAND, WA – Washington wineries are asking state lawmakers to... »
Mary Jean Wegner is not so much a restaurant owner as a tousle-haired force of nature. She twirls around this tight cluster of tables and chairs scattering greetings, menu... »
Bluefin tuna is the poster-fish for declining fisheries worldwide. The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas reports that bluefin stocks hover at 15% of their historic levels.... »
(GH: Chantal Anderson of The Northwest News Network reports on coffee culture domination on Northwest Public Radio. Go here for a reaction to this story from the Seattle Times.) PORTLAND,... »
Now here’s one you won’t read every day: This week Bob Moore, owner of the internationally known Bob’s Red Mill Natural Food store based in Milwaukie, Oregon gave the... »
(GH: Tom Banse of The Northwest News Network reports on converting cow manure to electricity on Northwest Public Radio) BELLINGHAM, WA – When you think of what federal economic stimulus... »
The fresh scallop appetizer at Shige Matsuzawa’s new Japanese/French fusion restaurant is flat-out stunning: A mound of sliced and shimmering raw scallops are ringed by red rose petals, a... »
OK, here’s a story a little far afield from the Northwest, but a Brooklyn, NY high school perfectly illustrates an issue Edible Idaho explored on Monday: the strong desire... »
Yesterday, Capital Press reported contributions from several groups will allow specialty crop research to continue at the University of Idaho Parma Research and Extension Center. Last September Edible Idaho aired a... »
More and more people are getting directly involved in food. Growing it, cooking it, even blogging about it. Some are going still further: plunging — literally — into the... »
On January 11th, I reported on the drawing-a-line-in-the-sand speech by American Farm Bureau Federation president, Bob Stallman. In his speech, Stallman said farmers and ranchers of all types should... »
The dairy industry in Idaho has seen explosive growth over the last decade or so. According to United Dairymen of Idaho, the state is now the 2nd largest milk... »
