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		<title>Chew on This: Naturopathic Medicine</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 11:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Metez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Joan Haynes, Licensed Natruopatic Physician at Boise Natural Health speaks on the wide varitety of patients she sees in her practice for everything from ear infections and fatique to hormonal transition and even support through conventional cancer treatment. Licensed Natrupatic Physicians treat the whole person and aim to find the underlying cause of illness rather than simply treating the symptoms. Dr. Nicole Pierce, Licensed Natruopatic Physician at Boise Natural Health works with patients desiring weight loss and relief from allergies.  She implements a variety strategies with her patients beginning with nutrition and lifestyle counselling and sometimes including an allergy desensitization technique called Nambudripad’s Allergy Elimination Technique, or NAET.  Combining modalities of Accupressure, Chinese Medicine, Chiropractic and Conventional medicine, NAET works to eliminate all types of allergies, including food allergies.]]></description>
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		<title>Two Cookbooks Change My View of a Meal</title>
		<link>http://www.nwfoodnews.com/2012/05/14/how-two-cookbooks-helped-me-think-differently-about-what-makes-a-meal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 10:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynne Curry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I studied classical piano from 4th through 10th grade, read notes and memorized songs. But I never learned to play music–not with any fluency. When I started playing the mandolin, I learned three chords, C, G and D. It was enough to play a mess of songs (well, it felt like a lot though it was more like 5) with other people without sheet music in front of my nose. Cooking is a lot like playing music. It’s important to know some basics, but a spirit of playfulness is what makes the best and most memorable meals. That’s why I’m so grateful for two recent cookbooks that have expanded my everyday food world. Strangely, their approach is one of the simplest in my entire cookbook collection.They are not showy, but they make me say, Wow, a lot. Starting with a single ingredient–a vegetable, like a single chord–these cooks play inventively on it to create soulful and fulfilling meals. Super Natural Every Day by Heidi Swanson and Plenty by Yotam Ottolenghi have tapped into a way of cooking that expresses the kind of food I want to eat all the time–even on nights when all I crave is popcorn. I am not alone, and both books are still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Market &amp; Garden Report: Tomato Time</title>
		<link>http://www.nwfoodnews.com/2012/05/10/market-garden-report-tomato-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 11:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Hand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Editor’s Note: Now that farmers’ market and gardening season are back, we’re going to revisit some past Market &#38; Garden radio shows that highlight produce and gardening.  This weekend, May 12 &#38; 13, Peaceful Belly Farm wraps up their annual tomato plant sale at their farm near Hidden Springs, Idaho ) [HOST INTRO] We’ve had a hot and cold Spring and gardeners are anxious to get plants like tomatoes in the ground.  But when?  And what varieties?  In this installment of The Market &#38; Garden Report, correspondent Guy Hand digs up some useful tips on growing tomatoes. (Plant Sale sounds) (Woman): Is there a red beef steak? (Josie): There’s tons of beef steaks over there . . . (Hand) I’m at Peaceful Belly’s annual tomato plant sale at the new North End Organic Nursery in Boise [the sale is now at Peaceful Belly farm near Hidden Springs].  People here are asking a lot of questions.  Luckily, Peaceful Belly owners Clay and Josie Erskine have answers.  Over the last 8 years, they’ve successfully grown some 20,000 tomato plants. (Josie) Boise is just barely a tomato climate. (Hand) That’s Josie Erskine.  With our relatively short growing season, she says it’s essential to know how long it’ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chew on This: Ben Thorpe of Cornerstone Bistro</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 11:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Metez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ben Thorpe is Chef and Owner of Cornerstone Bistro in Middleton.  Appropriately, Ben comes to us on the week of RadioThon when we ask our community to support our excellent programming here at RadioBoise 89.9FM.  As a restaurateur, no one understands more the importance community plays in keeping the doors open!   Ben Thorpe feeds his community beyond the plate by locally sourcing from farmers and ranchers, serving seasonal cuisine of the highest quality. The Cornerstone Bistro also caters to specialized diets (gluten free, vegetarian, vegan). Enjoy this fun filled hour of taste talk, but I warn you, don’t listen hungry! Read (and salivate): More on Cornerstone Bistro- What’s on the menu?]]></description>
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		<title>Market &amp; Garden Report: Asparagus Season!</title>
		<link>http://www.nwfoodnews.com/2012/05/04/market-garden-report-asparagus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 11:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Hand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Editor&#8217;s Note: Now that farmers&#8217; market season is back, we&#8217;re going to revisit some past Market &#38; Garden radio shows that highlight produce at it&#8217;s peak.) [HOST INTRO] Asparagus is at it’s peak right now at area farmers’ markets. But asparagus season is short.  So, in this week’s Market &#38; Garden Report, Guy Hand finds out how to make the most of this quintessential, spring vegetable. (Sounds of market) (Hand) Asparagus is actually an immature fern, a delicacy even the Greeks and Romans loved.  And nothing shouts spring louder than fresh asparagus.  So I’ve stopped by the Capital City Public Market to soak up some asparagus wisdom from Jerry Stelling.  He runs AC&#38;D Farms in New Plymouth and has asparagus plants that are 20 years old.  He knows how to pick great asparagus. (Stelling) First off you want to make sure that it’s not too pliable, but you can kind of bend it a little bit and tell that it’s not dried out and that there’s actually some firmness and some crispness to it. (Hand) Stelling gives a spear a little flex test.  It bends, but just a bit.  Next he looks at the base. (Stelling)You want to make sure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GMO Free Idaho — On the Next &#8220;Chew on This&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.nwfoodnews.com/2012/05/02/gmo-free-idaho-%e2%80%94-on-the-next-chew-on-this/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 11:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Metez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jenny Easley and Leslie Ann Stoddard of GMO Free Idaho speak to us about the Genetically Modified Organisms, or GMOs which are prevalent in our food system today. GMO Free Idaho is dedicated to educating consumers about the health and environmental impacts of GMO’s. They promote local, organic, and non-GMO food producers and diligently work on eliminating GMOs from our food supply. Read:   GMO Free Idaho Website]]></description>
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		<title>An Admiring Ode to a Rancher&#8217;s Life</title>
		<link>http://www.nwfoodnews.com/2012/04/30/an-admiring-ode-to-a-ranchers-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynne Curry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You probably have a friend who is uber strong, self-sufficient, resilient and beautiful. And she knows how to have some fun. My friend Liza Jane is all of those things–and a rancher. She raises small-framed cattle called Corriente near Enterprise, Oregon. They are a heritage breed, descendants of the first cattle in the Americas, now used for roping competitions in rodeos and also for beef. Her 6 Ranch has been in the McAlister family since 1884. Liza Jane’s done a “whole lotta livin” (in her own words) elsewhere, but she is rooted here doing the kind of work that awes a girl like me from the burbs. For example? Every morning during the winter haying season, Liza Jane takes her flatbed truck you see in the photo there and her Border Collie, Allbe, to feed her black beauties. To spread out the feed hay, she keeps the truck rolling along through the pasture while she plays out flakes of the haybales, then jumps off to keep the truck on track. Then she jumps back onto the flatbed to toss some more hay onto the dormant grasses. Off, on, off, on, for a coupla hours. Try that instead of your Stairmaster! I call her in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gardening Advice: Should I plant seeds or starts in the garden?</title>
		<link>http://www.nwfoodnews.com/2012/04/26/gardening-advice-should-i-plant-seeds-or-starts-in-the-garden/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Goodwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I installed a greenhouse five years ago, for the first time I had to ability to start a large number of plants early. I was so excited I started everything early in the greenhouse with the idea that it is always best to get a head start on the natural limits of cold weather and soil temperature. I&#8217;ve learned that this isn&#8217;t true for every plant in the garden. Even if you don&#8217;t have a greenhouse you will soon be faced with store shelves and farmers&#8217; market tables loaded with lush green plant starts that are hard to resist. The immediate satisfaction of a real plant is certainly more fun to buy than a pack of seeds but like most things in life, delayed gratification is one of the key lessons of gardening. There are a couple things that are helpful to know when buying plant starts. Biggers is not always better. There is not a big advantage to buying a two-foot-tall tomato plant that is already flowering vs. the less expensive eight-inch start. In my experience the smaller plant usually catches up to the big one when they are planted in the garden and they end up bearing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Pure Beef,&#8221; An Oregon Writer&#8217;s First Book</title>
		<link>http://www.nwfoodnews.com/2012/04/24/pure-beef-an-oregon-writers-path-to-her-first-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynne Curry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Editor&#8217;s Note: I met food writer Lynne Curry at an Edible Institute conference in California last month as she was anticipating the release of her first book, Pure Beef, An Essential Guide to Artisan Meat with Recipes for Every Cut. Curry lives in the Wallowa Valley of Oregon and reminded me—if, these days, I ever need reminding—how many talented, intelligent people are working to educate consumers and make food better in the inland Northwest. I hope Lynne will continue to contribute stories to Northwest Food News.) For years, I convinced myself that I was good at multitasking. Even when I became a mother, I believed that I thrived on doing many things at once and that my success and domestic happiness depended upon it. This last year has taught me otherwise. I can only do one thing well at a time. And as I’ve gotten older, I realize that doing anything well is more important than trying to do it all. I go slowly, deliberately–painstakingly at times. I am learning to accept this fact about myself and perhaps in time may come to honor and even cherish it. I’ve been idle here at Rural Eating for the past month because I have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 2012 Farmers&#8217; Market Season Begins!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Hand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday, Boise&#8217;s Capital City Public Market opened to t-shirt weather and farmers with piles of produce, thanks to a mild spring. Along with the opening of the Eagle Saturday Market the same day, it was prelude to fifty-some farmers markets planning to open across Idaho this season. Last year, when I interviewed Laura Johnson, with the Idaho State Department of Agriculture, she said, &#8220;We&#8217;ve seen a tremendous amount of growth in farmers markets over the last few years. The number of markets has more than doubled since 2006. &#8221; The ISDA&#8217;s Farmers Market Manual goes on to say, &#8220;Consumers understand local produce is not only fresher and tastier, but that purchasing it can have positive effects on the environment and the local economy. Agriculture is a vital part of many Idaho communities, large and small. Farmers’ Market patrons support family farms and the preservation of farmland which is not just a part of Idaho’s heritage, but a vital part of it’s future as well. Farmers’ Markets affect the local economy in many ways. Money spent at the market, whether it goes to a farmer, specialty food producer, or crafter, is then re-circulated within the community.&#8221; The ISDA puts out a yearly Idaho [...]]]></description>
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