A bird is helping blur the boundary between urban and rural America.  A few years ago, a chicken would have been a reliable sign that you’d crossed into farm country.  No more.  As correspondent Guy Hand reports in this installment of Edible Idaho, chickens are invading many American cities — and helping urbanites connect not only to their food, but to a new kind of community. (Chicken sounds) ...
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For the last two months, the Market & Garden Report has aired tips on vegetable gardening — with the help of Clay and Josie Erskine of Peacefully Belly Farms.  That’s the “how” of gardening.  Today correspondent Guy Hand is going to look at the “why” of gardening — why so many people are suddenly interested in growing their own food. (Gardening Sounds) (Guy Hand) A recent survey says...
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I can live with, even appreciate, the old desk and piles of paperwork you pass by when walking into Chef Roland’s dining room. The cordless drill left on the floor near a table. And Roland Joseph himself shuffling across the room to a zydeco beat that’s moving twice as fast as he is. All of which would give pause if it didn’t fit so well the languid, slightly-tattered, gumbo-gothic motif...
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JORDAN VALLEY, Ore. – The term “cattle rustling” might conjure scenes from an old spaghetti western. But in the vast desert range of Oregon, Idaho and Nevada, cattle rustling is a modern-day problem. In the past three years nearly 27-hundred cattle have gone missing in Oregon. Wanted posters are being tacked up in small-town shops. The nation’s poor economy isn’t helping. Correspondent Anna King explored some of that remote...
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California produces 90% of America’s strawberries.  To grow that much fruit, the California strawberry industry uses highly toxic fumigants and fruit varieties that travel well, but lack taste. On today’s Market & Garden Report, Guy Hand learns that local strawberry growers are taking a tastier, less toxic path . . . a path that also leads to an Idaho strawberry cocktail. (Hand) In 1949, Idaho grew nearly 500 acres...
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According to Idaho Grape Growers and Wine Producers Commission, “Idaho wineries swept the annual Northwest Wine Summit Competition.”  Here’s the Commissions summary of the event: Once again Idaho shows itself to be a growing industry and came out standing strong against tough competition. The competition extended across the Northwest including wines from Oregon, Washington, Idaho and British Columbia. With an abundance of wines awarded, the following wineries received Gold, Silver,...
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When Kana Girl’s Hawai’ian BBQ owner Keoni Tyler wanted to tinker with one of his family recipes, he had to ask his mom in Hawaii for permission. “I’m 53 years old,” Tyler says, “and if my mom walked in here and saw that the food wasn’t prepared appropriately or the portions weren’t of family size, I would be in trouble. And I’m afraid of my mom.” Tyler was chosen by his...
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RICHLAND, Wash. – This week, about 300 bloggers and winemakers are set to descend on Walla Walla in Eastern Washington, for a sold-out conference. Organizers say it’s the first wine conference for bloggers held outside of California. Correspondent Anna King reports. Meet J.J. Williams. His family owns a winery on a dusty Eastern Washington hill called Red Mountain. At 23 years old, he’s third gen working full-time in the business....
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Does it get too hot to grow salad greens in a southern Idaho summer?  Not according to Clay and Josie Erskine of Peaceful Belly Farms. In this installment of the Market & Garden Report, they tell correspondent Guy Hand some secrets for growing salad in summer. (Josie) So, right now we’re cutting salad greens, really beautiful salad greens. (Hand) Josie and Clay Erskine are on their hands and knees...
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You’ve likely heard of heirloom tomatoes, but have you heard about heirloom birds? It’s a similar concept – older and often less commercially popular breeds that are vanishing because they’ve been largely left behind by industrial agriculture. KLCC reporter Jes Burns went to Creswell, Oregon and met a pair of young farmers who are making it their business to breed and promote a rare heritage variety of duck. Thirty-year-old Evan Gregoire...
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