Radio producer Jeff Rice grabs a microphone and a bee keeper’s hood and follows Nampa bee keeper Randy Johnson into a field of carrots — and hundreds of bees. Johnson says “When you walk into a field where bees are really pollinating, that is music, that is what those bees are raised to do....
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- USDA study says that healthy foods are not more expensive than junk foods. So there. http://t.co/DMoq2nXE
- Former Northwest chef takes her new book "Pure Beef" on the road. http://t.co/syQ0exHi
- Two top chefs say supporting local agriculture is too narrow a goal. They say their priority is creating great food. http://t.co/iofUT4bw
- Two top chefs say supporting local agriculture is too narrow a goal. They say their the priority is creating great... http://t.co/sOC71N0a
- Roy Choi, who helped usher in the food truck craze with Korean tacos, goes vegetarian. http://t.co/Uua6h0qC
- How does local wine fit into the local food movement? Does it help create a local cuisine? http://t.co/G6TI0SPE
- Pushing veggies: A burger joint dreams of making asparagus as popular as fries. http://t.co/dp72Khys
- How two cookbooks helped me think differently about what makes a meal. http://t.co/NYQENft3
- As consumers ask how America's food is made, be prepared for some unappetizing answers. http://t.co/muGgs2UU
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The Urban Winemakers Cooperative
As Idaho's wine industry flourishes, so does interest in becoming part of it. Unfortunately, that takes money and equipment. But a handful of new winemakers are trying one solution: a winemakers cooperative.
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City Harvest Wine Dinners, Boise
The traditional restaurant review reviews, well, restaurants. Yet to confine the search for good food to four walls is to miss one of the most exciting trends in food today: the profusion of outdoor, farm-to-table dinners that have sprouted up across the country like morels after wildfire. An offshoot of the local food...
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Living In The Vines
The federal government has officially named southern Idaho wine country. And tha'ts uncorked a new, vineyard-fueled real estate development.
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Faith and Food
The Monastery of St. Gertrude, north of Grangeville, is surrounded by some of the most beautiful country central Idaho has to offer. It's no wonder that the Benedictine sisters of St. Gertrude feel a close connection to the land.
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Potatoes and Pesticides
We all know that Idaho is famous for potatoes. But did you know that nearly a third of those potatoes are grown on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, near Pocatello? The soils there are perfect for growing spuds. But that light, sandy soil also leaches agricultural chemicals into the ground water.
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Genetically Modified Alfalfa Creeps into Controversy
There's a drama playing out in an unlikely place: the alfalfa fields of southern Idaho. It pits farmer against farmer in a struggle that could shape the future of American agriculture.
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