Raw milk is a controversial food. Proponents say it is healthier and more flavorful than processed, pasteurized milk. Yet many states outlaw its sale, saying raw milk is unsafe.
Idaho, however, recently changed it’s laws to allow the selling of raw milk. In this installment of the Market & Garden Report, correspondent Guy...
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After a long, lingering winter, Spring has finally sprung here in southern Idaho. To celebrate, NPR’s Edible Idaho is trying something new:
A weekly radio show called The Market & Garden Report.
Every Friday morning beginning April 30th during Morning Edition on Boise State Radio (KBSX 91.5), producer Guy Hand will bring you the news on...
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(GH: Northwest News Network correspondent Anna King reports for Northwest Public Radio.)
DAYTON, WA – Farm life can look serene from afar. Shows like the old stand-by All Creatures Great and Small portray a slower pace … nothing like the hectic city grind full of traffic, nagging email and never-ending Tweets. But this time of year, life...
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If you noticed the post a while back, I spent several months this year trying to make cheese. Some attempts turned out surprisingly tasty (yogurt, mozzarella, manchego), others . . . not so much (a “quick” cheddar gave meaning to the phrase “chalk and cheese”).
What my self-guided apprenticeship taught me was a deep, worshipful...
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A while back it struck me that I didn’t know what cheese was. I mean, I knew what it looked like and how it tasted — after all, I’ve had my share of grilled cheese sandwiches and molten mountains of gooey nachos — but I didn’t know cheese, how it was made, why a...
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Guy Hand visits a small dairy near Gooding with an award winning solution to the modern agricultural imperative to "get big or get out."
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