HAGERMAN: Deep into another Idaho winter, I can’t help but think back on a battered greenhouse in an icy Hagerman field that I stumbled toward some three years ago. From the outside, that greenhouse all but faded into a snow-flecked sky. But as soon as owner Merrily Eckel pushed open its creaky door, an...
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The local food movement is exploding in popularity. At this time of year, though, fresh local produce can seem like a distant memory. But even as the snow flies, there are people connecting hungry consumers to local food. In this installment of Edible Idaho, correspondent Guy Hand visits Idaho’s Bounty Co-op, a pioneer in...
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An Idaho Orange Tree I’ve got greenhouses on the brain — thanks to some Idaho oranges. Imagine walking through a field of brittle, mid-winter stubble, a sky the color of cement, the wind biting at the back of your neck. Ahead a nondescript greenhouse sits like so many greenhouses on the Snake River Plain...
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