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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Tags: agriculture, cheese, cheesemaking, dairies, dairy, dairy farm, farm to table, farmer's market, food, Idaho, local food movement, locavore, raw milk
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One of gardening’s most fundamental chores — watering — is also one of its most vexing. Even seasoned gardeners struggle with the question of when and how much to water.
In this episode of the Market & Garden Report, correspondent Guy Hand talks to Clay and Josie Erskine of Peaceful Belly Farms about...
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Tags: agriculture, food, foodways, Gardening, Idaho, local food movement, locavore, water usage, watering
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This Thursday, Outdoor Idaho will air a show on Idaho’s vibrant local food scene. It’s a story that Idaho Public Television producer Thanh Tan has been working on since last summer — a subject dear to her heart. Here’s what Tan says about the show:
“I always tell people one of the pleasures of working at IdahoPTV...
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Tags: agriculture, farm to table, farmer's market, food, foodways, Idaho, Idaho Public Television, local food movement, locavore, Outdoor Idaho, sustainable agriculture
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It’s berry season. Area farmers’ markets are chocked full of blackberries, blueberries and raspberries. But there’s one berry at the Capital City Public Market in Boise that many of us know only through nursery rhythms. In this installment of the Market & Garden Report, correspondent Guy Hand tries the sung-about-but-seldom-eaten mulberry.
(Mulberry Music)...
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Tags: agriculture, Boise, Capital City Public Market, farm to table, farmer's market, food, foodways, Guy Hand, Idaho, local food movement, locavore, mulberries, Next Generation Organics, sustainable agriculture
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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...
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Tags: agriculture, animal cruelty, backyard chickens, backyard poultry, chickens, factory farming, food, local food movement, locavore, poultry, sustainable agriculture, urban chickens, urban poultry
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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...
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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...
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Tags: agriculture, foodways, Gardening, Idaho, local food movement, salad, salad greens, successional gardening, successional planting
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Underground markets and restaurants have popped up all over the country. They open their doors only briefly, for an afternoon or an evening, in ever changing, often secret locations. Like 21st Century speakeasies for the foodie set, they sidestep the high overhead and complex regulations that traditional food establishments face.
In this installment...
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Tags: food, foodways, Idaho, local food movement, locavore, pop up dinners, underground, underground dinners, underground markets, underground restaurants, Washington
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Blame a cool, wet Spring for our slow start to the garden season. But it’s also a perfect time to focus on fundamentals, like good soil. In this Market & Garden Report, correspondent Guy Hand talks to Clay and Josie Erskine of Peaceful Belly Farms about that most basic of garden skills:...
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Farmers’ Markets often offer produce you won’t find in supermarkets — things that are unusual, fragile or that the average person simple doesn’t know how to cook. Green garlic, for instance. In this installment of the Market & Garden Report, correspondent Guy Hand asks an expert about those tender, young shoots called green...
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Tags: agriculture, farm to table, farmer's market, food, foodways, garlic, green garlic, Guy Hand, Idaho, local food movement, Riverview Gardens
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