Posts Tagged ‘ local food movement ’

Market & Garden Report: Raw Milk

July 23, 2010
By Guy Hand
Raw goat milk

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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Market & Garden Report: The Art of Watering

July 16, 2010
By Guy Hand
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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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“Eating Local” on Outdoor Idaho

July 12, 2010
By Guy Hand
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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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Market & Garden Report: Mulberries

July 9, 2010
By Guy Hand
Box of fresh picked mulberries

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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The Backyard Chicken Invasion

July 6, 2010
By Guy Hand
Backyard Chickens

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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Why Do You Garden?

July 2, 2010
By Guy Hand
June Garden 1

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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Market & Garden Report: Summer Salad

June 18, 2010
By Guy Hand
Freshly picked summer greens

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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The Edible Underground: Speakeasies for the foodie set

June 7, 2010
By Guy Hand
An underground dinner in rural Washington state.

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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Market & Garden Report: Compost

June 4, 2010
By Guy Hand
Yard waste transformed into good dirt.

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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Market & Garden Report: Green Garlic

May 27, 2010
By Guy Hand
Green garlic isn't necessarily green, it's just young.

 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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