Every great once and a while, a farmer gets off the farm. About as far off the farm as I dare get is onto to someone else’s farm. So when Katie and I took off out of town, in early November, we headed straight for Upper Rogue Organics. Upper Rogue is a small 10...
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Over a year ago, Amy Hutchinson and I helped create a campaign called 2011: The Year of Idaho. This grassroots effort received a broad reach across Idaho, and even throughout the Pacific Northwest through the work of many individuals and particularly through the media work of Guy Hand. His Northwest Food News has chronicled the past...
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If Janie Burns and Amy Hutchinson hadn’t organized the project called “2011: The Year of Idaho Food,” I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to spend the last 12 months sipping gin at 8:30 in the morning (well, once), foraging for stinging nettles in the forests of McCall, riding in a big-ass wheat combine on...
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Farmer Marty always says that winter is the best time for gardening. Everything is perfect in your head, the possibilities are endless, and there’s not a bug or a weed to be found. So, let’s get thinking about the gorgeous home garden you are going to have next year. The most important thing that...
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I never used to save seeds from my gardens. For years, I dutifully pulled the bolted plants, wiping the slate clean for the next season. I’d pour over seed catalogues, snuggled up against my heater with a steaming mug of tea, and make my selections. Plucking varieties trucked from here and there across the...
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After decades of food ambivalence, the literary scene has exploded with books about food. Authors have unveiled the politics behind our food. They have penned wide-ranging tutorials from gardening and backyard chickens to root cellar construction and pressing cider. Most importantly, they have inspired and empowered millions of readers to broaden their thinking about...
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We were privileged that the Boise Weekly and Boise State Radio included a story on our North Idaho schoolyard gardens in their collaboration on the launch of “2011: The Year of Idaho Food” series. In that story, we reported that a few individuals successfully started a schoolyard garden at a small, rural elementary school...
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