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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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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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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California produces 90% of America’s strawberries. To grow that much fruit, the California strawberry industry uses highly toxic fumigants and fruit varieties that travel well, but lack taste.
On today’s Market & Garden Report, Guy Hand learns that local strawberry growers are taking a tastier, less toxic path . . . a path...
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We’ve had a cold Spring and gardeners are anxious to get plants like tomatoes in the ground. But when? And what varieties? In this installment of The Market & Garden Report, correspondent Guy Hand digs up some useful tips on growing tomatoes.
(Plant Sale sounds) (Woman): Is there a red beef steak? (Josie):...
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I got this email from Lee Rice at Rice Family Farms in Meridian, Idaho the other day. Lest you think organic farming is a walk in the sustainable ag. park, take a read at what Lee and his dad Gilbert have been up to for the first few weeks of the new growing season:
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In this the first installment of Edible Idaho’s new weekly Market & Garden Report, correspondent Guy Hand looks into tomorrow’s seed swap at the Capital City Public Market. He finds out why saving seed is not only practical, but vital.
(Rasgorshek) This is so cool, I just love opening this little box.
(Sounds of...
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As I mentioned in a previous post, every Friday morning starting tomorrow during Morning Edition on Boise State Radio (KBSX 91.5), I’ll bring you the news on what’s fresh and interesting at the area’s farmers’ markets. I’ll also gather timely tips on how to plant your own garden and grow you’re own food.
Here’s the...
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(GH: Northwest News Network correspondent Doug Nadvornick reports for Northwest Public Radio.)
MOSCOW, ID – Many Northwest communities have made sustainability a key part of their plans for the future. They want to provide for their own needs and shrink their carbon footprint. “Locavores” as they’re called, can be found in large cities and small towns...
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Potatoes are notorious users of pesticides and fertilizers. Back in 2007, I produced an Edible Idaho radio story on how potato production had tainted wells on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in Eastern Idaho. That lead the Shoshone Bannock tribes on a search for healthier ways to grow potatoes. An article in the Capital...
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