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A Year of Idaho Food Wrap Up
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
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Producer Guy Hand looks back on the highlights of the 12 month long project called "2011: The Year of Idaho Food."

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KISU


  • Added: Dec 31, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
From Farm to Fork: Cranberries
From: Marian Daniells
Caption: Organic cranberries in Ocranics' facility have been sorted and labeled prior to being packaged for delivery., Credit: Marian Daniells
(Holiday themed) I trace cranberries back from my fork to the farm where they originated.

  • Added: Dec 16, 2011
  • Length: 03:46
Craft Brewers Hope For a Share of Local Hop Crop
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
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Many brewers consider hops to be the essence of craft beer making. Yet, in the America's hop growing epicenter, the Northwest, craft brewers often ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KUOW, and KISU


  • Added: Nov 05, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Hidden History of a One Room School
From: Philip Graitcer
Caption: Harrington School, Credit: PGraitcer
When the tiny African American community on Georgia's St Simon's Island set out to save its one-room schoolhouse, it didn't realize that the buildi...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Oct 09, 2011
  • Length: 05:14
  • Purchases: 1
Trouble finding a parking space? There’s an app for that
From: KALW
Caption: SFPark Manager Jay Primus, Credit: Casey Miner
San Francisco is the epicenter of all things digital, especially when it comes to innovation. Most recently, the city launched an app that tackles ...

  • Added: Sep 07, 2011
  • Length: 08:07
The Making of Gin
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Gin making ingredients, Credit: Guy Hand
Bardeday Distillery in Eagle, Idaho has been making gin for 11 years, which requires a dedicated panel of tasters willing to sip gin at 8:30 in the...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KISU, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 03, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Saving language with a Record-A-Thon
From: KALW
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The Bay Area is so diverse, that walking down the street or sitting on BART, you might hear a number of languages being spoken. Some you might reco...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 02:58
Oakland parking: the good, the bad, and the downright disgusting
From: KALW
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Think of a place you’d never go, unless you really had to. Think of Oakland’s Parking Citation Assistance Center. It’s a non-descript room in a ty...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 04:49
Gardening for native bees
From: KALW
Caption: UC Berkeley professor Gordon Frankie (left) and his team maintain an urban garden to attract native bees for research
For the past five years there’s been a phenomenon of disappearing worker bees called Colony Collapse Disorder. This has many scientists wanting to ...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2011
  • Length: 03:27
The Meskhetians
From: Julia Barton
Caption: Faramus Ibrahimov., Credit: Joshua Sarantitis
Many refugees in the United States have complicated stories to tell. The plight of the Meskhetian Turks spans six decades and four countries. Now s...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 15, 2011
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 1
Luring Americans Back to Fishing
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Fried fish at Fish and Game fish fry, Credit: Guy Hand
The nation lost around 5 million anglers from 1996 to 2006. Idaho fishing dropped by 28% during that same decade. That's why Idaho Fish and Game i...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KISU


  • Added: Jul 11, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
Fun with Foraging: Finding food in the mountains of Idaho
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Foraged foods from the mountains of Idaho, Credit: Guy Hand
Foraging fell out of favor a few thousand years ago—thanks to that invention called agriculture—but not everybody abandoned the impulse to forage. ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and KISU


  • Added: Jun 25, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
For Asparagus, A Cold Spring Isn’t All Bad
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
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The Northwest endured a surprisingly cold, cloudy spring. It slowed the growth of many vegetable crops by weeks. Who knows when we’ll have ripe tom...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KISU


  • Added: Jun 18, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
Going to Okraville: A small farm from a family tradition
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Jason Brashears and his young okra plants, Credit: Guy Hand
The number of new farmers entering small-scale farming is on the rise, in part due to a host of avenues opening to first-time farmers allowing them...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KUOW, KISU, and KZYX


  • Added: Jun 11, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
Highland Cattle in the High Desert
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Highland Cattle, Credit: Guy Hand
Scottish Highland Cattle are growing in popularity in Idaho and the Northwest.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KISU


  • Added: May 21, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
Mobile clinic brings health care to Santa Maria farm workers
From: KALW
Caption: Photo courtesy of the National Farm Work Ministry. http://www.flickr.com/photos/nfwm/5535843066/
In California, many of the farm workers who harvest the state’s crops are undocumented. Their lack of legal status often means they don’t have heal...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 16, 2011
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 1
Zooming in on San Francisco photographer Eadward Muybridge
From: KALW
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Photography has become so easy that we can forget how, not long ago, we needed to master technical skills, such as film and shutter speeds, and be ...

  • Added: May 16, 2011
  • Length: 03:47
Fraser Vineyard, Idaho Wines on the Rise
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
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An award winning Idaho winery shows the potential of the state's wine industry in general.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KISU


  • Added: May 15, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Gospel of Spring Greens
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Tim Sommer of Purple Sage Farms, Credit: Guy Hand
A look at the varied world of spring greens.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KUOW, and KISU


  • Added: May 15, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Richmond High prepares students for future in engineering
From: KALW
Caption: Maria Castillo works on a 3-D model of a train engine in Richmond High's new engineering lab. , Credit: Lillian Mongeau
There’s some good news in the latest figures from the Labor Department – they show that jobless claims have gone down. But the bad news is that ana...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2011
  • Length: 05:42
Idaho Farmers Markets Multiply and Innovate
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Customer at the Capital City Public Market in Boise, Credit: Guy Hand
A record number of farmers markets are scheduled to open across Idaho this season and many are offering new services for customers.

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Apr 24, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 1
Idaho Potato Vodka: A high -end use for the humble potato
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Greg Koenig and his vodka distillery, Credit: Guy Hand
Idaho, not surprisingly, is the nation's number one producer of potato vodka. A profile of one producer and why his vodka wins awards.

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Boise State Public Radio, and KISU


  • Added: Apr 09, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Once Loved Dandelion
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Dried dandelion root, Credit: Guy Hand
The surprising history of the once much loved dandelion.

Bought by PRX Remix and KISU


  • Added: Apr 02, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
Small-scale ranchers try to make beef better
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Glenn Elzinga and daughters, Credit: Guy Hand
Last week I talked to author Mark Schatzker about his book Steak. In it, he tries to find the world’s best tasting beef. Schatzker discovers that t...

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Mar 26, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 1
Making Beef Better: A search for the World's best steak.
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
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An interview with Mark Schatzker, author of Steak, on why great steak is hard to find and how a few small-scale ranchers are helping to make beef b...

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Mar 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 1

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