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Hard Cider Makes a Comeback
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Hard apple cider, Credit: Guy Hand
Hard apple cider, once nearly forgotten, is enjoying a national comeback. In the Northwest, Washington and Oregon are becoming big producers. Ida...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KISU


  • Added: Jan 16, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Sheepherder
From: clay scott
Series: Mountain West Voices
Caption: Denis Casas in the high country, Credit: clay scott
Herding sheep is a lonely profession, especially when you are thousands of miles from home. A generation ago, the sheepherders of the Rocky Mounta...

Bought by KVNF, WTIP, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 13, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3
If Weather Were All That Mattered
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Idaho greenhouses in winter, Credit: Guy Hand
How greenhouse could revolutionize the availability of local food in winter.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 08, 2011
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
A Hands On Experience At A Pasture Poultry Farm
From: Rob Sachs
Caption: Jesse Straight is a pasture poultry farmer, Credit: Rob Sachs
Rob Sachs visits an ecologically friendly pasture poultry farm and gets a hands on experience slaughtering and processing a chicken

  • Added: Dec 27, 2010
  • Length: 06:31
2011: The Year of Idaho Food
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Tyler Korn enjoying a garden school carrot at Northside Elementary School in Sandpoint, Idaho., Credit: Photo by Michele Murphree
A new year-long project hopes to bring Idahoans together over the subject of food.

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Dec 08, 2010
  • Length: 06:19
  • Purchases: 1
Organic and Beyond: Toward the De-Industrialization of Agriculture
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers Radio Series 4
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The biology of farming is complex and requires attentiveness to nature's own ways of doing things and the interdependence of relationships.

  • Added: Dec 06, 2010
  • Length: 28:30
Surviving Climate Change: Plants, People and Place
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers Radio Series 6
Caption: John Mohawk, Credit: Doug Mason
How secure are a far-flung global economy - and our food supply - in a time of climate change?

Bought by KQUA, Panhandle Community Radio, WSKG, and KPVL


  • Added: Dec 03, 2010
  • Length: 28:28
  • Purchases: 4
Food, Giving and Gratitude
From: Business Matters
Series: Business Matters
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Thanksgiving episode featuring interviews with organic farmer Sharon Astyk, vegetarian author Jonathan Safron Foer, gratitude theorist Lewis Hyde, ...

Bought by WGCU


  • Added: Nov 24, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Local Food and Farmers
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Produce that local food farmers sell directly to customers at farmers' markets, Credit: Guy Hand
A look at why some farmers are turning to local food.

  • Added: Nov 09, 2010
  • Length: 08:13
Action Speaks! - What's Eating Us?:1971 Alice Waters Opens Chez Panisse
From: Action Speaks Radio
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In 1971 famed Chef Alice Waters opened Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California. The current popularity of Farmers’ Markets and Community Gardens can i...

Bought by KVMR, KZYX, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Spokane Public Radio, WSKG and more


  • Added: Nov 06, 2010
  • Length: 58:51
  • Purchases: 12
Market & Garden Report: Holiday Market
From: Guy Hand
Series: The Market & Garden Report
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The late-season farmers' market.

  • Added: Oct 30, 2010
  • Length: 03:40
Market & Garden Report: Season's End
From: Guy Hand
Series: The Market & Garden Report
Caption: Deanna Hlebechuk rolling up irrigation line on the last day of class., Credit: Guy Hand
A look at the last day of a season long gardening class

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Oct 23, 2010
  • Length: 04:19
  • Purchases: 1
Market & Garden Report: First Frost
From: Guy Hand
Series: The Market & Garden Report
Caption: Clay Erskine picking tomatoes before the first frost, Credit: Guy Hand
One of the most important lessons of gardening: Letting go.

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Oct 17, 2010
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 1
The Last Word on Your Next Meal
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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At what point does gusto turn into glutony?

Bought by KSRQ and WTIP


  • Added: Oct 11, 2010
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 2
Market & Garden Report: Cheese
From: Guy Hand
Series: The Market & Garden Report
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America is in the midst of a cheese making renaissance — including Idaho.

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Oct 09, 2010
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 1
Locavore or Globavore?: The Debate Over Local Food
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
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As the local food movement grows so does criticism.

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, KVNF, and KISU


  • Added: Oct 05, 2010
  • Length: 07:32
  • Purchases: 3
Market & Garden Report: Planting Fall Fruit Trees
From: Guy Hand
Series: The Market & Garden Report
Caption: Fall Fruit, Credit: Guy Hand
Fall is a great time to plant fruit trees.

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Oct 03, 2010
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 1
Market & Garden Report: Beignets
From: Guy Hand
Series: The Market & Garden Report
Caption: Mary Rohlfing with a basket of fresh beignets, Credit: Guy Hand
A look at one of the "value-added" products available at farmers' markets.

  • Added: Sep 27, 2010
  • Length: 05:10
Market & Garden Report: Why We Garden
From: Guy Hand
Series: The Market & Garden Report
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In 2009, 7 million new American families began gardening. But why?

Bought by KSKA


  • Added: Sep 18, 2010
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 1
Preserving the Harvest
From: Guy Hand
Series: The Market & Garden Report
Caption: Roasted peppers are perfect specimens for freezing, Credit: Guy Hand
Some tips on preserving a garden's fall bounty.

Bought by KLCC and KISU


  • Added: Sep 12, 2010
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 2
Edible Idaho: Local Food Threatens the Iconic Idaho Potato
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Vast potato fields in Eastern Idaho, Credit: Guy Hand
The local food movement is beginning to threaten global agricultural brands like the iconic Idaho potato.

  • Added: Sep 08, 2010
  • Length: 06:12
Market & Garden Report: Agricultural Innovation
From: Guy Hand
Series: The Market & Garden Report
Caption: Lee Rice at Boise's Capital City Public Market, Credit: Guy Hand
Farmers’ markets are not only gathering places offering fresh food. They’re also testing grounds for new and unusual products.

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Sep 04, 2010
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 1
A Cheesy Success Story
From: WTIP
Series: Magnetic North
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Vicki Biggs-Anderson shares her views on life inspired by happenings on her rural Minnesota homestead where she keeps busy tending to her many anim...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2010
  • Length: 04:55
Market & Garden Report: Fall Plantings
From: Guy Hand
Series: The Market & Garden Report
Caption: Peaceful Belly worker Angi Hronek carrying kale plants into garden for fall planting, Credit: Guy Hand
A look at extending the gardening season into fall, winter and beyond.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KISU


  • Added: Aug 29, 2010
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 2
Market & Garden Report: Peaches & Nectarines
From: Guy Hand
Series: The Market & Garden Report
Caption: Fresh Peach, Credit: Guy Hand
A look at fresh peaches & nectarines

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Aug 21, 2010
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 1

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