I'm sure it comes as no surprise that I follow a few foragers on social media, people like Hank Shaw , Langdon Cook and Monica Wilde...

A wonderful video on the Culinary Breeding Network Variety Showcase event that I posted about earlier . And if you look closely at the bal...

This blog post was developed in collaboration with Hopworks Urban Brewery, a supporter of Good Stuff NW, though the words are all my own....

Whether yesterday's windstorm was a blowout or a blowhard (see photo of the toppled tree in Northeast Portland, below), it's just...

Lest anyone thinks that the end of harvest season and the onset of winter leaves a farmer with time for bucolic meditations on the year...

When it comes to eggs, scrambling has been my technique of choice since I was a kid. On Saturday mornings my two brothers and I would wat...

When a farmer is growing a vegetable for market in our current food system, the issues that are first on the agenda are characteristics l...

I can always tell from the twinkle in contributor Anthony Boutard's eyes (not to mention his prose) that he is on the verge of spring...

I've reached total tomato overload. It happens every year: I get to the point where I can't look at one more tomato without cri...

It could be said that contributor Anthony Boutard of Ayers Creek Farm is somewhat of an outlier. He has championed the causes of flint co...

When I first started this writing gig I had no idea of the opportunities I'd get to meet amazing, caring, thoughtful people who'v...

"I don't like salads," one young man announced at the beginning of class when he learned about the menu for lunch that day....

I have learned from contributor Anthony Boutard of Ayers Creek Farm that farming is much more than just planting seeds in the ground, har...

On a trip to Eastern Oregon for a food conference in May ( read my report here ), I decided to take a couple of days to explore this incr...