Idaho eats 5 percent
Ninety-five percent. That's the staggering number being passed around as the figure best representing the amount of its food Idaho imports.What about all that farmland beyond Boise, where communities...
View ArticleWednesday farmers market denied
The Boise Department of Parks and Rec won't allow a group of small farmers to use Capitol Park as a venue for a Wednesday night farmers market, according to a memo presented to the Parks and Rec...
View ArticleResolution to Support Local Food and Farmers Markets
Canyon County farmer Janie Burns, with support from the chairmen of both the House and Senate agriculture committees, introduced a resolution this morning to "encourage healthy, locally grown food...
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Hemp Bill Dies on Tie Vote
An effort to encourage the feds to decriminalize industrial hemp died a quick death today in the House Agricultural Affairs Committee when five Republicans, all sitting in a row, voted to not even...
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Where Citydesk is Ensnared in a Permitting Nightmare of his Own Making
At most decent newspapers, any reporter who gets a DUI will show up on the front page the next day. Well this is not quite as bad, but I came home last week to a "NOTICE OF VIOLATION" from the City of...
View ArticleThe Arugula Gets to Live
Citydesk regulars may remember a few months back when Citydesk was ensnared in a permitting nightmare of his own making. He who was ensnared, former News Editor Nathaniel Hoffman, sent BW an update on...
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Denney to Unveil Bill to Strengthen CAFOs
Idaho House Speaker Lawerence Denney will introduce a bill this week to protect and strengthen confined animal feeding operations, better known as CAFOs. Denney's measure would fortify Idaho's...
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Feds Crack Down on Antibiotics in Livestock
The Food and Drug Administration unveiled new rules today that will restrict the use of antibiotics in cattle, pigs, chickens and turkeys. Federal regulators said such drugs as cephalosporins, sold...
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'It Was Horrific': Wild Dogs Tear Through Eastern Idaho Chicken Coops
An eastern Idaho farming family say when wild dogs tore through their chicken coops, all that was left was "a solid carpet of feathers."KPVI-TV reports that the Swore family said wild dog attacks...
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Christmas Trees May Cost More This Year
Get ready to spend a few more dollars on your Christmas tree this year. The Northwest News Network reports that prices on fresh trees at the lots sprinkled around the Northwest could go up because of...
View ArticleIdaho eats 5 percent
Ninety-five percent. That's the staggering number being passed around as the figure best representing the amount of its food Idaho imports.What about all that farmland beyond Boise, where communities...
View ArticleWednesday farmers market denied
The Boise Department of Parks and Rec won't allow a group of small farmers to use Capitol Park as a venue for a Wednesday night farmers market, according to a memo presented to the Parks and Rec...
View ArticleResolution to Support Local Food and Farmers Markets
Canyon County farmer Janie Burns, with support from the chairmen of both the House and Senate agriculture committees, introduced a resolution this morning to "encourage healthy, locally grown food...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hemp Bill Dies on Tie Vote
An effort to encourage the feds to decriminalize industrial hemp died a quick death today in the House Agricultural Affairs Committee when five Republicans, all sitting in a row, voted to not even...
View ArticleWhere Citydesk is Ensnared in a Permitting Nightmare of his Own Making
At most decent newspapers, any reporter who gets a DUI will show up on the front page the next day. Well this is not quite as bad, but I came home last week to a "NOTICE OF VIOLATION" from the City of...
View ArticleThe Arugula Gets to Live
Citydesk regulars may remember a few months back when Citydesk was ensnared in a permitting nightmare of his own making. He who was ensnared, former News Editor Nathaniel Hoffman, sent BW an update on...
View ArticleDenney to Unveil Bill to Strengthen CAFOs
Idaho House Speaker Lawerence Denney will introduce a bill this week to protect and strengthen confined animal feeding operations, better known as CAFOs. Denney's measure would fortify Idaho's...
View ArticleFeds Crack Down on Antibiotics in Livestock
The Food and Drug Administration unveiled new rules today that will restrict the use of antibiotics in cattle, pigs, chickens and turkeys. Federal regulators said such drugs as cephalosporins, sold...
View Article'It Was Horrific': Wild Dogs Tear Through Eastern Idaho Chicken Coops
An eastern Idaho farming family say when wild dogs tore through their chicken coops, all that was left was "a solid carpet of feathers."KPVI-TV reports that the Swore family said wild dog attacks...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Christmas Trees May Cost More This Year
Get ready to spend a few more dollars on your Christmas tree this year. The Northwest News Network reports that prices on fresh trees at the lots sprinkled around the Northwest could go up because of...
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