The Wall Street Journal
Gabriela Hearst on Luxury Fashion's Sustainable Future
Chloé creative director Gabriela Hearst discusses how sourcing sustainable materials and methods shapes her design aesthetic and will impact how luxury fashion brands create and sell their collections going forward.
NASA
Ancient Organics Discovered on Mars
Since arriving at Mars in 2012, NASA's Curiosity rover has drilled into rocks in search of organics - molecules containing carbon. Organics are the building blocks of all life on Earth, though they can also come from non-living sources....
Food Farmer Earth
Revitalizing Local Food Systems: Ken Meter's Vision for a Sustainable Future
Ken Meter discusses the critical need for rebuilding local food economies to address the paradox of food insecurity amidst abundant agricultural production in the United States. He advocates for consumer awareness and the support of...
Food Farmer Earth
A Small Family Upick Farm and Farm Stand
Theresa Draper smiled when she talked about growing up among the orchards and fields of her family's farm outside of Parkdale, Oregon. She remembered loving the feeling of picking fruit right from the trees whenever she wanted, and of...
Food Farmer Earth
Full Transparency in the Meat Buying Process
Artisan butcher Tracy Smaciarz (Heritage Meats) and rancher Tracey Baker (The Gleason Ranch) describe their philosophies on the care and treatment of livestock, and the importance of transparency throughout the entire process. To...
Food Farmer Earth
Fake Versus Real Wasabi
It's an ubiquitous ingredient found in just about every Sushi restaurant in the country: wasabi. But cover your eyes—most of it, is not real wasabi! Find out more on this week's episode of Food Wisdoms: Fake Versus Real Wasabi
Food Farmer Earth
Cornfield in Winter: A Farmer's Reflections
Organic farmer, and former forester, Anthony Boutard, speaks of the meaning to him of his cornfield. Not just during the more active periods of the growing seasons, but over the dormancy of winter; his cornfields serve as a sanctuary for...
Food Farmer Earth
An Artist's Life on a Small Family Farm
Eggs aren't just for breakfast at Big Table Farm. Eggs, and the chickens that lay them, are a critical part of an integrated system that sustains the land and the couple who farm it, Clare Carver and her husband, winemaker Brian Marcy....
Food Farmer Earth
An Urban Farm Feeds Local Neighborhood with Help from Disabled
Tim Donovan, who calls himself "a farmer and maker," leads the agriculture team at Project Grow, a program of Port City Development Center, an arts and farming organization that works with adults with disabilities. The project brings...
Food Farmer Earth
Can a Major City Grow All Its Own Food?
Tim Donovan, farm manager at Project Grow, an urban farm that grows food for local neighborhood CSA members with help from adults with disabilities, shares his views on growing food in a city the size of Portland, Oregon. While it may be...
Food Farmer Earth
A Traditional Old-Styled Butcher
As owner of Heritage Meats, an artisan butcher shop that specializes in organic, locally grown and sustainable meat products and services, Tracy Smaciarz (http://heritagemeatswa.com/) can also tell a lot about a particular animal by...
Food Farmer Earth
Co-Packing Cannery: Offering Added Value Food Processing to Farmers
What does a farmer do with the portion of their fruit and vegetable harvests that are cosmetically imperfect, and often less profitable to sell, but otherwise are perfectly good products to eat? Paul Fuller of Sweet Creek Foods has a...
Food Farmer Earth
As the Urban Growth Boundary Approaches: A Wary Farmer Notices
Bill Zimmerman, a small farmer in Vancouver, Washington talks about the approaching urban growth boundary (UGB) that may soon encompass his farm. Every 5 years the UGB in Washington State is up for review by the county (his is in Clark...
Food Farmer Earth
Beginners Guide to Planting an Urban Garden—Expert Tips, Book Ideas
Naomi Montacre, co-owner of Naomi's Organic Farm Supply store gathers together some of her favorite books, hand tools, and expert advice to help the beginning urban gardener in planting an edible garden.
Food Farmer Earth
Backyard Chickens As a Family Project
Yes, in a growing number of cities across the country (Portland, Oregon being one of them), it's legal to raise chickens in your own backyard. In this video, we visit one homeowner who has successfully incorporated a variety of egg...
Curated Video
Exploring the Versatile Uses of Polymers
This video discusses the uses of polymers and their properties. The presenter explains how different monomers with functional groups are used to create different types of polymers. The properties of each type of polymer are discussed...
Food Farmer Earth
Urban Gleaners: Reducing Food Waste to Reduce Hunger
A simple idea that came out of hearing a story on the radio. For Tracy Oseran, it was something she had to do: help find and distribute food that would otherwise be thrown out — perfectly edible food—from supermarkets, farmer's markets,...
Food Farmer Earth
Winter Farming: A Tale of Bitter and Sweet
When it comes to farming through the winter months, Tom DeNoble of DeNoble's Farm Fresh Produce in Tillamook is no romantic.
Food Farmer Earth
How to Make an Irish Coffee
Veteran bartender David Shenaut from the soon to open Portland restaurant —Raven and Rose, demonstrates how to make the classic Irish Coffee drink.
Food Farmer Earth
Householding: A Way of Life, and of Thinking
Harriet Fasenfest explains how her love of food gardening, of cooking, and her early exposure to social issues evolved into her own brand of political consciousness that actively guides her present life.
Food Farmer Earth
Food Swap
Canned elk anyone? The summer's harvest is long over. Hours spent near a hot stove canning those tomatoes, peaches, or pickling beets are but a memory. As many of of us approach the depths of winter, perhaps we might look at our homemade...
Food Farmer Earth
A Mom Teaches Her Children the Importance of Food
Being a mom is really connected to feeding your kids, says Sarah Gilbert, a stay-at-home working mother. As she learned from her mother growing up, Gilbert strives to educate and instill an appreciation for fresh, locally produced food...
Food Farmer Earth
Benefits of a Food Club from the Members Perspective
The food buyer's club Know Thy Food brings community, transparency and a greater sense of empowerment to its members who are free to choose from a massive catalogue listing of local sustainable organic foods to buy. We ask a few of the...
Food Farmer Earth
Agriculture and Public Health: One Grape Grower Speaks Out
When it comes to organics vs. biodynamics vs. conventional farming, you get a lot of "you're with us, or you're against us." As Kevin Chambers explains in this video, when it comes to his farming practices at Resonance Vineyards in...