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Entering The Palouse, east of everything in Washington state, we crossed an invisible barrier where dunes suddenly appear. A hypnotic place, breathtaking, but not because of dunes of sand... it's the Sahara Desert rendered...

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On the road again headed out of the lovely Methow Valley to the east Washington...the part that no one would guess is the same state as the verdant Pacific Northwest. At the far border, below Spokane, is the Palouse,...

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Oooops, forgot an interview from while Lee's away at sea... in a holding pattern in blue collar Tacoma, Wash. Daily summer showers don't keep me indoors and the sweet scent of rain brings earthy aroma therapy to the...

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With Lee back from sea, our search continues for those making a difference in the progressive foods movement. We're driving east across the Cascades to the lesser known part of Washington state... dry, sunny and scorching hot in August....

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In a Tacoma holding pattern, waiting for Lee's return from sailing across the Pacific, I continued seeking out American heroes who are making changes in food quality. The on-going mission of our series, Farm To Fork Across America, is...

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Lee's sailing detour left me with two weeks of flying solo near Seattle, sourcing local stories for our Farm to Fork Across America editorial series. It was also an opportunity to catch up on writing from a wave of...

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We expected some staleness in the days following our return to hometown Palm Springs after our dynamic editorial road trip through the Western states... not! Within a week of reentering the norm, we were experiencing a treasure trove of...

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Finally in Washington state, I'm on Bainbridge Island, which is Manhattan-sized and across Puget Sound from Seattle. I was there to visit Betsey Wittick's horse-powered farm. Lee, my co-pilot for this Western states trip, was on a two-week detour,...

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Our six week, western states, Farm To Fork Across America tour continues to lead us to remarkable places. Deep in Oregon's formidable countryside, we travel from forest tunnel to forest tunnel, weaving our way on narrow highways....

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Confused about the different labels claiming organic at your grocer? So are we! Already in Corvallis at the Linus Pauling Institute, the opportunity presented itself to explore this thorny topic.

With a story begging for imminent release and interviews behind us from our Western...

Your hosts for these stories, Julie & Lee, couldn't be further apart in their historical connection to foods... Julie, a devout foodie from way back, Lee brought up on frozen foods and Oscar Meyer products. So, it couldn't be more...

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Horns, moonlight ceremonies, revered cow manure, timing by the solstice... these were some of the mystical elements of biodynamic farming we were exploring and questioning at the Benziger family winery. Our experience couldn't be further from our...

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For credibility in scientific analysis of nutrition in crops, you can't get much better than the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University. That would have been terrific to know during a frustrating...

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Climbing to reach the Erickson family farm, high in the Mayacamas Mountain range, in an ancient redwood forest, the road narrows. It was hard to imagine a farm through the trees, though around another curve a spectacular view of the Pope Valley near Napa appeared before...

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Some ideas don't fade, they simply adapt to changing circumstances. So we found in the rolling hills outside of Sonoma, California, home of the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center on 80 acres of organic gardens, orchards and wild lands. We were drawn to the...

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As we meandered through lush rolling farmlands from Santa Cruz to the edge of San Francisco, edible gardens seemed to pop up where there used to be front lawns and rooftops. We wanted to stop for a closer look though dared not as Mark Twain's sentiment...

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....a vivid sentiment not expected from the pen...

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Though anything but a soils science expert, as a premed student some 25 short years ago and after a year as a farm intern, I felt I knew enough biology and farming to attempt a six-month bio-nutrient soils study on an organic farm. Jeffrey Colle' of...

While she has been the face of Prada, Chanel and Hermes and graced covers of high profile fashion magazines (Vogue, Harpers Bazaar, W... to name a few), there was no assurance I'd recognize super model Angela Lindvall out of...

My heart sank when farmer Wendy Baroli exclaimed, "A CSA is just a glorified grocer." As I share their vision, I was captivated to see how GirlFarm could succeed. For a three-woman team, manning a recently purchased 95...