Small Sustainable Farms in Oregon and Washington

08/20/2020

A new study shows the nutrition and environmental benefits of more than 600 perennial species—from artichokes to chaya—which address climate mitigation, biodiversity, and nutrition.

07/02/2020

06/16/2020

Recognizing “food is medicine,” a Boston hospital puts an organic farm on its roof High above the Boston Medical Center grows a bountiful organic vegetable garden that feeds patients, staff and the poor. More than a hundred volunteers tend the garden, which includes kale, collard greens, bok cho...

05/16/2020

Weeds have a bad reputation, but they perform a lot of ecosystem services, for free.

05/07/2020

Lilacs are edible! Medicinal too.

Lilac shrubs have always been one of my favorite signs of spring. Growing up in Eastern Oregon we wouldn't see the blooms until at least May, but here in the Willamette Valley we are blessed seeing them bloom as early as the beginning of April. Vases filled with freshly cut lilac reminds me ...