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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Farewell, Project FARE
The Latah Farmers Market is in the midst of its second season as a small-scale, local market catering to county residents–vendors and visitors alike.
Organizer Erika Sattler, originally from California, moved to Deary, Idaho, to expand her regenerative cattle-raising business, Texas Ridge. She eventually compounded this interest by founding the market during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Over the past 10 years, there has been a shift back towards growing food in urban spaces. But building a high-production farm right outside the back door of a grocery store is as urban as you can get.
Since 1999, Pilgrim’s Market in Coeur d’Alene has been offering healthy, local and sustainable foods, supplements and lifestyle products. In 2015, they decided to take their values a step farther by establishing a market garden directly behind the store to bring fresh produce directly from farm to shopping basket.
Whether you’re a Coeur d’Alene local or just visiting town for the weekend, there are several food trucks in the city that go above and beyond. Three rise to the top: Las Brasas, Young Shin's Famous Korean, and Raw Dead Fish.
Idaho is known for agriculture—particularly potatoes—across the world. In a state with plenty of land for farms, ranches and dairies, there is also an abundance of water. Without water to sustain Idaho’s most famous crops, the state would not rank first in the nation for the production of potatoes, trout, barley or peppermint.
However, ongoing droughts are affecting the amount of water Idaho has available to put toward agriculture. Growers and residents alike are looking at a future where they must prioritize how and where they use water.
A central question propels Patrick Shepherd-Blalock and Noah Espinoza: What does it mean to thrive?
The energetic chefs behind Pocatello’s newest food truck, Thrive: Artisanal Bowls and Wraps, focus on internationally-inspired food with Idaho tastebuds in mind.
Fancy or casual, adventurous or comfortable, Project FARE contributors share where to find fabulous date night gnoshes
It’s been called the Great Resignation: a voluntary mass exodus of employees from the national labor market, particularly low-paying service jobs, starting in early 2021. Idaho isn’t exempt from the Great Resignation. Here are a few Idahoans’ experiences, from the views of both workers and employers.
Whether you’re looking for something sweet and cool or fun and filling, Project FARE’s writers and photographers have the inside scoop on great summer treats across the state.
Since 1983, the Festival at Sandpoint has been bringing excellent music immersed in an intimate, natural setting to North Idaho. The music, bands and musicians get a lot of recognition, but one of the crucial elements to a successful Festival, year after year, is the handful of local vendors who serve food and drinks on Festival Street.
A new report from the American Farmland Trust estimates Idaho will convert tens of thousands of acres of agricultural land to urban and rural development in the coming decades—though planners and landowners have the chance to reduce that number.
Project fare shares Idaho’s food stories FROM FIELD TO FORK.
That means the people, institutions and cultures that plan, grow, harvest, distribute and serve what goes onto your plate. It’s also about the people who eat it.