Our Organic Northwest

Recovering Rangeland Habitat, One Sage Seed at a Time

October 12, 2007

IDAHO/Idaho Governor Butch Otter is asking state residents to help collect thousands of pounds of sagebrush seed to re-vegetate vast areas of Idaho desert blackened by summer wildfires.

 

Image taken by Mike Fitzpatrick.

Guy Hand reports.

Red Delicious Apples Lose Their Shine

October 5, 2007

RICHLAND/Ask a kid to draw an apple and chances are the depiction will look something like a Red Delicious. The image of the bright red glossy fruit has been burned into the collective Northwest memory. But lately, farmers are growing less of the once popular reds. Instead they are planting more profitable varieties.

Anna King reports.