
A Year of Idaho Food Mid Season Update
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
From: Guy Hand
Length: 00:04:00
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The Year of Idaho Food is nearing it’s halfway mark. A year long collaboration of volunteers, the Year of Idaho Food is designed to collect and catalogue stories, recipes, photographs and videos from any Idahoan willing to share. The project is gathering material from gardeners, farmers, restaurant owners, virtually anyone with a connection to food and agriculture.
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Broadcast History
Aired on Boise State Public Radio 5/27/11
Transcript
Hand: The Year of Idaho Food is nearing it’s halfway mark. A year long collaboration of volunteers, the Year of Idaho Food is designed to collect and catalogue stories, recipes, photographs and videos from any Idahoan willing to share. The project is gathering material from gardeners, farmers, restaurant owners, virtually anyone with a connection to food and agriculture.
Hutchinson: We would love to hear from hunters, from anglers, from vegans.
Hand: That’s Amy Hutchinson, one of the founders of the Year of Idaho Food.
Hutchinson: We’d love to hear from the native population and talking about native foods and the importance to their culture and health.
Hand: This broad-ranging conversation is being held online, on a companion website.
Hutchinson: That is sort of our virtual table. It’s an opportunity for us to talk about our recipes and share our potlucks and share the ideas that have...
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