But, with delicate squash blossoms or even an old standby like onions or zucchini, shopping at a farmers market can leave you wishing that produce came with an instruction manual. Thats why the Tacoma Farmers Market introduced chef demonstrations, which bring local chefs to the market to show you how to cook whats in season. Hammitt, a personal chef and demonstration coordinator at Marlenes Market and Deli, focuses on fresh salads because theyre filling, flavorful and fast. Even better,...

Authorities hope wind conditions allow them to set a controlled burn to keep the 468-square-mile blaze from reaching Interstate 15 in the central part of the state. Forecasters say the heat wave should ease in the Pacific Northwest today, but many Western states will continue to see the thermometer topping 100 again. The men were accused of trying to blow up backpacks stuffed with explosives on three subway trains and a bus in 2005. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten...

To revive that convivial spirit, members of the LePage family held their 9th annual old-style wheat threshing party this weekend near an ancestor's cabin off Schott Road. Although steam engines have wheels - and were used for pulling plows - they are better suited for stationary purposes such as sawing wood or threshing grain. They were demonstrating how farmers used to grind corn over 100 years ago. In the days when farmers relied on fire and steam to thresh their crop, wheat harvest had...

Provincial Agriculturist Gerry Jose said it is drawn from the farming technology of integrating production of rice, corn, vegetables, poultry, fish and other livestock to augment the income of farmers. The program uses the leader-to-farmer concept of the DA, where projects are first modeled by farmer-leaders so it could influence other farmers later on. We take advantage of the working philosophy of farmers on a wait and see , so when they see a project profitable that's the time they will...

Farmers have responded to those market prices by planting more corn in Ohio than we ve seen in a long time. The production of corn-based ethanol is on the rise, and it has prompted more demand for corn. Siekman and other ethanol supporters toured the state Monday with several vehicles that run on ethanol fuel, known as E85. It will utilize between 30 and 35 million bushels of corn annually. A growing number of flex-fuel cars and trucks can use either unleaded gas or E85. A new ethanol...

The lack of rainfall has stunted development of major crops including corn and soybeans, which have seen the largest decline in condition in recent days. We want to ensure that our states farmers have access to all of the emergency assistance available to them to help them recover from this agricultural disaster. State Agriculture Commissioner Ken Givens says one of the most immediate and hardest hit areas of production is in the livestock sector, where producers have had to reduce and...