1. The 2,800-square-foot, four-bedroom house will be built on a concrete foundation. (passive)
2. Eastern Washington could be a renewable energy leader if people understood the benefits, said Carlton, owner of Palouse Synergy Systems.
3. “I got a double with a full bath,” said John Gardner, WSU vice president of economic development and global engagement. “I lived in Gannon-Golds for two years, and then I switched over here—[this is a] huge difference!”
4. PCEI is offering workshops to teach locals to value and know how to use sustainable techniques, she said.
5. “The new dorm is likely to receive the silver rating,” Gardner said.
there needs to be something between here
"Everything we do has a consequence,” Englund said about sustainability methods, consumption, and ecological footprints. “We just have to be aware [of] the butterfly effect.”
6. He also raises money for student scholarships.
7. She said she has been ostracized in her dorm, and, she might move to another hall. (passive)
8. Though helping to improve Pullman’s atmosphere, SEL does not make Pullman immune from the recession, Sherman said.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Sunday, October 25, 2009
doc ideas
Green building regulations in Washington and the Palouse specifically. Documents: building codes, regulations and laws
Reduced carbon footprint lab in the electrical engineering department, get the building documents and find out how env friendly it really is
Erosion control techniques on the Palouse, laws around point source erosion, what the requirements are for local agencies to enforce erosion control
WSU green fund- get documents submitted to ASWSU and students, find out what happened
Co-mingled recycling program
Portland/Seattle green roof legal documents, what incentives are offered, how long they have been offered or required and what are the outcomes
Reduced carbon footprint lab in the electrical engineering department, get the building documents and find out how env friendly it really is
Erosion control techniques on the Palouse, laws around point source erosion, what the requirements are for local agencies to enforce erosion control
WSU green fund- get documents submitted to ASWSU and students, find out what happened
Co-mingled recycling program
Portland/Seattle green roof legal documents, what incentives are offered, how long they have been offered or required and what are the outcomes
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Blog Fun Time
1.a http://www.foia.cia.gov/Top25PhrasesMonthly.asp
July: UFO August:UFO September: Guatemala
b. Lithuania
2.Are drastic swings in CRCT scores valid? document: test scores
Business as usual, even without permit document: Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection records
3.https://www.splc.org/legal_request.asp
4. no
5. http://www.doioig.gov/upload/Smith%20REDACTED%20FINAL_080708%20Final%20with%20transmittal%209_10%20date.pdf
July: UFO August:UFO September: Guatemala
b. Lithuania
2.Are drastic swings in CRCT scores valid? document: test scores
Business as usual, even without permit document: Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection records
3.https://www.splc.org/legal_request.asp
4. no
5. http://www.doioig.gov/upload/Smith%20REDACTED%20FINAL_080708%20Final%20with%20transmittal%209_10%20date.pdf
Sunday, October 18, 2009
October 20 Blog Update
Related Stories:
*http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2009/10/16/environmental-problems-need-a-holistic-approach/ October 16, 2009: an article about creating an interdisciplinary approach to solving environmental problems because they are so complex. I think this relates to my beat because the people in this area seem to believe the same thing. From trying to find methods that reduce erosion, but are also better for farmers wallets, to road construction using recycled glass, the Palouse seems to be finding ideas that help people as much as they help trees.
*http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hKS7UwnC8nR6j4kYQLu6m1X7nBbQD9B9IMAG0
October 13, 2009: an article on a new green wall in Pittsburgh, much like the green roofs I am writing my profile story about. This a new aspect of the trend that is going on here.
Story Ideas:
* prescription medication disposal and its impacts on the environment
* farmers implementing anti-erosion technology on their farms
*http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2009/10/16/environmental-problems-need-a-holistic-approach/ October 16, 2009: an article about creating an interdisciplinary approach to solving environmental problems because they are so complex. I think this relates to my beat because the people in this area seem to believe the same thing. From trying to find methods that reduce erosion, but are also better for farmers wallets, to road construction using recycled glass, the Palouse seems to be finding ideas that help people as much as they help trees.
*http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hKS7UwnC8nR6j4kYQLu6m1X7nBbQD9B9IMAG0
October 13, 2009: an article on a new green wall in Pittsburgh, much like the green roofs I am writing my profile story about. This a new aspect of the trend that is going on here.
Story Ideas:
* prescription medication disposal and its impacts on the environment
* farmers implementing anti-erosion technology on their farms
Profile Story
Nestled into a hill on the Palouse Clearwater Environmental Institute’s campus in Moscow, a new artists’ studio is taking shape that blends into this landscape more than it stands out.
The building is part of the international trend of green building and, particularly, green or living roofs. Last Saturday, PCEI hosted a workshop to plant sedums and other vegetation on the roof of the artists’ studio.
“Every year, we try to make [our campus] more environmentally friendly, and we invite people to help,” PCEI Membership Coordinator Alycia Lamar said.
Cities and organizations are not installing green roofs just for aesthetics or carbon offsetting, supporters say. The bigger benefits for the building owner are are reduced insulation costs, extended roof lifespan, said Luke Sheneman, Nora Creek Timber co-owner and PCEI green roof installer.
Environmental benefits are water holding and filtration, reduced temperatures in cities, and creation of insect and animal habitat, he said.
“Other roofs destroy habitat,” Sheneman said. “We have just created more habitat than there was before.”
As of yet, green roofing is not a trend in residential building or in the Palouse at all, said Peter Oswald, Nora Creek Timber co-owner and PCEI green roof installer. Part of the reason is that green roofs require more engineering to hold the weight of the plants and soil.
Green roofs, like many sustainable features, also cost more, even though the benefits pay off over time, Lamar said. The artists’ studio’s roof cost $3,000.
While larger U.S. cities are embracing it, towns in the Palouse may not have the means or awareness to offer incentives yet, she said.
“Price, knowledge and availability are probably why people don’t install green roofs,” Lamar said.
PCEI is hoping to change that by offering a series of workshops like the artists’ studio roof, so that locals value and know how to use sustainable techniques, she said.
“You too can do things in an environmentally-friendly way,” Lamar said. “We want people to walk away with a sense of ‘we have to save what is important to us.’”
Green roofing is mostly a European movement currently. Germany and Switzerland are particular proponents of green roofs, Oswald said.
Germany is a “global leader” of green roof technology and installation according to Earth Clinic Planet, a Web site that reports international environmental legislation. Both Germany and Switzerland have incentives and requirements for green roofing in their cities.
While the artists’ studio joins only a handful of green-roofed buildings in the Palouse, green roof companies are scattered across the U.S., and cities as close as Portland and Seattle are implementing the technique as well, Oswald said.
Portland has municipal building requirements and tax and building incentives, according to the Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability Web site.
Seattle developed the Green Factor, an ordinance to increase the amount of vegetation in the city. It requires builders to implement any of the methods on a long list, including green roofs or walls, rainwater harvesting, tree preservation and others, according to the program Web site.
Being the only environmental organization in the area, PCEI feels a special responsibility to use, promote and educate people about the latest ways to go green, Lamar said.
“With every decision, choosing the least expensive option is never the direction we go,” she said. “It’s doing what’s best for the environment.”
Sources
http://planet.earthclinic.com/initiatives/green-roofs.html
http://www.portlandonline.com/shared/cfm/image.cfm?id=112682
http://www.portlandonline.com/bps/index.cfm?c=ecbbd&a=bbehci
http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/Permits/GreenFactor/Overview/
In-person interviews:
Aly Lamar PCEI Membership Coordinator (208-882-1444)
Luke Sheneman and Peter Oswald, Nora Creek Timber owners, PCEI green roof installers
The building is part of the international trend of green building and, particularly, green or living roofs. Last Saturday, PCEI hosted a workshop to plant sedums and other vegetation on the roof of the artists’ studio.
“Every year, we try to make [our campus] more environmentally friendly, and we invite people to help,” PCEI Membership Coordinator Alycia Lamar said.
Cities and organizations are not installing green roofs just for aesthetics or carbon offsetting, supporters say. The bigger benefits for the building owner are are reduced insulation costs, extended roof lifespan, said Luke Sheneman, Nora Creek Timber co-owner and PCEI green roof installer.
Environmental benefits are water holding and filtration, reduced temperatures in cities, and creation of insect and animal habitat, he said.
“Other roofs destroy habitat,” Sheneman said. “We have just created more habitat than there was before.”
As of yet, green roofing is not a trend in residential building or in the Palouse at all, said Peter Oswald, Nora Creek Timber co-owner and PCEI green roof installer. Part of the reason is that green roofs require more engineering to hold the weight of the plants and soil.
Green roofs, like many sustainable features, also cost more, even though the benefits pay off over time, Lamar said. The artists’ studio’s roof cost $3,000.
While larger U.S. cities are embracing it, towns in the Palouse may not have the means or awareness to offer incentives yet, she said.
“Price, knowledge and availability are probably why people don’t install green roofs,” Lamar said.
PCEI is hoping to change that by offering a series of workshops like the artists’ studio roof, so that locals value and know how to use sustainable techniques, she said.
“You too can do things in an environmentally-friendly way,” Lamar said. “We want people to walk away with a sense of ‘we have to save what is important to us.’”
Green roofing is mostly a European movement currently. Germany and Switzerland are particular proponents of green roofs, Oswald said.
Germany is a “global leader” of green roof technology and installation according to Earth Clinic Planet, a Web site that reports international environmental legislation. Both Germany and Switzerland have incentives and requirements for green roofing in their cities.
While the artists’ studio joins only a handful of green-roofed buildings in the Palouse, green roof companies are scattered across the U.S., and cities as close as Portland and Seattle are implementing the technique as well, Oswald said.
Portland has municipal building requirements and tax and building incentives, according to the Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability Web site.
Seattle developed the Green Factor, an ordinance to increase the amount of vegetation in the city. It requires builders to implement any of the methods on a long list, including green roofs or walls, rainwater harvesting, tree preservation and others, according to the program Web site.
Being the only environmental organization in the area, PCEI feels a special responsibility to use, promote and educate people about the latest ways to go green, Lamar said.
“With every decision, choosing the least expensive option is never the direction we go,” she said. “It’s doing what’s best for the environment.”
Sources
http://planet.earthclinic.com/initiatives/green-roofs.html
http://www.portlandonline.com/shared/cfm/image.cfm?id=112682
http://www.portlandonline.com/bps/index.cfm?c=ecbbd&a=bbehci
http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/Permits/GreenFactor/Overview/
In-person interviews:
Aly Lamar PCEI Membership Coordinator (208-882-1444)
Luke Sheneman and Peter Oswald, Nora Creek Timber owners, PCEI green roof installers
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Follow a record
1. Enrique Fabregas was a foster father who allegedly abused his foster daughters. The journalists found the files of complaints against him and the investigations that followed, these were from non-state sources.
2.Convicts cleared to work at DSHS; 174 kept jobs despite murder, rape and more from March 15. A story about government workers getting and keeping jobs even with serious criminal histories.
3. It requires permission from the person the records are about
4. Information can be withheld or redacted because it contains information about a juvenile justice case
5-9. a) There are two copies because one has internal notes about covering this information up.
b) Father Joe's explanation was that he had ahold of the boy's hair and the boy got up out of a chair too fast, causing the hair in Father Joe's hand to separate from the boy's head.
c) hacking, slapping, pushing, hair cutting, grounding
d) The notes are written about the report to other investigators/agents. They are internal notes. They can be used if they were released as public records.
e) Drafts do not need to be released to the public. but this document was not a draft.
f) any internal communication are public record
g) mother and counselor
h) confidentiality of clients, media didn't challenge, report can be released without compromising confidentiality, redact names
2.Convicts cleared to work at DSHS; 174 kept jobs despite murder, rape and more from March 15. A story about government workers getting and keeping jobs even with serious criminal histories.
3. It requires permission from the person the records are about
4. Information can be withheld or redacted because it contains information about a juvenile justice case
5-9. a) There are two copies because one has internal notes about covering this information up.
b) Father Joe's explanation was that he had ahold of the boy's hair and the boy got up out of a chair too fast, causing the hair in Father Joe's hand to separate from the boy's head.
c) hacking, slapping, pushing, hair cutting, grounding
d) The notes are written about the report to other investigators/agents. They are internal notes. They can be used if they were released as public records.
e) Drafts do not need to be released to the public. but this document was not a draft.
f) any internal communication are public record
g) mother and counselor
h) confidentiality of clients, media didn't challenge, report can be released without compromising confidentiality, redact names
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Records Exercise
I. Whitman County:
Pop 41,664
85% white
48.2 % bachelor's degree
$32,083 median hh income
26.7% below poverty level
Why are people with a much higher average % of BA degrees at such low levels of income? I would want to look at the range, are the ppl with BAs making such low amounts or are they skewing the rest of the data? is it a striated system? wealthy and poor?
II. 1) 2004 $21,793,767 104
2005 $40,062,508 131
2006 $34,549,367 105
2007 $31,922,839 114
2008 $14,007,013 68
2)2009 $7,170,166 35
IV. 1) Whitman County and San Juan County
2) 29.2%
V. 1) Office of Financial Management
a)1960
b)1324
c) difference between birth and death and migration in and out
a) 46,786
VI. a) Palouse Basin Aquifer Council
b) 4 cases
c)600,000 vaccines available
d)360 doses in WC
e) waiting until have more, high-risk residents first
Story Idea: federal grants and insurance, Consolidated Federal Funds Report on quicklinks
Pop 41,664
85% white
48.2 % bachelor's degree
$32,083 median hh income
26.7% below poverty level
Why are people with a much higher average % of BA degrees at such low levels of income? I would want to look at the range, are the ppl with BAs making such low amounts or are they skewing the rest of the data? is it a striated system? wealthy and poor?
II. 1) 2004 $21,793,767 104
2005 $40,062,508 131
2006 $34,549,367 105
2007 $31,922,839 114
2008 $14,007,013 68
2)2009 $7,170,166 35
IV. 1) Whitman County and San Juan County
2) 29.2%
V. 1) Office of Financial Management
a)1960
b)1324
c) difference between birth and death and migration in and out
a) 46,786
VI. a) Palouse Basin Aquifer Council
b) 4 cases
c)600,000 vaccines available
d)360 doses in WC
e) waiting until have more, high-risk residents first
Story Idea: federal grants and insurance, Consolidated Federal Funds Report on quicklinks
Monday, October 12, 2009
October 13 Blog Update
Related Stories:
*http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/08/reduce-reuse-runway/ 10/8/09 CdA fashion show benefits environmental alliance: Local fashion designers that create their looks out of recycled goods put on a fashion show to raise money for Kootenai Environmental Alliance. This relates to my blog because it is local people trying to make an difference in their community and environment through creative ways.
*http://www.wsutoday.wsu.edu/pages/publications.aspAction=Detail&PublicationID=15587&TypeID=1
9/8/09 Green Bike Program arrives at WSU: WSU started a free bike rental program for students and faculty, to help Cougars and the environment. This relates to my beat because it is an environmental solution that helps both people and the environment.
Story Ideas:
* How is the Green Bike Program going one month in?
*Profile of a local organic farm
*http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/08/reduce-reuse-runway/ 10/8/09 CdA fashion show benefits environmental alliance: Local fashion designers that create their looks out of recycled goods put on a fashion show to raise money for Kootenai Environmental Alliance. This relates to my blog because it is local people trying to make an difference in their community and environment through creative ways.
*http://www.wsutoday.wsu.edu/pages/publications.aspAction=Detail&PublicationID=15587&TypeID=1
9/8/09 Green Bike Program arrives at WSU: WSU started a free bike rental program for students and faculty, to help Cougars and the environment. This relates to my beat because it is an environmental solution that helps both people and the environment.
Story Ideas:
* How is the Green Bike Program going one month in?
*Profile of a local organic farm
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Libel Exercise
1. “Up until the day he died, he was a brilliant writer. But the drugs made him a thief, a pimp and a liar,” said friend Karen Smith, who was with Johnson at the time of his death.
-- This is a direct quote, so it would depend on what was published with this quote, either evidence for or against this quote and where we got that evidence. If he was a writer, he was a public figure, so the libel laws are less stringent
2. “Megan Fox is a man!” Headline on Weekly World News Web site
-- Could be libelous, although she is a public figure and it is unlikely that this comment will hurt her career at all. If it causes her emotional damage it might be libel, but I find that unlikely
3. “In my opinion, Kevin is a murdering rapist.”
-- It depends on what other evidence we have and whether Kevin is a public figure or not. It would definitely cause him harm in the public eye so I would be cautious about publishing this quote, unless it was after he was found guilty by a jury
-- This is a direct quote, so it would depend on what was published with this quote, either evidence for or against this quote and where we got that evidence. If he was a writer, he was a public figure, so the libel laws are less stringent
2. “Megan Fox is a man!” Headline on Weekly World News Web site
-- Could be libelous, although she is a public figure and it is unlikely that this comment will hurt her career at all. If it causes her emotional damage it might be libel, but I find that unlikely
3. “In my opinion, Kevin is a murdering rapist.”
-- It depends on what other evidence we have and whether Kevin is a public figure or not. It would definitely cause him harm in the public eye so I would be cautious about publishing this quote, unless it was after he was found guilty by a jury
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Profile Story Ideas
* Mary Jane Butters: organic farm owner, trend: organic farm
* PCEI executive director: Thomas C. Lamar trend:env restoration
* Bart Mihailovich or Paul Dillon: Down To Earth Bloggers trend:going green
* Angie Dierdorff: Sustainable September Spokane Coordinator trend:going green
* designer in CdA fashion show trend: recycling
steelhead, wolf guy, living roof workshop-extreme green building/old ways of living profile of someone living this way
* PCEI executive director: Thomas C. Lamar trend:env restoration
* Bart Mihailovich or Paul Dillon: Down To Earth Bloggers trend:going green
* Angie Dierdorff: Sustainable September Spokane Coordinator trend:going green
* designer in CdA fashion show trend: recycling
steelhead, wolf guy, living roof workshop-extreme green building/old ways of living profile of someone living this way
Monday, October 5, 2009
Oct 6 Blog Update
Related Stories:
*http://www.downtoearthnw.com/stories/2009/sep/30/dinner-supports-peach-farm-school/ 9/30/09 Dinner Supports Peach Farm School - I have been seeing stories about this farm school a lot lately, its origin, its dinner, the support-raising. It is related to my beat because it is a community effort for environmental improvements.
*http://www.downtoearthnw.com/stories/2009/oct/02/city-street-paved-in-crushed-glass/ 10/2/09 City Using Crushed Glass for Road Building - Last week, I had a story about glass recycling and how it is not really working for cities, I like that the Spokesman ran another story this week about what Spokane is doing to fix this problem. Proactive environmental solutions
Story Ideas:
*Profile the PEACH school
*http://www.downtoearthnw.com/stories/2009/sep/30/dinner-supports-peach-farm-school/ 9/30/09 Dinner Supports Peach Farm School - I have been seeing stories about this farm school a lot lately, its origin, its dinner, the support-raising. It is related to my beat because it is a community effort for environmental improvements.
*http://www.downtoearthnw.com/stories/2009/oct/02/city-street-paved-in-crushed-glass/ 10/2/09 City Using Crushed Glass for Road Building - Last week, I had a story about glass recycling and how it is not really working for cities, I like that the Spokesman ran another story this week about what Spokane is doing to fix this problem. Proactive environmental solutions
Story Ideas:
*Profile the PEACH school
Enterprise Story
Santa, Idaho is not a place most people, even from the Palouse, know much about.
“It’s just a post office and the area surrounding it,” Santa resident, Leah Sempel, said.
However, Santa is part of a greater trend of growing and buying local and organic food. Both Sempel and fellow Santa resident Elizabeth Taylor drive a little over an hour each week to bring their organically grown produce to the thriving Moscow Farmers’ Market.
“More and more people want to get back to knowing what they’re eating and who’s growing it,” Sempel said.
Washington and Idaho are ranked in the top 20 agriculture producing states, and both are in the top five for several specific crops, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Web site.
Now, this hub of produce is overwhelmingly jumping on the local and organic bandwagon, with almost 700 Washington organic farms and more than 70,000 organic acres, as of 2006, a 1,000 percent increase from 1988, according to the Washington State Department of Agriculture Web site.
The trend is easy to see in the Palouse. The Moscow-Pullman area alone has 137 organic farms within a 100 mile radius, according to Local Harvest’s Web site.
“People want to buy fresher food and support their community,” Sempel said.
In addition to Moscow’s farmers’ market, now in its fourth decade, Pullman started a weekly market this summer. It was mostly organized by the Washington State University Organic Farm, another new addition to the local organic food movement, said Deborah Pehrson, WSU Tukey Orchard farm manager.
“It seems like more people are looking for, and are willing to pay for, organic and local food,” Pehrson said. “People that find local fruit really prefer it,” she said, because it is fresher, it tastes better and it is more environmentally and health friendly.
One of the most common hesitations about local or organic food is price. Comparing price to larger chains is something most local farmers are unwilling to do because they say the products just do not compare.
“It’s not the same food,” Taylor said.
Growers try to stay reasonable and fair so that their product is accessible to people, Sempel said. Some of the produce ends up less expensive than grocery stores, some more.
However, as petroleum price increase, local food will be the less expensive option, said Kelly Kingsland of Affinity Farm in Moscow.
“As barrels of oil get more and more expensive, local food will get more and more feasible,” she said.
Many people seem to be catching on to this idea. While she worried economic trouble would keep people away, Sempel said she has done better in the last few years than before the economy bust.
Another issue for some, is that local doesn’t always mean certified organic, but an organic label doesn’t always mean better, Taylor said. A large producer can get a USDA certified organic label but still cut corners, she said. And while local farmers may not have the certification, it matters less because customers can talk to the person who grew the food and even visit the farm.
“People are tired of fast and far away,” Taylor said. “As society and civilization progress, I think it’s very important to people to connect with where their food is grown.”
Outline:
Intro- Santa and the farmers at the market
Overview quote about organic/local
What the trend is in Washington/Idaho
-USDA and WSDA data
Localize to Palouse
-orchard, organic farm and farmers’ markets
Why eat local/organic
Issues with local/organic
Summary end quote
Sources:
*Deb Pehrson WSU Tukey Orchard Farm Manager (509)335-6700
*Kelly Kingsland Affinity Farm (208)892-9000
*Elizabeth Taylor – independent farm (208)245-3343
*Leah Sempel – independent farm (208)245-4381
usda.gov
agr.wa.gov
localharvest.org
*in-person interview
“It’s just a post office and the area surrounding it,” Santa resident, Leah Sempel, said.
However, Santa is part of a greater trend of growing and buying local and organic food. Both Sempel and fellow Santa resident Elizabeth Taylor drive a little over an hour each week to bring their organically grown produce to the thriving Moscow Farmers’ Market.
“More and more people want to get back to knowing what they’re eating and who’s growing it,” Sempel said.
Washington and Idaho are ranked in the top 20 agriculture producing states, and both are in the top five for several specific crops, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Web site.
Now, this hub of produce is overwhelmingly jumping on the local and organic bandwagon, with almost 700 Washington organic farms and more than 70,000 organic acres, as of 2006, a 1,000 percent increase from 1988, according to the Washington State Department of Agriculture Web site.
The trend is easy to see in the Palouse. The Moscow-Pullman area alone has 137 organic farms within a 100 mile radius, according to Local Harvest’s Web site.
“People want to buy fresher food and support their community,” Sempel said.
In addition to Moscow’s farmers’ market, now in its fourth decade, Pullman started a weekly market this summer. It was mostly organized by the Washington State University Organic Farm, another new addition to the local organic food movement, said Deborah Pehrson, WSU Tukey Orchard farm manager.
“It seems like more people are looking for, and are willing to pay for, organic and local food,” Pehrson said. “People that find local fruit really prefer it,” she said, because it is fresher, it tastes better and it is more environmentally and health friendly.
One of the most common hesitations about local or organic food is price. Comparing price to larger chains is something most local farmers are unwilling to do because they say the products just do not compare.
“It’s not the same food,” Taylor said.
Growers try to stay reasonable and fair so that their product is accessible to people, Sempel said. Some of the produce ends up less expensive than grocery stores, some more.
However, as petroleum price increase, local food will be the less expensive option, said Kelly Kingsland of Affinity Farm in Moscow.
“As barrels of oil get more and more expensive, local food will get more and more feasible,” she said.
Many people seem to be catching on to this idea. While she worried economic trouble would keep people away, Sempel said she has done better in the last few years than before the economy bust.
Another issue for some, is that local doesn’t always mean certified organic, but an organic label doesn’t always mean better, Taylor said. A large producer can get a USDA certified organic label but still cut corners, she said. And while local farmers may not have the certification, it matters less because customers can talk to the person who grew the food and even visit the farm.
“People are tired of fast and far away,” Taylor said. “As society and civilization progress, I think it’s very important to people to connect with where their food is grown.”
Outline:
Intro- Santa and the farmers at the market
Overview quote about organic/local
What the trend is in Washington/Idaho
-USDA and WSDA data
Localize to Palouse
-orchard, organic farm and farmers’ markets
Why eat local/organic
Issues with local/organic
Summary end quote
Sources:
*Deb Pehrson WSU Tukey Orchard Farm Manager (509)335-6700
*Kelly Kingsland Affinity Farm (208)892-9000
*Elizabeth Taylor – independent farm (208)245-3343
*Leah Sempel – independent farm (208)245-4381
usda.gov
agr.wa.gov
localharvest.org
*in-person interview
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Larry Craig Court Dcouments
The investigating officer: Dave Karsnia
The potential crime: interference with privacy and disorderly conduct
Officer's response: Show credentials and make an arrest
Date and Time: June 11, 2007 from 12 am to 1 pm
The basic narrative: In a police sting operation, Senator Larry Craig was arrested for soliciting sexual favors in a public restroom.
The potential crime: interference with privacy and disorderly conduct
Officer's response: Show credentials and make an arrest
Date and Time: June 11, 2007 from 12 am to 1 pm
The basic narrative: In a police sting operation, Senator Larry Craig was arrested for soliciting sexual favors in a public restroom.
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