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Meet Your Local Grower: Global Gardens

Meet Your Local Grower: Global Gardens(0)

July 17, 2010

The Boise Co-op Produce Department has the distinct pleasure of introducing you to one our beloved local vendors, Global Gardens, purveyors of some of our favorite “pesticide free/conventional” lettuces located along the back, north wall of produce. Global Gardens Farm is a cooperative of Somali Bantu and other African refugee growers operating on 22 acres [...]

Meet Your Local Grower: Global Gardens
Beautiful Local Lettuces

Beautiful Local Lettuces

It is an exciting time in produce right now. Our long wet Spring has yielded a beautiful array of both organic and pesticide-free local lettuces from our local growers: Peacefully Belly, Global Gardens, & City Gardens.
Look for  a number of varieties of local organic lettuces featured in our organic green corner by Peaceful Belly: Deer [...]

All-Idaho HausBrau Wrap-Up

All-Idaho HausBrau Wrap-Up

“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.”
So it went on Saturday, May 22nd, @ the Ram’s Stonehouse for the conclusion of the 3rd Annual Organic Homebrew Contest.  300+ brave souls endured lines and unseasonably cold weather to gather in support of our [...]

Meet Your Local Grower: Purple Sage Farms

Meet Your Local Grower: Purple Sage Farms

Tim Sommer, Purple Sage Farms
Middleton, ID: tsommer@speedyquick.net
You may recall that this past fall, I attempted to peel an onion–that is, I considered our place in the world, assessing our impact upon others and the planet through how we live. If I came to any answer, it was to the idea of a strong and vibrant [...]


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