Food and Agriculture

Bare shelves at supermarkets are attributed to omicron, a labor shortage, climate change and other reasons. "We're really seeing the perfect storm," one industry expert told NPR.

Interview with Leanne Brown, author of "Good Enough. Embracing the Joys of Imperfection and Practicing Self-Care in the Kitchen." Her new book is more than recipes, its message is about finding joy in the act of cooking.

January episode of Stories of Southern Oregon, produced by Maureen Flanagan Battistella: Richard Roseberg, director of Southern Oregon Research and Extension Center (SOREC) near Medford, Oregon on how drought and covid-19 pandemic have affected local services to food growers.

A pair of fungus foragers in Northern California recently pulled in more than 200 pounds of chanterelles. Rather than cash in, they donated and got creative.

Recipes from Cascadia.

Winter garden advice.

Center for sustainability

Tens of thousands of California’s guest farmworkers and U.S. farmworkers will see pay increases in 2022, which advocates say comes thanks to their lawsuit to stop a Trump-era wage freeze.

Why Oregon wants to increase crab consumption

Community farms, especially those focused on communities of color, have sought to reframe thinking around “giving” this time of year.

What happens if you feed cannabis to sheep? It’s a question that livestock scientists are actually wondering about at Oregon State University. They’re trying to develop a new animal feed market for industrial hemp. OPB science reporter Jes Burns recently joined JPR’s Liam Moriarty to explain what they’re up to.

While high gas prices have pushed President Biden to tap into the US's strategic oil reserves, America's neighbor to the north is also dealing with a shortage of another so-called "liquid gold".