Selection & Storage

Vegetables: Harvesting & Storage

Harvesting vegetables at the right stage of maturity and storing them properly helps ensure top taste, nutrition, and storage life. This University of Idaho publication explains how, covering vegetables from asparagus to turnips and giving the nutritional profile of each.

Pumpkin picking in Parma, ID

Beautiful countryside in Fruitland, ID

What to look for when buying locally raised meat for custom processing.

This University of Idaho publication explains how the process works: from identifying a suitable local producer to communicating your butchering and packaging preferences to the processing plant.