May 2004
Cameron Skeen, left, Brian Taylor, center, and Paul Skeen examine new onion growth.
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Treasure Valley Bounty
Paul Skeen has seen a lot of crops come and go in eastern Oregon over the years, but the storage onion is certainly not one of them. In fact, the Treasure Valley region, which covers a big chunk of Oregon’s Malheur County and five counties in western Idaho, is so suitable for growing bulb onions that it ranks No. 1 in the United States for the crop.

Famous gourds at Eckler Farms
Glossy magazine spreads and high-class photo shoots are usually reserved for celebrities, politicians and models. But if the gourds and corn at Eckler Farms have their way, decorative produce may soon be taking over the media.

Wyoming woman blazes new trail
If Sadie Elliott had it her way, everyone would buy beans from her mother, Shelly Elliott. At one of the many farmers’ markets the Elliott family attended last year, the 2-year-old stood on a cooler telling customers at the Laramie, Wyo., farmers’ market to buy her mom’s beans. And buy them they did.

Marketplace of Ideas


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