http://www.sustainablenorthwest.org daily 1 2007-10-31T23:43:55Z http://www.sustainablenorthwest.org/stories/new-leaf-paper Jeff Mendelsohn took on one of the most polluting industries in the world, the paper industry, with the goal of producing the best environmental paper. No publisher rmagyar 2008-06-19T17:36:19Z Spotlight http://www.sustainablenorthwest.org/stories/ecohaus-environmental-home-center Matt Freeman-Gleason acted on his commitment to sustainability and started Environmental Home Center, now Ecohaus, an eco-friendly building materials supplier. No publisher rmagyar home page 2008-06-19T17:44:26Z Spotlight http://www.sustainablenorthwest.org/stories/emmas-eco-clean A group of low income women in Northern California banded together to create a successful co-op cleaning business using environmentally friendly cleansers. No publisher rmagyar 2008-01-24T17:06:11Z Spotlight http://www.sustainablenorthwest.org/stories/inaba-produce-farms Lon Inaba explains the history of the Yakima Valley farm and continuation of family values: nurturing the workers, the crops and the insects that pollinate. No publisher rmagyar 2007-12-12T09:03:54Z Spotlight http://www.sustainablenorthwest.org/stories/mike-and-jean2019s-berry-farm Mike and Jean Youngquist are beating the odds by evolving with the marketplace, and lobbying consumers and policymakers for support of domestic food sources. No publisher rmagyar 2007-12-12T09:51:35Z Spotlight http://www.sustainablenorthwest.org/stories/sakuma-brothers Three generations of the Sakuma family have built a fruit business operating in two states with a farm, research laboratory, and processing and packaging plant. No publisher rmagyar 2007-12-12T09:56:02Z Spotlight http://www.sustainablenorthwest.org/stories/shepherd2019s-grain Fred Fleming and business partner Karl Kupers are Food Alliance certified, use no-till farming, and sell their Washington wheat to local markets. No publisher rmagyar People, Places, Prosperity 2008-01-06T00:47:07Z Spotlight http://www.sustainablenorthwest.org/stories/willows-inn-nettle-farm-lummi-reefnetters From pasta hand-made with organic Nettles Farm eggs to reefnetted salmon, Riley Starks and Judy Olsen bring quality local food to diners at Willows Inn. No publisher rmagyar 2007-12-12T10:01:38Z Spotlight http://www.sustainablenorthwest.org/stories/leonetti-cellar Leonetti Cellar winemaker Gary Figgins and his son Chris, the winery's lead viticulturalist, cultivate soil health to create quality wines. No publisher rmagyar 2008-05-29T23:04:59Z Spotlight http://www.sustainablenorthwest.org/stories/ironstraw-group Michael and Spring Thomas founded IronStraw Group to educate about strawbale construction and now teach building skills to disadvantaged rural youth. No publisher rmagyar 2008-01-24T17:06:09Z Spotlight http://www.sustainablenorthwest.org/stories/mobile-meat-processing-unit-lopez-community-land-trust A revolutionary innovation in small farming on Lopez Island, WA - a mobile meat processing unit that allows consumers to support small island ranchers No publisher rmagyar 2008-05-22T23:30:23Z Spotlight http://www.sustainablenorthwest.org/stories/peshastin-creek-growers-association Dr. John Dunley helps the Peshastin Creek Growers Association develop a soft pesticide program for their orchards and move away from conventional farming. No publisher rmagyar 2008-01-24T17:06:09Z Spotlight http://www.sustainablenorthwest.org/stories/quillisascut-farm-school-of-the-domestic-arts LoraLea and Rick Misterly use small-scale farming methods to provide high-quality products and hands-on education for aspiring chefs. No publisher rmagyar 2008-04-28T18:18:40Z Spotlight http://www.sustainablenorthwest.org/stories/rendezvous-reclamation Sam Lucy reclaims abandoned Methow Valley farmland using crops rather than chemicals to bring weeds under control and the soil back to fertility. No publisher rmagyar 2008-01-24T17:06:09Z Spotlight http://www.sustainablenorthwest.org/stories/rebuilding-center To reunite and meet the needs of the neighborhood, Shane Endicott started the non-profit Our United Villages, and the Rebuilding Center was its first success. No publisher rmagyar 2008-05-22T22:42:47Z Spotlight