The Spovangelist

They say an effective communication technique is to “tell ‘em what you’re gonna tell ‘em, tell ‘em, and then tell ‘em what you told ‘em.” That is what I appreciate about Gabriel and Rimas’s proactive three-pronged approach to marketing Chicken Sh@#: Exploring Urban Ecosystems. Instead of issuing a wan invitation to an opening night event [...]

If you like the smell of the forest freshly covered in dew on a crisp morning during a camping trip, then you will like the smell of a worm bin. Yes, that is right. A bin full of slimy, wriggling little red worms is worth a whiff or two. Vermicomposting is a recent hobby of [...]

The rock star of urban farming. There she stood on the hunter green stage at Auntie’s, making the audience giggle about the prospect of slaughtering bunnies in their backyards.
Behind the podium in black and a recycled sari silk scarf, she was upfront and comfortable about her urban cultural leanings, citing a hipster-driven tour through some [...]

Last Thursday, SSYP did a “Beer With Jennifer Hall” event at the new Main Market Co-op downtown. It was the first opportunity we had to get up on the roof during construction.

The plans for the store will simply blow you away. Their/our website (I say “our” as a reminder that membership means partial ownership) is [...]

When the casual consumer thinks of prepared food products made in Spokane, delicious Bumble Bars, Brain Freeze ice cream, and Small Planet tofu spring to mind. While cooking up some hand-me-over boxed macaroni from a doting parent last night, our curiosity caused us to examine the fine print. We were shocked to read the following [...]

We are all charged up about local foods after attending a Spokane Farmer’s Market fundraising event and watching Food, Inc. at the re-opened Magic Lantern Theater last week.

Part of the Spovangelist’s thesis is that problems in the social realm are more difficult to identify and discuss than those observed in physical reality. While we need [...]

“This July 4th, let’s declare our food independence by sourcing the ingredients for our holiday meals as locally, sustainably and deliciously as possible, and let’s ask our elected officials to do the same.”

Spokane is proud to be an All-American City. What better way to act on our patriotism than to celebrate the bounty of our [...]

Happy Birthday Blog!
A lot has changed over the last twelve months. Venues and restaurants have come and gone, and countless numbers of people have too. KYRS Thin Air Radio has a whole slew of new shows on the air, and is getting ready to reach Chewelah, Loon Lake and Deer Park with 6,000 watts of [...]

Fall brings the smell of wood smoke and frosted pine needles to the Inland Northwest. This signals its time to make the 15 minute pilgrimage out to Green Bluff to enjoy the best of fall before temperatures drop and snow begins to blanket the area. One thing Spovangelist loves about the Apple and Harvest Festivals [...]

It’s been said before, and it’s worth saying again: We all have a lot to look forward to with the arrival of the Main Market Co-op in it’s NEW and much improved retail location.

This just in from the Downtown Spokane Partnership’s “Street Talk” newsletter:
Main Market Grocery Cooperative Begins Membership Drive and Announces a New Retail [...]