The Anchorage Daily News says that the Alaskan Morel harvest is expected to be below average this year, and explains what makes the difference between a good season and a bad season. Read the article here [download PDF].

Rick and Kristie Knoll are providing us with some spectacular spring vegetables - the San Francisco Chronicle profiles them and discusses how they have given up their official organic certification and moved into a category all their own. Read the article here [download PDF].

Read the New York Times story about the recent dinner at Hugo's in Portland, Maine featuring Jim Cook's potatoes here [download PDF].