WEN takes a look at the broader picture with lifestyle, book reviews, and travel features.
Food Security and Clean Drinking Are Inseparable by Bryer Sousa In our companion articles, Autumn Minery and I reflect upon our adolescence, since adolescence was when food security, better... Read more
Gerau Luzito MY STORY: English language learners from Portland Adult Education share their story in their own words. My name is Gerau Luzito. Luzito signifies respect. My name came from my f... Read more
How a Local Food Business Black Dinah Chocolatiers Manages Safety, Sustainability and Sweetness by Marilyn Miller Close your eyes. Imagine you have a month off one summer. Now imagine that y... Read more
Adam Baske Talks Socially Responsible Tuna PelotonPosts is a monthly dispatch from PelotonLabs, a co-working community on Bramhall Square in Portland’s West End. PelotonLabs member Adam Bask... Read more
THE AMOS FARM: Season’s End and Putting Your Garden to Bed by Christian Torp You shall sow your land for six years and gather in its yield, but on the seventh year you shall let it res... Read more
Mexico Mango and Traveling Fruits by Nancy Dorrans This week I ate the most delicious Mango… It was perfectly ripe, perhaps a tad over ripe, colorful, juicy, sweet and tangy. Absolute perfec... Read more
Turning Food Waste Into Food Sovereignty by Jeremy Bloom This is a story of how one family is using food waste for the forces of good, instead of dumping it in trash bags. Once in the landfi... Read more
Perspectives from the Sky Astrological Forecast September 2016 Mercury retrograde marks a bad time to jump to conclusions. by Leo Knighton Tallarico September promises to be an energetically... Read more
Tomato Weekend is an Italian American tradition that runs like a family business. by Marilyn Miller What do you think of when you think of August? Sun, beach, lake, heat? I think of my famil... Read more
The Amos Farm Talks Tomato Trellising by Christian Torp The tomato. A mainstay of the home garden. Here’s some helpful tips on tomato trellising. Good news, there are alternatives to t... Read more