Farming among the next crop of local startups
                   
nwsource.com     May 20, 2008            

Growing food locally a pricey prospect for first-time farmers By JENNIFER LANGSTON P-I REPORTER Siri Erickson-Brown kept 27 chickens this spring in her Capitol Hill apartment, where the closet doubled as a grow operation for hundreds of tomato seedlings. Despite zoning laws and millions spent to... [read full story]                

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