Nourishing leftovers: Gleaning bears fruit for food banks, poor families hurt by recession

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — A growing army of needy people and volunteers are descending on farms, fields and backyards across the nation in search of leftover produce that might otherwise go to waste.

Oregon’s Portland Rose Festival Web site is beckoning you to a vacation visit

Travel season is upon us and the Northwest is beckoning, especially that scenic area of Oregon where the Columbia River approaches the sea and the city of Portland offers hospitality and attractions that include the nation’s largest rose show.

Women bear largest burden in hunger crisis raging in Africa and across developing world

BULAWAYO, Swaziland — Phetsile Ndwandwe, short, skinny and 23 years old, accepts an apple from a development worker and nibbles at it, stripping the peel with her teeth before handing the fruit to Siphokazi, her baby daughter.

25th annual American Quilter’s Society Quilt Show & Contest opens this week

PADUCAH, Ky. — What one quilter described as “the mother of all quilt shows” is once again taking over this western Kentucky city, where this year it celebrates its 25th anniversary.

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