Feature: Seeing eggs stacked in a grocery case, you think about your daily backyard shopping trip to gently scoop eggs from a bed of straw. Later, you experience soft feathers rustling in a slow dance around your feet as you scatter feed. There behind your home, beneath the regular rattle of traffic, you hear a rhythmic clucking. These are the quiet pleasures of the urban chicken keeper... PCC Sound Consumer Article: City Chickens Ruling the Roost in Urban Yards

Feature: Thousands of commuters are taking the cycling challenge for Friday's 2010 Bike to Work Day, and in hilly Puget Sound, a roller-coaster route is virtually inevitable. Crosscut.com Article: Bike to Work: How to Survive Seattle's Hills

News: Volunteering to help feed your neighbors in these tough times might be a different twist on what to do with your weekend and leisure hours. But it's an idea with lots of personal payback. Seattle Times Article: Spare Time? Feed the Hungry, Reap Personal Rewards

Feature: Josh Kirschenbaum stopped in the middle of the field, bent over a tangle of leaves, pulled a bit at the vines, and uncovered a deep-green globe freckled with yellow dots. That Moon and Stars watermelon, an old variety, is a seed-saving success story amidst a tragic loss of biodiversity. PCC Sound Consumer Article: Supporting Biodiversity with Heirlooms

Essay: If you've ever bicycled down an unfamiliar route and found yourself delighted by the people or sights you encountered, you share an experience with many recreational riders ... and reading their stories can be inspirational. Crosscut.com Article: Bikes and Diaries: Willie Weir and David Byrne Helped One Cyclist Get Through the Winter

Feature: The urge to grow plants - especially ones that feed us - is as ancient as cave paintings but also as new each year as the discovery of pea shoots popping up in February. So perhaps it's no surprise to see increasing numbers of urban people turning back to growing their own food as a way to reconnect with their roots. At this year's Northwest Flower & Garden Show, edibles will be on display. Crosscut.com Article: Feeding the Food Gardening Trend

Feature: It had been years since I last grew Brandywines, so last spring I decided to have another go with the late-season heritage tomatoes but by the middle of summer I thought I’d made a mistake... Seattle Metropolitan Article: Tomatoes from Another Time: Heirloom Veggies Take Gardeners Back to their Roots

Industry Report: A complex set of factors tugs workers' compensation insurance in many directions at once. The worker population is generally less healthy, getting older, and ever more demographically complex. Politicians invent and revise rules, and lawyers test themm causing ripples through already muddy regulatory waters... NCCI Issues Report Article: Vectors of Change: Charting Today's Complex WC Industry Concerns