Elena Valeriote | Civil Eats

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Elena Valeriote is a writer of stories about farming, food & drinks, climate, and culture that explore the connection between people and place. Her work has appeared in publications including Gastro Obscura, Modern Farmer, Eater, Edible PDX, Imbibe Magazine, Full Pour Magazine, and Life & Thyme. She is also the producer of a documentary about rare olive trees in southern Italy.

What Bees Can Teach Us About Survival and Well-being

From Bees to Beer, Buckwheat Is a Climate-Solution Crop

A field of flowering buckwheat. A buckwheat plants can produce as many as 2,000 flowers, according to research. Experts recommend planting about 700,000 buckwheat plants per acre.

Oregonians Can Now Taste Local Maple Syrup–and Learn to Make It

A group of people sit in a shedlike indoor/outdoor area in the woods wearing beanies and jackets listening to a woman explain how to tap bigleaf maple trees