Lava Lake Links

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Restaurants

Ketchum Grill
One of Ketchum's best restaurants, Ketchum Grill features local food exquisitely prepared in a relaxed setting. What could be better?

Food and Sustainability

Beyond Organic Show
The Beyond Organic radio show is a unique environmental radio and multimedia program, addressing issues of organic food and farming, and social and environmental sustainability.

The show covers timely issues and trends, with guests ranging from award-winning author Michael Pollan (Botany of Desire and The Omnivore's Dilemma) and Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman, to organic farmers and sustainable seafood specialists.

Eat Wild
Provides a wealth of information about grass-fed meat and dairy products, as well as news articles, scientific information and reference materials.

Gary Paul Nabhan
Dr. Gary Nabhan is a MacArthur Fellow, cofounder of Native Seeds/SEARCH and author of numerous books and articles on ethnobotany, nutrition and plant conservation. Gary's work is currently focused on creating sustainable community food systems and protecting working landscapes.

Slow Food USA
Slow Food USA is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to supporting and celebrating the food traditions of North America. Local chapters, or "convivia," advocate sustainability and bio-diversity through educational events and public outreach that promote the appreciation and consumption of seasonal and local foods and the support of those who produce them.

Wild Farm Alliance
The Wild Farm Alliance was established by a national group of wildlands proponents and ecological farming advocates who share a concern for the land and its wild and human inhabitants. Its mission is to promote a healthy, viable agriculture that helps protect and restore wild Nature.

Conservation

Defenders of Wildlife
Defenders of Wildlife is dedicated to the protection of all native wild animals and plants in their natural communities. Their programs encourage protection of entire ecosystems and interconnected habitats while protecting predators that serve as indicator species for ecosystem health.

Idaho Conservation League
The Idaho Conservation League has been working since 1973 to protect Idaho's cherished heritage of water, wildlands and wildlife.

The Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy is an international conservation organization whose mission is the protection of the Earth's biological diversity. They work cooperatively with a wide range of partners, from private landowners (such as Lava Lake) to government agencies. Click on this site to learn about their work in Idaho (or in your own home state).

Wood River Land Trust
Wood River Land Trust is a non-profit conservation organization that helps landowners and communities protect and restore the wildlife habitat, clean water, farmland and scenic vistas that make the Wood River Valley and its surrounding areas unforgettable. Their efforts keep land in private hands, help families protect the lands they love, and preserve traditional land uses such as family farming and ranching.

Markets and CSAs

Atkinson's Grocery
This family-owned Wood River Valley market has been an institution in our part of Idaho for four generations. Look for fresh Lava Lake Lamb in the meat department during the summer months.

Idaho's Bounty
Idaho's Bounty is a web-based food cooperative. It strives to facilitate the growth and long-term health of farmers, ranchers, chefs and market gardeners by developing a sustainable network that supports the promotion and distribution of organic, all-natural and fair-trade food to south-central Idaho.

Merchants

Silver Creek Outfitters
Silver Creek Outfitters' roots may be traced back over 40 years. The store began as a small fly shop and evolved into the Sun Valley retail institution it is today. One of our favorite destinations for fishing and hunting gear, as well as clothes and gifts.

Culture and History

Trailing of the Sheep
This website provides information on the Wood River Valley's annual celebration of the region's history of raising sheep and the diverse cultures who have been a part of it.

Community

Grist
Environmental news and commentary, including the most current happenings in agriculture.

Sunset Magazine
Go to Sunset Magazine's website and enter "lamb" in the recipe search box for delicious, easy lamb recipes your family will love.