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Feeding demand for health meal delivery in Spokane

Pantry Fuel owner projects doubling of customer base

August 25, 2016

Young Spokane-based meal-delivery service Pantry Fuel LLC expects to ramp up growth of its customer base this year, says company founder and owner Jennifer Van Cott. Formed in late 2014 and focusing on healthy foods made with locally sourced ingredients,

Feed Spokane sees number of food donors double

Officials say donations, volunteers still needed

August 25, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Feed Spokane, a Spokane-based nonprofit that retrieves excess food from restaurants and helps organize its redistribution to needy individuals, says while it has doubled its food donor participation this last year, it could still use more. The organizat

Produce co-op LINC Foods grows

Organization connects farmers to restaurants, schools

August 25, 2016

In just a little more than two years, the Spokane Valley-based Local Inland Northwest Cooperative has grown from a handful of farmers to almost 50 whose produce is now being bought by restaurants, school districts, and universities. Beth Robinette and Jo

Empire Technical Development finds fresh focus on bugs

Company CEO prepares for entomology conference

August 11, 2016

Peter Bean had no idea when he co-founded Empire Technical Development LLC three years ago that he'd one day pack his bags and travel to the Entomology Society of America's annual trade show to try to drum up new business. 'No, it certainly wasnâ€

Trucking company keeps pace with niche customers

Produce Supply Express always looking for drivers

August 11, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Amidst ongoing challenges of increased regulations and struggles to find qualified drivers, Produce Supply Express Inc. looks to maintain a consistent revenue stream while serving its niche customer base. Company Vice President Lom Hutchins says that fo

Apex Therapy grows in its incontinence treatment

All clinics soon will have gynecology therapists

July 28, 2016

Here's how Amy Sanderson, a certified pelvic-floor practitioner for Apex Physical Therapy, describes how she finds satisfaction in the work that she does, helping treat women battling urinary incontinence. 'At the end of treatment, my patient came in

Finding time for breast-feeding in the workplace

Area agencies try to support both employees, employers

July 28, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

For many Spokane-area mothers, returning to work also means finding both the time and privacy to be able to breast-feed their newborn, or to express breast milk during work hours. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention's most recent Breast Feed

Bioidentical hormone therapy benefits touted

Health organizations seek research to assess claims about alternative

July 28, 2016

Mike McLean

A practitioner and a pharmacist working in the same building in the Spokane medical district claim that bioidentical hormones are becoming the hormones of choice for women. Hormone replacement therapy has become more refined, they say, in the years foll

Addressing ethical conflicts directly in the workplace

Frameworks are available for handling such issues

July 14, 2016

Writer Guest

Walk the hallways of any organization, and you will hear stories about inner struggles employees face when trying to determine how to react to inappropriate behavior in the workplace. With everything from small slights to major ethical missteps, it can be