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The National Lentil Festival in Pullman

In this Aug. 31, 2009, SR file photo, Mark Johnson spends his Monday morning driving a combine in the lentil fields near Liberty High School outside of Spangle, Wash. (Dan Pelle/SR file photo)
In this Aug. 31, 2009, SR file photo, Mark Johnson spends his Monday morning driving a combine in the lentil fields near Liberty High School outside of Spangle, Wash. (Dan Pelle/SR file photo)

Noble legume,
small and classy,
full of protein,
although gassy;
a boon for farms
from Sprague to Lind,
if I attend
I'll stay upwind.

Tom Wobker/The Bard of Sherman Avenue



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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