Restaurants pitching in to help Hurricane Katrina victims

Help Hurricane Katrina victims by eating out next Wednesday.

More than 10,000 restaurants nationwide are donating all or a portion of profits that day to the American Red Cross for hurricane disaster relief during Dine for America.

Participating restaurants in the Spokane area include: Chili’s, 207 W. Spokane Falls Boulevard and 4750 N. Division St., Suite 1120; Clinkerdagger, 621 W. Mallon Ave.; HuHot Mongolian Grill, 11703 E. Sprague Ave.; Marie Callendar, 2111 N. Argonne Road; Olive Garden, 221 N. Wall St.; Outback Steakhouse, 5628 N. Division St., Suite B-6 and 14746 Indiana Ave.; Percy’s Cafe Americana, 10512 E. Sprague Ave.; Taco Johns, 1002 E. Wellesley Ave. and Tony Roma’s, 14742 E. Indiana Ave., and 7640 N. Division St.

In Coeur d’Alene, participants are: Chili’s, 482 W. Sunset Ave.; Olive Garden, 525 W. Canfield Ave.; Outback Steakhouse, 1381 Northwood Center Court; Red Lobster, 212 Neider Ave.; and Taco Johns, 2517 Fourth Street. The Taco Johns at 1500 E. Seltice Way in Post Falls is also participating.

For more information go to dineforamerica.org.

Produce for sale

The University of Idaho’s Soil Stewards Club is selling the vegetables of their labor.

Organic produce grown by the club is now for sale Wednesday afternoons at a farm stand on the lawn east of the UI Agricultural building on campus in Moscow, Idaho.

Right now, the harvest includes sweet carrots, potatoes and squash.

The sale runs from 2:30 to 5 p.m. each Wednesday until mid-October, depending on the harvest and the weather. Cash and checks are accepted.

“We’re excited to share our produce with the community,” said Gordon Toevs, Soil Stewards member and doctoral student in a news release. “Many local volunteers have visited or worked at our organic farm so this is a product of our shared labor. It puts a face on the food we have grown.”

For information about Soil Stewards or organic farming visit www.ag.uidaho.edu/sustag/soil_stewards.htm.