When climate change started killing the Pacific Northwest's oysters by the millions, scientists and growers taught the world how to safeguard an ecosystem.
After recent declines, a new breeding program could help safeguard the cockle's future as a food source for tribes like the Suquamish.
With Washington's natural kelp beds declining, some scientists think seaweed aquaculture could fill an ecological niche and serve an emergent market. But the barriers to entry remain high.
Awkward political conversation was also on the menu.
Over piroshky and pink socks, a Seattle writer ponders the death of America's first mall.
