Washington mint growers are in the middle of the season’s second harvest. The Yakima Herald-Republic reports yields are a little better than July’s first cutting, which was reduced by a cool spring.

KENNEWICK — Washington produces enough mint oil each year to supply every American resident with 135 sticks of gum. Columbia Basin farmers fill 55-gallon drums with the oil they steam out of the green ...

KENNEWICK — Like many crops in the Mid- Columbia, mint season is a little behind schedule this year because of the cool spring. But it’s catching up fast with the recent heat, helping Washington ...

In central Washington, farmers pay close attention to the constantly fluctuating price of oil. But the crude they're concerned with isn't under the ground, it's on top of it, locked away in fragrant ...

YAKIMA, Wash. -- Ryan Ferguson winces when he leans too close to the mint oil pouring from his still. He pulls his head back inside his shop and drapes a yellow rag over a spout, directing the fumes ...