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 ...

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 ...