Part 5 Is Out! Read ‘Hope Is High-Protein’

Left to right: John Berryhill, Phill Peugh, Franceine Ihm and Gibson Berryhill enjoy drinks at BACON. (Credit Marilyn Isaac Photography)

Last month, I shared Part 4 of an eight-part series documenting the Boise food community’s response to COVID-19. Now, Part 5 is out!

For this fifth piece, “Hope Is High-Protein,” I sat down with father-son duo Gibson and John Berryhill of the downtown Boise restaurant BACON. During COVID-19, BACON not only found work for its employees by remodeling the restaurant, it also continued to give back through its nonprofit, BACON for Hope.

BACON for Hope funds improvements at the Hope House in Marsing, a children’s home and school that takes in kids from failed adoptions and dysfunctional families. Gibson discovered the cause through basketball — and knew right away that he had to help.

Click here to read the full piece.

“Hope Is High Protein” was created in partnership with FARE Idaho, the Boise City Department of Arts & History, and photographer Marilyn Isaac.

Part 1: “Generosity in a Crisis”

Part 2: “Meet Boise’s Food Waste Warriors”

Part 3: “Giving Under the Radar”

Part 4: “A FARE Fight for Idaho Food”