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Weekend Events, August 28-30

Here are a couple of things going on this weekend… Of course, the Oregon State Fair starts this weekend in Salem. Mmm… fair food. August 28-30: 2009 Wah Chang Northwest Art and Air Festival in Albany, OR Hot air balloon launches, “night glow”, music, car show, artists… located at Timber Linn Park in Albany, go to the site for directions. August 28-30: Eugene Permaculture Gathering (formerly Cascadia EcoFair) The 12th Annual regional Permaculture Gathering to be held in Eugene at Maitreya EcoVillage, 1641 W. Broadway. Registration required, sliding scale fee includes food and workshops, and work-trade is available. Workshops include topics such as urban water storage, processing seeds, and landscaping for food security. August 29: Wine & Cheese Tasting at Midway Farms Wine, cheese & music from 1pm – 6pm, on Hwy 20 midway between Corvallis & Albany (look for the big red barn) Sample cheeses made by Willamette...

2009 Corn Festival at Heavenly Harvest (Corvallis)

By Kate

The 2009 Corn Festival at Heavenly Harvest is coming THIS WEEKEND — August 21 – 23rd. There will be lots of fun activities for the kids, like duck races, feeding the chickens, face painting, a water balloon launcher and a water balloon war! Forget the kids, where do I get in line?! There’s also going to be live music and food… a roasted corn buffet (with seasonings and toppings) and veggie shish kabobs. Should be a blast — see you there. Where: Heavenly Harvest Farm 5757 NE Hwy 20, five miles North-East of Corvallis When: August 21-23, 2009, 9am – 7pm Cost: Looks like entry is free, some events and the food are ticket based. See the website for details.

Local Foodies – check this out

By Kate

I got this comment under my last post and it deserves to be a posting of its own… so, here it is. Thank you Andrea from Rural Families! Local foodies – please check this out! The “Bounty of Benton County” is a celebration of what rural Benton County has to offer – while helping to support programs for rural Benton County Families. Participants can travel to 15 sites to enjoy wine tastings, music, displays by local artists, and sample local foods. There are kids activities too! Sites include John Boy’s Mercantile, Tyee Vineyards, Emerson Vineyards, Sunrise Tree Farms, Beazell Memorial Forest, Benton County Historical Museum, Gateway Gallery, Green Gable Gardens, Spindrift Cellars, Hazelnut Hill, Harris Bridge Vineyards, Lumos Wine Company, Alsea Fish Hatchery, the Wine Vault, and the Alsea Anagama Kiln. These sites all feature something special. Kids activities include scavenger hunts, fish printing, hiking, raptor presentations from Chintimini...

Tour of Agricultural Gene Bank & Research Farm (Corvallis)

By Kate

I received this news release today & wanted to pass it along — sounds like an interesting tour. 7-9-09 OSU, USDA invite public to tour Corvallis farm, gene bank July 18 By Tiffany Woods, 541-737-2940, tiffany.woods@oregonstate.edu Source: Joseph Postman, 541-738-4200, joseph.postman@ars.usda.gov CORVALLIS, Ore. The public is invited to tour an agricultural gene bank and research farm on the outskirts of Corvallis on July 18. The annual event will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Oregon State University’s Lewis-Brown Horticulture Research Farm and the adjacent U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Clonal Germplasm Repository, which is at 33447 S.E. Peoria Rd. The repository preserves thousands of varieties of crops, including hazelnuts, strawberries, hops, mint, pears and blackberries, so they’ll be available for research and whatever needs might arise in the future. Visitors will be able to sample many of the 600 different blueberry cultivars at the site;...

Quarter Cow

By Kate

Well, this will be an adventure… picked up a quarter of a cow today from Bald Hill Farm in Corvallis. There is a LOT of ground beef here. We hardly ever buy ground beef, so we’ll have to come up with some ways to use that. It’ll make some good pots of chili this winter!

May 9: Local Food & Farming Forum at Midway Farms

By Kate

I picked up this flier recently at Midway Farms and then found it online at The Farm Forum, which is a new blog/project focused on the Corvallis & Albany area: The Local Food and Farming Forum is an ever-evolving project that is designed to really connect the Corvallis and Albany community with their local food producers. While there are many local food groups at work on similar projects, I feel that this one is different because it brings people to the direct source of their food: the farm. Looks like a fantastic event!

Rockin' the staycation, farm style

By Kate

Last summer, with gas prices at an all-time high, staycations were suddenly in vogue. The idea is to stay home and just relax and have fun in your local area, attend local events, or even just hang out in your yard & read a book. Alternatively, you could drive a little distance and camp or stay in a hotel or other lodging and enjoy that locality. Funny, these sound like my normal vacations! Anyway, in my internet wanderings, I came across Leaping Lamb Farm in Alsea, OR, and discovered that they offer a farm cabin stay – a perfect staycation idea for those of us around the valley! Our farm stay promises a retreat from the stresses of city life. Enjoy the privacy of a self-contained cabin, including: two bedrooms with queen-sized beds; a full bath; complete kitchen and eating area; large, airy living room with a double-futon couch;...

CSA Page Updates

By Kate

I’ve started updating the Community Supported Agriculture page with information for 2009. I know there are more farms out there in the Willamette Valley that offer CSA programs. If anyone wants to drop me a line with details, send it to mwvlocal at gmail dot com. Meanwhile, I’ll keep searching online.

Laughing Duck Farm CSA

By Kate

Laughing Duck Farm, located in Lewisburg, is still accepting applications for their CSA program, which started in the first week of June. Farmer Drew Mosher says he will pro-rate for the missed weeks and is looking at a lot of great stuff in the ground right now. For prices and a list of products head over to the website’s CSA page. Pick-up locations include Corvallis, Lewisburg, Newport and Portland. The program runs through October 31st. They also have an egg share that’s on a separate program — at a very reasonable price. Best of luck to the farm, and I hope some folks will sign up for this CSA. I think I will sign up if they’re still taking customers at the end of June!

Heavenly Harvest Farm CSA

By Kate

We had a visit to the blog by Jim of Heavenly Harvest Farm. He commented on an earlier post about CSAs that Heavenly Harvest is still accepting CSA sign-ups. You can make your payment clear up until May 20th for the best price. Looks like they’ll accept payment after that, too, but it would be a little more. You can have a dozen eggs added to your box each week for just $66 for the entire season. That’s only $3 for a dozen large, free-range eggs from Turpen Farms in Corvallis each week. Good deal. Pick up options are as follows: Good Samaritan Hospital, Friday, 1pm to 4:30pm Heavenly Harvest Farm, Tuesday or Friday, 1pm to 7pm Corvallis Market, Wednesday, 8am to 1pm Beaverton Market, Wednesday, 3pm to 7pm Ecotrust Market, Thursday, 6pm to 8pm Eastbank Market, Thursday, 6pm to 8pm Corvallis Market, Saturday, 9am to 1pm Newport Market,...

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2009 Corn Festival at Heavenly Harvest (Corvallis)

Local Foodies – check this out

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Quarter Cow

May 9: Local Food & Farming Forum at Midway Farms

Rockin' the staycation, farm style

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