Wow, fall really arrived in a blink. It’s time to head out to the farms and orchards for pumpkins and some fresh cider! A couple of websites I turn to when I’m looking for farms to visit are Local Harvest and Pick Your Own. On the Local Harvest site, you can search by state...
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Flipping through the October, 2009 issue of Bon Appétit magazine, this little item about home milk delivery caught my eye. Curious if there were any dairies which provide home delivery in Oregon, I hit up Google. I found one and I have to say, I really thought there would be more. It seems like...
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By Tiffany Woods, 541-737-2940, tiffany.woods@oregonstate.edu Source: Larry Lev, 541-737-1417, larry.lev@oregonstate.edu CORVALLIS, Ore. An agricultural economist at Oregon State University has hit the silver screen in a new documentary that examines and promotes the local food movement and that will show in Portland starting on Friday. In the film “Ingredients,” Larry Lev discusses the...
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Yesterday I read this article from AFP entitled “Americans turn to backyard chickens for food security“. It was a good article, talking about how the sale of chicks is up in Idaho and Washington states, as well as Oregon. It touched on the misconception that raising chickens for the eggs is going to be...
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In the last couple of weeks, I started writing some posts for The Portlander, an online news and blogging site for the Portland area. One of my posts was about drying tomatoes, and this weekend I did just that. This is a wonderful way to use up an abundance of tomatoes, in addition to...
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Okay, I suspected that Red Hat Melons was where my neighbor was going and bringing back these fantastic, awesome, best-ever melons and sharing with us — and our neighbor confirmed that this is the case. My husband is the melon fan in our house and he has been over the MOON about this. Even...
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Check out the article in today’s GT about this event. I just went and looked again at all the participating sites and I realize, I’ve only ever visited four of them. What a great opportunity to visit some new places and help a worthy cause at the same time. The event runs from noon...
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I noticed a temporary stand on the corner of Hwy 20 and Garden Ave. (that’s the street by Texaco) — Red Hat Melons. If you like melon, you might want to get out there and check it out before they are gone. I also wanted to point out Kisler Farms. They are a bit...
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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,...
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