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.

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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...

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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;...

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