Starting this weekend, there’s a course of preservation classes taking place in Corvallis. There are also open classes taking place starting in August. Check out the flier below for details.
Starting this weekend, there’s a course of preservation classes taking place in Corvallis. There are also open classes taking place starting in August. Check out the flier below for details.
I made my own butter this week and I’ve been insufferably pleased with myself ever since. There’s something so satisfying about it, and it’s fantastically easy. Now, you don’t save any money by doing this unless you have a milk-producing animal, I guess! If you can get cream for little to no money, then this is hugely economical. Otherwise, not really. I’m lucky that I can purchase good butter from a dairy, where 1 lb costs the same as a quart of cream (both natural products, with no stabilizers, emulsifiers, additives, etc.) I’m not sure exactly how much butter would come from a quart of cream, I’ll have to plan to weigh it out someday. But, anyway, even if there’s no real cost savings… there’s still that satisfaction of making it myself, turning cream into butter and buttermilk. I followed the diy recipe on this “Butter through the Ages”...
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 benefits and costs of buying food from local producers. He says that although some local products may cost more than food transported from large-scale commercial operations, the extra expense can be worth it. The taste can be superior, and the money shoppers spend stays in the area and contributes to the vitality of the community, he says. By shopping locally, people are also keeping agricultural land from being developed and they’re establishing close relationships with farmers and fellow consumers, he adds. “In the end, it comes down to choices. Price is one aspect that consumers...
