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Cider maker looks to the bright side
The history of the Salt Creek Cider House could read as a hard luck tale, but that’s not…
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Value-added fruit spreads maximize family’s farm acreage
In blending various flavors to make fruit spreads, Mt. Hope Farms knows there’s a fine line between a…
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Farms boosted by diversifying with flowers
MEDFORD — When Beth Wismar started working for Fry Family Farm about 20 years ago, the ag operation…
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Helping fellow farmers, fishers at the coast
NEWPORT — Sara O’Neill, the co-executive director of the Central Coast Food Web, wants to make business easier…
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Small but mighty: Business development centers help Eastern Oregon entrepreneurs punch above their weight
PENDLETON — When Emily and Josh McGraw decided to open The Studio Pendleton in 2022, the couple had…
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For some farms, diversification easy as pie
Blue Raeven Farm in Amity, Ore., responded to plummeting berry prices in 2007 with a pop-up tent in…
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Rodeo queen can keep your diesel running
ENTERPRISE — How often do you find a rodeo queen willing and eager to get up to her…
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50 years of Avon calling
Doing the same thing for 50 years can get stale. But for Grant County resident Annie Smith, 80,…
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Filmmakers reflect on time in Union County
Oregon’s Union County has untapped potential for film production, according to six filmmakers who attended a four-week 2023…
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Continuing a Legacy — Prairie Wood Products reopens after a decade
As a grandson of Don “DR” Johnson, founder of DR Johnson Lumber Co., Kyle Westbrooks said he always…