The 2nd Annual Chefs’ Show-Off presented by Ten Rivers Food Web and LBCC’s Culinary Arts department was another delicious success. It could not have happened without the excellent support of our sponsors: Oregon Tilth, Mennonite Village, Stahlbush Island Farms, Cascade Pacific RC&D, plus Nichols Garden Nursery, Local Ocean Seafoods, EcNow Tech and Willamette Seed & Grain. We are proud of–and grateful for–their support!
Chefs Nathan McClure (OSU Catering), Jason Devrouax (Clemenza’s, Albany), Michael Waliser (Saffron Salmon, Newport) and Chad Pope (Cappies, Albany) picked ingredients from a large counter full of items contributed by local …

Opening day for the Corvallis Indoor Winter Market is this Saturday, January 14th. If you’ve been missing the farmers’ markets since they closed in mid-November, you’ll find the Indoor Market a great alternative.  The market will be open from 9 AM to 1 PM every Saturday at Guerber Hall at the Benton County Fairgrounds from now through mid-April.  It’s a great mix of food producers, craftspeople, bakers and others selling food, art, flowers, yarn, jewelry, dog treats, and other surprises.
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‘Upon my arrival Chef J.C. assigned me tasks for the evening: making potato salad using the goose eggs that a local farmer had dropped off earlier in the day, sautéing the beets and beet greens and then plating the vegetarian entrée, making vegetable stock to use as cooking liquid, and plating the rhubarb dessert.’

Sunbow Farm workshops are designed to provide both farmers and gardeners with the skills to produce healthful food on healthy soils, cultivating  independence in the face of difficult economic conditions and the transition from fossil fuel dependance.
Harry MacCormack started Sunbow Farm in Corvallis in 1972, while also teaching at Oregon State University. Forty years later he has retired from OSU but still farms full-time, growing a variety of vegetables, fruits and grains.
To market his produce in the early years, MacCormack co-founded the Corvallis Saturday Market and the Peoples Wednesday …

As any Oregon fish-lover knows, fresh local Chinook salmon and albacore are available for a few months at most in spring and summer. But a new company based near Newport is now distributing Oregon-caught Chinook and albacore in a convenient, high-quality frozen format that preserves the fish perfectly and extends the season throughout the year.
“Frozen fish is freshest” is the motto of Moonshine Park Fish Company. Owner Wendy Yorkshire buys hook-and-line-caught Chinook and albacore directly from Newport-based fishing vessels, paying fishermen a bonus for premium handling. The fish is expertly …