Posts Tagged ‘Corvallis’

May 9: Local Food & Farming Forum at Midway Farms

I picked up this flier recently at Midway Farms and then found it online at The Farm Forum, which is a new blog/project focused on the Corvallis & Albany area:

The Local Food and Farming Forum is an ever-evolving project that is designed to really connect the Corvallis and Albany community with their local food producers. [...]

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Local Organic Restaurant Celebrates 7th Anniversary

FireWorks Restaurant & Bar in Corvallis is celebrating 7 years of organic and sustainable cuisine with an anniversary party on Saturday, April 18th. They will have food and drink specials throughout the day, along with entertainment. Check out their website for all the details!
FireWorks Restaurant is committed to promoting a sustainable food economy, supporting over [...]

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Cooped Up in Corvallis

Saw this tip on the Green City blog:
Coming up on Sunday, March 15th there will be a self-guided chicken and duck coop tour in Corvallis. From 12pm-4pm, eight chicken and duck coop sites in the Corvallis community will be open for visits. Talk with the backyard fowl keepers and get tips for integrating chickens or [...]

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Go rafting. Eat local.

I’ve had two entries from the Whitewater Warehouse Rafting Blog saved on Bloglines since mid-May… they work with a local farmer, Russell Davis of Davis Family Farms, to provide their guests with “close-source” food offerings during their trips. That’s very cool, and I know from camping how a wonderful meal can just make your trip [...]

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Slow Food in Corvallis proving popular

Well! Congratulations to the organizers of Slow Food Corvallis — their first event this Sunday, June 1, is sold out!
… However, we have experienced such heavy demand for participation in our kickoff event June 1 that, in order to ensure a good experience for all, and avoid overburdening our generous chefs and producers, we’ve had [...]

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Slow Food comes to Corvallis

I received an e-mail this week from a representative of the recently established Slow Food Corvallis Convivium, about their kick-off event being held this next Sunday, June 1st. I’d also seen the info in the Marketfriends e-mail and over on the Ten Rivers Food Web, so I definitely knew there was a post brewing [...]

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2008 Buy Local First Breakfast (Corvallis)

This Saturday, May 3rd, marks the first of this year’s Buy Local First Breakfasts in downtown Corvallis. The breakfasts are hosted by the Corvallis Independent Business Alliance (CIBA) and staffed entirely by volunteers from our local businesses. Head down and say hello!
Saturdays: May 3, June 7 & July 5
Time: [...]

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Heavenly Harvest Farm CSA

We had a visit to the blog by Jim of Heavenly Harvest Farm. He commented on an earlier post about CSAs that Heavenly Harvest is still accepting CSA sign-ups. You can make your payment clear up until May 20th for the best price. Looks like they’ll accept payment after that, too, but it would be [...]

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