Category: Vendors

The Small Farm Ecosystem and the Essential Role of the Chicken

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Raising chickens means so much more to many farmers than just fresh eggs every morning. Chickens are actually considered “workers” and play an essential…

Behind the Scenes: Farmers Market Product Jury

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Creating a successful farmers market with high quality, local produce and artisan food requires a lot of behind-the-scenes work. Here is a sneak peek of how this…

Vendor Profile: La Terra Vita and Their Favorite Holiday Potato Recipes

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Better potatoes = a better Thanksgiving (or holiday meal, for that matter). Learn more about vendor La Terra Vita and their favorite potato recipes…

Everything’s Peachy at Baird Family Orchards

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It looks like it’s going to be an especially sweet year for peaches and nectarines at Baird Family Orchards, where farmer Trevor Baird anticipates that peaches will be available through…

Vendor Profile: Red Truck Homestead Urban Farm

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Michael Barnett, who owns Red Truck Homestead, travels just over 5 miles to the King Farmers Market each week to sell a variety of fruits and vegetables…

Meet Greenville Farms, Vendor at PSU Farmers Market!

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Greenville Farms is a vendor at the PSU Market in January and February and sells a variety of winter produce, sausages, eggs, sauerkraut, jam and prunes that are made onsite at the farm…

New Vendor Profile: Urban Acre Homestead

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Urban Acre Homestead is a one-acre, one-woman urban farm located in Portland’s Parkrose neighborhood and is operated by Genevieve Flanagan…

Vendor Profile: Favorite Produce of Oregon

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Meet the vendors behind Favorite Produce of Oregon. Owner Thria Thao moved to Oregon in 2001, and started growing mushrooms and a “little bit of this…