Category Archives: consumer demand

What Does a Local Thanksgiving Mean

Posted on November 12, 2014 by creationsbybg

If you are a locavore you make an effort to eat foods raised by local farmers. Pretty easy in the summer when the farmers’ markets are bursting with fresh produce. What does it mean at this time of year and through … Continue reading →

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You Thought the Polls Were Closed!

Posted on November 6, 2014 by creationsbybg

The recent GMO labeling vote once again raised a concern: how do we know what we’re getting when we buy food?? Yamhill Valley Grown is a way for consumers who want to get fresh ripe produce or locally raised meat … Continue reading →

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Hungry?

Posted on August 15, 2014 by creationsbybg

Several years ago I heard an announcement on local radio that one of the former football players at the university who had gone on to the Pros was sponsoring a pick up of packaged food for the next day, Thanksgiving. … Continue reading →

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Learning the Land

Posted on August 7, 2014 by creationsbybg

Water rights, even before this time of climate fluctuation, has always been the key to successful farming in a place where summer rain is sparse. Finding 8.5 acres adjacent to the South Fork of the Yamhill River not only eased … Continue reading →

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Food Porn

Posted on July 15, 2014 by creationsbybg

Oh my…..luscious bodies….eager to get my mouth on this!! Or how about these? Or these? Each of us gets excited by different things. Fresh produce definitely makes me feel…..HEALTHY! I feel very very … Continue reading →

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Passion In Action

Posted on June 2, 2014 by creationsbybg

There is a house close to the Linfield College campus in McMinnville where a very quiet and cheerfully determined revolution is taking place. David Keller-Rode and Alex Freeman have developed a plan to bring us healthy food. David’s pathway started in … Continue reading →

Posted in community, consumer demand, CSA, education, eggs, farm, fruit, garden, health, Local food, local food stystem, nutrition, prepared foods, value added, vegetables | Tagged consumer interest', CSA, eggs, farm, farmers market, fermented foods, health, kim-chee, local farms, Local Food, nutrition, sauerkraut | 2 Comments

Want a Chef Helping to Prepare Your Dinner?

Posted on May 24, 2014 by creationsbybg

When Lori Pillsbury and Tim Elliott started planning the Farmers Plate and Pantry at 119 West Main Street in Carlton, one of the concepts was to fill a cooler and a freezer with prepared foods that people could purchase to complete … Continue reading →

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Vibrant Passion

Posted on May 8, 2014 by creationsbybg

Take two young women from the city (one from Portland, one from San Francisco), add a course at Portland State University in Urban Farming, mix with concerns about the way food has become less healthy, season with hands-on learning combined … Continue reading →

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Why So Many Food Sensitivities?

Posted on May 6, 2014 by creationsbybg

Chicken and egg syndrome? Do we have so many people bothered by food sensitivities because we now have ways to identify them OR Do we have so many people bothered by food sensitivities now because the food we are eating … Continue reading →

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WOW!!! Meat delivered to my door?????? I can get that????

Posted on April 26, 2014 by creationsbybg

In the years that I have been visiting farms and trying to spread the information to consumers (people who eat food, hey! that means YOU!) that there are healthy local options for food that make so much more sense to … Continue reading →

Posted in beef, chicken, community, consumer demand, CSA, eggs, farm, Local food, pork, protein | Tagged beef, chicken, consumer interest', CSA, eggs, farm, flavor, health, home delivery, local economy, local farms, Local Food, Oregon, pork, Willamette Valley | Leave a comment