Category Archives: CSA

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 →

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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

Rising food prices? See if you Can Outsmart That!

Posted on April 2, 2014 by creationsbybg

The early blizzard last fall that killed thousands of cattle in the Midwest was the first news that we were in for higher meat prices. Then, this past winter, we heard that the drought in California will result in poor … Continue reading →

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Controlling Growing Wild

Posted on March 4, 2014 by creationsbybg

Andre and Sheila Jaillet had a simple idea: find a flat piece of land in Oregon’a Willamette Valley and raise food for their family. Sheila had had a backyard garden growing up in Nebraska, but Andre’s experience in the San … Continue reading →

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Putting in the Time to Plant the Roots

Posted on January 24, 2014 by creationsbybg

Imagine, if you will, a food forest. What would that look like? Well, for John Peterson and Jeremi Carroll it is evolving on 2.5 acres on a gently sloping hillside in Dundee. Purchased a bit over a year ago, the … Continue reading →

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Well Planned and Continually Evolving

Posted on January 15, 2014 by creationsbybg

On one of her family’s summer vacations Chrissie Zaerpoor visited Oregon and knew she would manage to get back there. Years later, the opportunity presented itself upon employment with Intel. In fact, she muses, the fact that Intel has a … Continue reading →

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