Edible Seeds Making a Comeback

The Willamette Valley is famous for its grass seed production, and can even boast supplying the World Cup soccer fields in South Africa.  The dominance of grass seed began to wane with the collapse of …

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Oil and Food Prices

Several years ago National Geographic magazine published an article on oil that included a stunning photo of mature steer and the barrels of oil needed to grow an animal to that size.  I recently went …

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Local Grains

I have been visiting A2R Farms outside of Corvallis Oregon all year.  They are a former conventional grass seed farm transitioning to organic seed crops, primarily for local distribution.  I watched as they planted the fields …

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