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A celebration of fresh, local food SUMMER 2015 Gorge Grown Food Network Connecting farmers & consumers since 2006 WHAT WE DO: • Address Food Insecurity – Mobile markets, Veggie Prescription Program, Food Stamp Matching funds, Nutrition education • Link local buyers and sellers – Farmers’ markets, Who’s Your Farmer directory • Educate & Train – Community Food Leaders, Farmers Market Network, School Gardens • Food Business Support & Promotion – Food Business Incubator WHAT YOU CAN DO: • Buy local food first – Support regional farmers and our economy • Volunteer with Gorge Grown, your local food bank or community garden • Donate to Gorge Grown today – Every $100 will support a Veggie Prescription for 5 families JOIN US! www.GorgeGrown.com Our Mission - to build a resilient and inclusive regional food system that improves the health and well-being of our community. 2 SUMMER 2015 • SAVOR THE GORGE SUMMER 2015 EDITOR Janet Cook [email protected] GENERAL MANAGER Chelsea Marr [email protected] ADVERTISING MANAGER Jody Thompson A celebration of fresh, local food [email protected] ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES Liana Stegall • Kirsten Lane Editor’s Note LAYOUT AND GRAPHIC DESIGN Andy Taylor [email protected] here are many reasons I love summer. This year, one of them in particular is that I’m back in my vegetable CONTRIBUTING WRITERS garden. I missed gardening season last year because Kathy Watson, LisaAnn Kawachi, Tmy family and I moved to a new house and our yard was a Lauren Kraemer, Trisha Walker construction zone through fall. Now, my raised beds are in and things are beginning to grow. I never knew how much PHOTOGRAPHY I’d miss my garden until I didn’t have it. I missed digging in Kacie McMackin and LisaAnn Kawachi the dirt, watching entire plants grow from seeds and small CONTACT US starts, and then eating them! And I missed watching my Hood River News kids delight as they pulled carrots from the ground and ate 419 State Street snap peas off the vine. I’m excited for all of that again. PO Box 390 Hood River, Oregon 97031 541-386-1234 And I’m excited to be a part of this new publication, Savor the Gorge, because the www.hoodrivernews.com essence of tending a vegetable garden—eating fresh, local food—is what it’s about. The Savor the Gorge is published twice a year in June and September by Hood River News. No part of this publication Gorge has always been a fertile food producing region—dating back to the millenia that may be used without written permission by the publisher. ©2015. Every effort is made to avoid errors, misspellings, Native Americans lived off salmon from the river, and berries and roots from the hills and and omissions. If, however, an error comes to your attention, please accept our sincere apologies and notify us. valleys. Today, with the widespread shift to eating local food, the farm-to-table ethos seems made for the Gorge. Thank you to Gorge Grown Food Network for In these pages, you’ll find stories on local food producers; on farming and gardening; contributing to and supporting this publication. on how to support local farmers, ranchers, producers and restaurants that fill their menus with local food. You’ll find stories about people who are working hard to bring their fresh LOCATIONS products to market, and about people who care deeply about feeding our communities Pick up your FREE Savor The Gorge with local, healthy food. You’ll even find recipes that call for fresh ingredients available publication at the following locations: right here, right now. Hood River News, 419 State Street Hood River, Oregon 97031 The Dalles Chronicle, 315 Federal Street Come with us as we celebrate all this. Eat local, and savor it. The Dalles, Oregon 97058 —Janet Cook About the cover: KIN chef holds Wildwood Farm Spring Rabe Mix by Kacie McMackin - gorgeinthegorge.com SUMMER 2015 • SAVOR THE GORGE 3 IN THIS ISSUE... Editor’s Note 3 Fresh In The Gorge 5 Front Yard, Back Yard, All Around The Town 6 The Milk Man - Trout Lake dairy produces rare commodity 10 Four Chefs’ Reasons To Eat Out 14 Have Dinner At Your Mother’s Place 18 Savor The Harvest 21 Mid Valley School Garden 24 Who’s Your Farmer? 27 Q&A - Gordy Sato, Pear Orchardist 30 Why Shop Farm Stand in the Gorge? - We bring Delicious, Healthy, Life Giving Foods to a diverse Community of Foodies & What we do to support this . Eaters while supporting awesome Local Growers • All the Produce in our Establishment is Organic. We source from our local farmers! and Culinary Alchemists! • We offer 9 taps of Local & House made - We Embrace Integrity & Kombucha, and are an authorized Transparency in the Bullet Proof Coffee house. Ingredients of the Cuisine we Serve to our Guests & Friends. • We hand make Organically all our own: Deli Salads, Dressings - We create Community around & Mayonnaise, Soups, Breakfast our Love of the "Best Ever" Sausages, Smoothies and much more. products that encourage Vibrant Healthy bodies and • The only Oils we use are Organic Coconut, Sunflower & Olive. Passionate, Conscious minds. 1009 12th St. Hood River • Serving breakfast and lunch 541-386-4203 • Open 7 Days 4 SUMMER 2015 • SAVOR THE GORGE Project1:Layout 1 5/21/2015 3:54 PM Page 1 Six reasons to support IN THIS ISSUE... Tasteyour the difference local in farmer fresh local quality. FRESH TASTE AND VARIETY. FRESH Produce picked andFRESH eaten TASTE at the AND height VARIETY of ripeness has exceptional flavor and, whenProduce handled picked and properly, eaten at the is height packed of ripeness with nutrients. has Also, local Produce by Season exceptional flavor and is packed with nutrients. 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