Oak Song
My thirty-fifth farm was Oak Song outside of Eugene, Oregon. The Farm The farmers are June and her daughter Christina. They are originally from Southern California. Christina has always wanted to be a farmer. To prepare for that she studied resource management which had classes in farming, and she worked on farms for four years. […]
Gardenripe
My thirty-second farm was Gardenripe in Silverton, Oregon. The Farm The farmers are Bill and Janice Schiedler. The 137-acre property sits on a hillside in the Cascade foothills overlooking the Willamette Valley. Bill’s great-grandfather cleared the land in 1874 to start a farm. The property has been in the family for almost 150 years and […]
Terribly Happy
My thirty-first farm was Terribly Happy in Cottage Grove, Oregon. The Farm The farmers are Beth, whom I never met because she was off meeting her new grandchild, and Richard. Back in San Jose, Richard was a professor of geology and Beth taught middle school math and high school home economics. But they decided they […]
Myrtle Glen Farm
My thirtieth farm was Myrtle Glen Farm in Myrtle Point, Oregon. The Farm The farmers are Micha and Dan. Micha grew up in Woodinville, Washington, which is just on the other side of Lake Washington where I grew up. During her youth, she was on the Olympic track as a gymnast, but she […]
Fraga Farmstead
My twenty-seventh farm was Fraga Farmstead Creamery in Gales Creek, Oregon. The Farm The farmers are Elisabeth and Steve. Lise emigrated from Germany and Steve is from Santa Cruz, California. They bought Fraga Farm from the original family owners in 2012. The property came with a herd of goats and an established organic cheese dairy. […]
The Mushroomery
My twenty-sixth farm was The Mushroomery in Lebanon, Oregon. The Farm Jen moved from Miami to the Northwest to be in nature. She studied mycology at Western Washington University. Dustin is originally from Utah. They both were working in mycology when they met in 2004 in Bellingham, Washington. Their passion for mushrooms, especially growing wild and […]
Wild Wines
My twenty-fourth farm was Wild Wines in Jacksonville, Oregon. The Farm The farmer is Carla. She is originally from Connecticut and studied photography and journalism in college. After graduating, she ventured out to Southern Oregon and liked it. She was a farm manager on a number of farms in the Jacksonville area. She started making […]
Pholia Farm
My second farm was Pholia Farm just outside of Rogue River, Oregon. The Farm Pholia Farm is a goat dairy that makes hard cheeses from raw goat milk. There are two kinds of goats: long-eared Nigerian-Dwarf and short-eared LaMancha. The farmers are Gianaclis and Vern. The farm is on a twenty-four acre parcel of the […]
U. R. Organic
My first farm was U.R. Organic on the Upper Rogue River near Prospect, Oregon. The Farm The farmers are brothers Eric and Ryan, and Eric’s wife Amy. According to Ryan, the farm’s roots go back to his love for making salad dressing with lots of garlic. He learned about growing garlic when he worked on […]