Gorge Grown Food Network (GGFN) hosted its first ever Tomato Fest on Aug. 29 as a centerpiece of the weekly Hood River Farmers Market in downtown Hood River.
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Free news: The Beautification & Tree Committee honored Marie Connell and Billy O’Keefe with the August Beautification Award for their garden at 223 W. Ninth.
Free from our Home and Garden publication: Fortunately, it’s possible to preserve your harvest — and your sanity — without jeopardizing your health.
Free from our Home and Garden publication: Honey Bee colonies have seen an increase in losses over the past few years. Newspapers, magazines and other periodicals have taken the cry to a crescendo level. To place some perspective to this news, the USDA conducts an annual survey of commercial operation, finding that the number of colonies has not declined.
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THE DALLES — Local orchardists pulled in a “mechanically almost perfect” cherry harvest this spring, but with the market wobbling, they expect little profit.
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HOOD RIVER — After months of frustration and urgent pleas from growers throughout the valley, including a packed listening session June 30 at the Pine Grove Grange, Governor Tina Kotek signed a letter to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture July 2 requesting federal disaster designation for Hood River, Wasco, and contiguous counties affected by a catastrophic 2025 pear crop.
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Faced with poor snowpack, two irrigation districts, a grower and a conservationist share what they expect this summer
Free news: Learn practical, fire-wise landscaping strategies at this informative community workshop focused on reducing wildfire risk around the home.
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Oregon House Bill 4153 to bring expanded consumer sales on orchards. A lifeline for some, overreaching to others.
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Free news: U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden today, April 30, pressed the heads of Google, Apple, Meta and Amazon to answer questions about their companies’ use of technologies — including closed-loop systems — that minimize groundwater withdrawals and local impacts to water from their data centers in Oregon.
Free news: Hood River Farmers Market opens for the season on Saturday, May 2, marking the 20th anniversary of the nonprofit Gorge Grown Food Network.
THE DALLES — Plant lovers united at The Coffee Shop on April 4 for its monthly community plant swap, which invites familiar faces and newcomers alike to trade and chat about their botanical belongings.
THE GORGE — A program to certify bird-friendly ranches could help restore the Columbia Plateau, free for any rancher who wants it, and the rapidly-vanishing bird species of the sagebrush.
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As April rolls around each year, you likely find yourself thinking about this year’s garden — what to plant and where, as well as the fabulous bounty of vegetables and flowers that might await later in the season. Perhaps you have heard the phrase “right plant, right place,” and maybe that m…
KLICKITAT CO. — Perched above the Klickitat River, a 2,666-acre parcel known as Klickitat Oaks is now accessible to the public after being acquired by the nonprofit Columbia Land Trust.
BZ CORNER — “I like to make things probable that are seemingly impossible,” said Natalie Anderson, owner and founder of The Missing Corner in BZ Corner, Washington. Right off Highway 141, the building serves as a community center that hosts events, workshops and courses.
THE DALLES — The Northwest Cherry Festival will return April 24-26 with a refreshed, re-imagined format designed to balance celebration, economic impact, and the realities of ongoing downtown construction.
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HOOD RIVER — For generations, family farms in the Hood River Valley (HRV) have helped shape a unified sense of place, growing crops that define the region as an agricultural hub — world-renowned pears, apples, and cherries — while strengthening a tight-knit rural community.
Free news: Gorge Grown Food Network is accepting applications for businesses to attend the Hood River Farmers Market’s regular season. Farmers and food vendors should apply by Feb. 12. Artists and craft makers must apply by March 2. Email HRFM@gorgegown.com or call 541-490-6420 with any questions.
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THE GORGE — Last week, Columbia Gorge News covered a pear-centric session at the Washington State Tree Fruit Association’s (WSTFA’s) annual meeting, where growers talked about tight margins and marketers emphasized the lack of young buyers. Now, it’s time for cherries.
Free news from Oregon Journalism Project: Although the total amount of cultivated farmland in Oregon is shrinking, filbert acreage is booming.
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