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.

HOOD RIVER — The fifth installment of Mt. Adams Institute’s Sense of Place Season 16 will arrive at Columbia Center for the Arts on Feb. 18. Titled “Going Out on a Limb: Life on the Family Farms of Lisa Perry & Ricardo Galvez,” the evening will welcome Perry for a conversation rooted in the agricultural landscape and lived experience of a family farm in the Columbia River Gorge.

HOOD RIVER — Back in 1913, small growers in the Hood River Valley decided to join ranks, forming one of the nation’s oldest agricultural coope…

Columbia Gorge News incorrectly characterized Commissioner Jennifer Euwer's relationship with Diamond Fruit Growers and the farmworkers she em…

THE GORGE — A decade-old program is gathering the produce Gorge-area farms can’t harvest and gifting everything from cilantro to blueberries t…

THE GORGE — Gorge Grown Food Network joins farmers and organizers across the county in celebrating National Farmers Market Week from Aug. 4-10…

It’s harvest time in our beautiful, agriculture-rich area. We want to remind everyone to exercise extreme caution when traveling on our rural roads.