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.
The folks at msn.com have shown their love of Hood River County once again, with the online list “The Best 19 Places to Pick Apples in the United States.”
The Gorge Literary Journal, a joint project with The Hood River News and sponsored by the Columbia Center for the Arts, strives to give local writers an outlet for sharing their work. The next submission deadline will be May 15, for publication this August. Please follow the guidelines and submission procedure at www.gorgelit.org/ submission. Best wishes from co-editors John Metta and Julie Hatfield, and assistant editor Sarah Sullivan. Comments may be directed to editors@gorgelit.org.
