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Plumping Up For the Holidays
Time to throw caution to the wind and do our best to pack on those holiday pounds! Read More
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Los Tres Reales: The Real Deal
Los Tres Reales, named for its three owners, opened its doors at 1110 NW 2nd Street in late...
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Music and Masquerade at Earth Ball 2013: Raise Funds for the Corvallis Environmental Center
The Corvallis Environmental Center (CEC) is hosting its Earth Ball on Saturday, April 20 to raise money for...
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Corvallis Outdoor Farmers’ Market Starts April 20: A Sign of Summer
Next Saturday, April 20, might not be the official first day of summer, but it will certainly feel...
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Corvallis Schools Bring Farm to Table: Partnership With Environmental Center Grows
Corvallis is home to a budding school garden program and local food initiative project that is moving into...
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SAGE Garden: Education, Production, Community… and Concerts!
The signs of spring are upon us—flowers peeking up from the soil, lawns ready for a mowing—and already...
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Brewing Beneficial Bacteria: Soilsmith Services’ Compost Tea
One of the fundamental tenets of organic farming is that the farmer should feed the soil, not the...
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Have a Delicious Bug! Edible (and Sustainable) Insects
There’s absolutely no doubt that raising your own animals is the most sustainable and functional way to provide...
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Growing Your Own Meat: For the New, Sustainable Omnivore
Interested in producing your own food? How about your own meat? The inspirations for raising animals for consumption...
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Corvallis’ Iconic Peacock Bar and Grill: An Anthropological Study
I first fell in love with The Peacock years ago, when overhearing a group of smokers—three men who...
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May Day Festival Fundraiser Concert: Six Local Bands on February 2nd
Corvallis’ May Day festival began twenty-one years ago, when a small group of friends gathered to dance around...
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OSU Food: Why Hide the Healthy Stuff?
The two articles below are excerpts from more in-depth pieces (check out the links at the end of...
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Day in the Life: Scott Kruger, Corvallis’ Food Service Inspector
When you head to a local restaurant, do you worry that you might get food poisoning? Probably not...
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Food Carts in Corvallis: Are They Really That Hard to Start?
It’s 2:15 a.m., bars have closed, and you need a taco. Your friend wants fried rice with kimchi....
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Corvallis Culinary Week: $10 Plates, 9 Restaurants, All Week Long
Corvallis’ fifth annual Culinary Week is coming up! From Sunday, Jan. 20 to Saturday, Jan. 26, stop by...
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Veganizing Your Holiday: Delicious Meals, No Animal Products Necessary
Let me preface with this: I am kind of vegan. When I’m at home, unless I am busting...
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Culture Fail: Hostess: The Bane of Digestive Tracts—and American Workers—Everywhere
As human beings, we are creatures of hope. To find traces of it, we often look to nature,...
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