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Sparrow Bakery Launches Campaign to Support Struggling Restaurants

Order out two more times a week; help local businesses get through this
Avatar photo by Nicole Vulcan

Who doesn’t love takeout? So how about we do it two times more a week? Restaurants in Deschutes County got some relief this week when the governor announced a relaxation of guidelines—but they’re still expected to struggle for quite some time, due to the extended closures. “As widely documented throughout the pandemic, food service and […]

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Get a Taste of This Place

The High Desert Food and Farm Alliance creates a new campaign to bridge the gap between consumers and locally grown food
Avatar photo Cayla Clark

The High Desert Food and Farm Alliance has been actively supporting local farmers and ranchers since 2012 by improving food access and supporting a sustainable food system. The HDFFA recently announced that in order to bolster its mission, it’s launching a campaign geared toward helping locals recognize locally grown food. Laurie Wayne, farm support program […]

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Source Spotlight: Bob Eberhard

A spotlight on the people of Central Oregon
Brian Jennings

If the economic downturn at Boeing in Seattle in the early 1960s hadn’t occurred, Redmond’s Eberhard Dairy may not even exist today. Bob Eberhard was selling Dictaphones in Puget Sound and was concerned he wouldn’t weather the downturn. That was the catalyst for a young Eberhard to return home in August of 1964 to join […]

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Harvest Time

Central Oregon farms feed locals through the winter
Jon Paul Jones

Bend has become a notable destination hot spot for a few reasons: It attracts outdoor enthusiasts from around the world, it has one of the highest number of breweries per capita, and it’s an all around incredible place to live. But what if “locally-sourced foodie destination” were to be added to that list? Bend may […]

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