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Deschutes County’s First Century Farm

The Rastovich Family Farm celebrates 100 years of farming in the high desert
Chris Miller

On Sept. 19, 1919, George and Anna Rastovich took advantage of the Homesteaders Act to start a 40-acre farm on what’s now called Rastovich Road on Bend’s east side. The Rastoviches immigrated to the U.S. from Yugoslavia in the early 1900s, got married in Spokane, Wash., and had three children before the promise of free […]

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Llama Love

Llamas are a unique and visible local farm animal. Here’s one Central Oregonian’s story of raising them for fiber and fun
Elizabeth Warnimont

Terri Holm considers the llamas on her three-and-a-quarter-acre Bend ranch to be more pets than livestock. “I like to say they’re somewhere between a cat and a dog,” she says, because while they can’t exactly cuddle in your lap, they’re very social, friendly and loaded with personality. In addition to providing fiber for individual crafters […]

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