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Wednesday, March 23, 2022 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
FARM FRESH PRODUCE
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is a one-acre market garden in Sisters utilizing organic & sustainable practices. Produce is sold through THE STAND, Central Oregon Locavore, and Agricultural Connections. 2022 CSA is a membership through THE STAND! Sign up at:
www.MahoniaGardens.com THE STAND
Open Daily, May through October
254 E. Adams Ave., Sisters | 541-420-8684
Fresh, local food available to all Like spotting the first crocus blooms, it’s a sure sign of spring when The Stand gets set to reopen for the season at 254 E. Adams Ave. in Sisters. The Stand features only local products — such as carrots, beets, arugula, spinach, lettuce — mostly grown at Sisters’ own Mahonia Gardens, but also featuring other local growers. Look for pastureraised eggs, berries, flour, honey, flowers, and more. Mahonia Gardens offers a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program where an individual pays the farm for a membership that entitles them to a “share” of the farm’s harvest. Memberships are still available to the public. New this year, Mahonia Gardens’ CSA is more accessible to people using SNAP benefits through a collaborative supported CSA program with the High Desert Food & Farm Alliance. Visit www.hdffa.org/snapcsa to learn more or fill out an interest form. (Mahonia Gardens can’t accept SNAP for day-to-day purchases at The Stand). Get some homegrown goodness into your life. Sign up for a CSA now, and get ready to make The Stand a regular shopping stop on your rounds through Sisters.
Homegrown
Regenerative practices make good food
DD Ranch in Terrebonne is rightly famous for its annual fall pumpkin patch and as a gorgeous setting for weddings. It is also a working ranch producing highquality meats and honey, using practices that make for good food that is good for you — and good for the environment. DD Ranch is available year-round for meat and honey sales. They raise 100-percent grass-fed/finished beef and lamb, heritage pork, eggs from free-range hens, and raw honey from happy bees. DD Ranch honey is wholesaled through Central Oregon Locavore and other markets, and you’ll find DD Ranch meats in many Central Oregon restaurants. You can buy meat in quarters, halves, and wholes, and can purchase meat and honey through a CSA, or buy direct from the Ranch (call for an appointment for pickup at the farm store). The pastures are not sprayed and they don’t use chemical fertilizers. Intensive grazing and regenerative practices mean that DD Ranch is providing food that is good for you and good for the environment.
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GRASS-FED BEEF & LAMB HERITAGE PORK FARM FRESH EGGS RAW HONEY For more information or to join our CSA program, visit
DDRANCH.NET 541-548-1432 3836 NE Smith Rock Way, Terrebonne
Taking a stand for healthful food
JUNE 5 OCTOBER 2
LOCAL VEGGIES
EVERY SUNDAY 11AM TO 2PM
PANTRY STAPLES
FIR STREET PARK
LOCAL MEAT AND FISH
Market builds Sisters’ community A lively buzz in our community can be found Sunday afternoons at the Sisters Farmers Market, running from June 5 through October 2. With nearly 28 vendors filling Fir Street Park, visitors have access to fresh, local foods and products in a festive and welcoming atmosphere. Sisters Farmers Market accepts SNAP, and the Double Up Food Bucks program, which will match $20 of SNAP spending throughout the market. The Sisters Farmers Market is striving to help be a building block of the community. The market is a program of local nonprofit Seed to Table Oregon, who envision a community where people of all races, religions, ages, sexual orientations, genders, abilities, geographies, and socioeconomic statuses have access to fresh produce and farm-based education. Seed to Table welcomes our neighbors and community visitors to bask in the bounty of the vendors, bring the family to join in kids’ activities, listen to live music, and explore new community relationships. New manager Michelle Jiunta is welcoming and encouraging inquiries from potential vendors. Visit www.sistersfarmers market.com for more information.
For the past 22 years, Richard’s Farmstand has been providing the Sisters community with access to locally sourced fruits, veggies, and berries. The farmstand, located on the west end of Sisters, behind Space Age Gas, will open (weather permitting) in early April, kicking off another season of shopping for local folks who want to fill their meals with quality foods, including vegetables and lettuce grown by local farmers. The season will start with local asparagus, freshly picked morel mushrooms, and Oregon strawberries. This year, Richard’s Farmstand will be featuring local Oregon Marionberry and wild huckleberry jams and Prescott Honey (which is considered a great remedy for seasonal allergies). Richard’s open-air produce stand pioneered what has become a movement in Sisters toward locally grown products — organically grown whenever possible. Richard’s Farmstand was an early leader in a farm-to-table trend that enhances lives in Sisters Country. The stand is highly ghl hl accessible, and for those osse who wh ho have have ha ve a hard har ard time tim ti mee venturing out, delivery deelilive d very ry sservices ervviice er ervi cces es are are available. ar aavvaaiiila labl la blee..
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Open-air market O i Sisters featuring in top-quality
berries, fruits & veggies
Local and organic products available whenever possible!
Behind Space Age Gas as iin nS Sisters isters 411 W. Cascade Ave. • 541-815-3366 81 155-3 5-33 33 36
10% senior discount!
Wednesday, March 23, 2022 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
LOCALLY RAISED MEATS
Straight from the farms!
FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM FOR OUR OPENING DATE!
NEW LOCATION 64677 Cook Ave. Tumalo Open Daily, 10-6 • 541-610-7733 3
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www.tumalofarmstand.com
Local goodness in the heart of Tumalo Tumalo Farmstand has moved to a new location at the former El Caporal building right in the heart of Tumalo. The move means that Tumalo Farmstand remains a convenient stop on the drive between Bend and Sisters — with a lot more space to offer a wider variety of locally produced goodness. Delicious, fresh produce is sourced from Central Oregon, Eastern Oregon, Northwest Oregon, the Tri-Cities and Yakima. And with more space available, new goods are being added to the market. There will be a selection of dry goods, and patrons can look for market items like bread and flowers. At the Tumalo Farmstand you can expect amazing produce at affordable rates. Founded on owner Molly Hughes’ love for fresh fruit and vegetables, the Tumalo Farmstand was established in May 2017. “As the owner and founder of the Tumalo Farmstand, I believe in providing the community with exceptionally greattasting produce,” says Hughes. “You are guaranteed to have an amazing experience in taste!”
CSAs feature local meat and produce Rainshadow Organics offers folks in Sisters a regular feast of foods all grown and raised on their full-diet farm located at 71290 Holmes Rd. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) shares are available. Visit www. rainshadoworganics.com/community supportedagriculture for CSA options and find the share that works for you. SNAP benefits can be used on CSAs or at the Farm Store and are part of Rainshadow Organics’ commitment to food accessibility and the belief that everyone deserves local, organic, nutrient-dense food. Vegetable CSAs feature organic seasonal vegetables, and meat CSAs feature grass-fed beef, pastured pork, and whole roasting chickens. All are welcome to visit the farm store and purchase certified organic vegetables, herbs, flowers, grains, and 100% grass-fed beef and pastured, chemical, and GMO-free pork, chicken, and eggs (when in season). The farm hosts many food-centered events. Visit the website to keep abreast of what’s coming up; tickets go on sale for upcoming events on or about the 15th of each month. mo on nth h. Inquire In nq qu uire about aab bou bou out private prriv p ivaatte events. e
CSA VEGETABLE AND/OR
MEAT SHARES
20 WEEKS • WEDNESDAYS JUNE 1–OCTOBER 12
SNAP benefits & Double Up Food Bucks accepted
For share info and pricing, go to
RAINSHADOWORGANICS.COM and click on “Join our CSA” FARM STORE Open June-October RAINSHADOW ORGANICS KITCHEN Opens April 9 for dinner (reservations required)
71290 Holmes Rd., Sisters • 541-977-6746
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