Name: Food, Food, Food
Start: 2011-04-12T00:00:00-07:00
End: 2011-04-12T23:59:59-07:00

Past Activity

Food, Food, Food

Start date: 04/12/2011
Start time: 12:00 AM
End date: 04/12/2011
End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Cost: $40 members, $42 non-members. Due Apr 5
Reservations and checks to: Janet Speelman (541-344-3019), 1496 W 28th Ave. Eugene, 97405

If food is your fancy, this trip should satisfy.
Our first stop will be in Albany at the headquarters of Allan Bros. Coffee roasters. This will be our morning coffee stop (cost included). We get a peek at the roasting process and will learn about coffee. Shopping available.
We will go to Bob’s Red Mill in Milwaukie for a tour of the world headquarters where more than 300 products are produced. We’ll have lunch (your cost) at the whole grain store nearby. We will have lots of time to shop.
Our third stop will be the Willamette Fruit Company in Salem. They are well known for their pies and other fruit products. There will be samples and an opportunity to shop for a variety of gourmet products, gift and garden items.

Event Leader: Mary Ellen West
Event Leader Phone: 541-342-8672
Event Leader Email: 000175@obsidians.org
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Event category: Bus Trips
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Departure Location: See Trip Description
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Season: 2011
Permits Required:
Event Status: Passed
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Member Fees: 40
Elevation Gain:
Non-Member Fees: 42
Committee: Bus Trips
Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

Food was the intent of the April 12, 2011 Obsidian bus trip. Twenty-nine members and guests managed to handle the eating assignment well, visiting three home grown food enterprises in the Willamette valley. The first stop was Allan Bros. coffee headquarters in Albany for our morning coffee break. We learned about the processing of coffee from the tree to the cup, while enjoying a variety of coffees and their in-house baked goods. They work diligently to produce quality coffee. Their products are for sale in the local area.

Our next stop was Bob's Red Mill in Milwaukie, where they use millstones as in ancient times. The mill is a 320,000 square foot milling, packaging and distribution facility that claims to be the world's premier natural grain supplier. The excellent tour took us through a production area (viewable through windows) where packaging was in progress. A mile away, we visited Bob's Red Mill Whole Grain Store and Visitor Center where their 400 different products are available. Obsidians were eager shoppers. Breakfast and lunch are also available, so the group enjoyed a healthy meal.

The final stop for a piece of pie was the Willamette Valley Fruit Company east of Salem. We visited the location of the pie making facility and watched (through windows) pie crusts being readied for yummy fruit. Willamette Valley Fruit Company began with three berry farms and later a pie maker coming together to produce Frozen fruit and pies which are available in local markets. The day was full of wonderful tastes and flavors.