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More Food III

  • Start date: 06/18/2014

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 06/18/2014

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

This trip will showcase Willamette Valley food producers. Our first stop will be at the Hunton Family Farm near Junction City. The grains and beans grown here should be up and growing. Our coffee break will be here in the education building. Then we will go to the Camas County Mill where hte grains are milled and the products are packaged. Then it’s off to the Hard Times Distillery in Monroe. Vodka is the main spirit produced. Lunch (on your own) will be at the New Morning Deli in Corvallis. We’ll stop at the Peoria Farmers’ Market on our way to Stahlbush Island Farms. This farm grows and processes fruit and vegetables on 5,000 acres. Our final stop will be in Junction City for Lochmead ice cream.
Cost: Members $45 Non-Members $47 Due June 12
RESERVATIONS AND CHECKS TO: Janet Speelman (541) 344-3019
1496 W 28th Ave, Eugene, OR 97405

  • Event Leader: West Mary Ellen

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  • Event category: Bus Trips

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  • Departure Location: See Trip Description

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  • Season: 2014

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  • Event Status: Passed

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  • Member Fees: 45

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  • Non-Member Fees: 47

  • Committee: Bus Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

The food trip this year involved food, drink and flowers (always a good combination). Our first stop was at the Camas Country Farm, where we gathered in the historic one room Alvadore School House – recently moved to the farm property. This old school is being completely refurbished and will become an onsite education center. With former student names written on the interior walls, the antique ceiling fan and other memorabilia, this was a perfect spot for our coffee break and a lesson in the history of the school and its students. Sue Hunton took us on a short tour of the nearby growing fields, showing us the differences in several varieties of wheat. We then moved on to the actual mill where Stephanie Powers introduced us to the mill stone process. As of early this year, they have produced two million bags of flour since April 2011. Attached to the mill is their Camas Country retail store with a multitude of their products for sale, so of course, we did some shopping.
We then drove on into Monroe for a tour of the Hard Times Distillery and a lesson on making flavored vodkas. Dudley Clark showed us the spirits producing process with names like Sweet Baby Moonshine and Apple Shine from Detering’s apples. Hard Times Distillery was recently written up in the Register Guard as they have opened a tasting room in Eugene. We were allowed a private tasting at the distillery. Then it was up the road to Corvallis for lunch at the New Morning Bakery & Deli. This is always a favorite spot for good food and a beautiful display of fresh baked goods.
After lunch we visited the Lawrence Nursery on Starr Road just north of Monroe. This seasonal nursery is a small family owned farm. The plants are grown onsite and nurtured by Jeanne Lawrence, her son and daughter-in-law, Jack and Mary Lawrence. The bonus was seeing Mary’s specialty of raising German Hunt Terriers (Jagdterrier) and Jack’s collection of seven varieties of prize pigeons. Oh yes, several of us bought plants to take home for our gardens.
Our final stop for the day was at the Harrisburg Dari Mart for locally made LochMead ice cream. All in all this was a lovely day for touring the country side, learning about and sampling locally produced products.

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up West, Mary Ellen 541-342-8672 N 47
2 Signed-Up Arthur, Bill 541-844-5156 N 47
3 Signed-Up Adamcyk, Thomas 541-302-8160 N 45
4 Signed-Up Allen, Ethel 541-736-0692 N 47
5 Signed-Up Beard, Barbara 541-994-2337 N 45
6 Signed-Up Beard, Paul 541-994-2337 N 45
7 Signed-Up Beard, Paula 541-968-0013 N 45
8 Signed-Up Cheadle, Mary Lee 541-689-1085 N 47
9 Signed-Up Cutsforth, Sharon 541-735-4703 N 45
10 Signed-Up Emlen, Clara 541-746-2181 N 45
11 Signed-Up Flanders, Dennis 541-747-9803 N 47
12 Signed-Up Hawkes, Mary 541-746-7208 N 47
13 Signed-Up Hottle, Kess 541-683-5818 N 47
14 Signed-Up Jacobsen, Janet 541-206-1251 N 45
15 Signed-Up McManigal, John 541-345-2036 N 47
16 Signed-Up McManigal, Lenore 541-345-2036 N 47
17 Signed-Up Moffitt, Rose Marie 541-343-2154 N 45
18 Signed-Up Payne, Barbara 541-746-1964 N 47
19 Signed-Up Payne, Don 541-452-3617 N 45
20 Signed-Up Prouty, Virginia 541-484-1356 N 47
21 Signed-Up West, Marian 541-746-6263 N 47
22 Signed-Up White, Cristy 541-687-2305 N 47
23 Signed-Up Ferrero, Pete 541-704-1895 N 47
24 Signed-Up Floyd, Jo 541-206-4595 N 47
25 Signed-Up Hollenbeck, Mindy 541-746-5143 N 47
26 Signed-Up Hollerud, Margit 541-686-8425 N 47
27 Signed-Up Hottle, Barbara 541-683-5818 N 47
28 Signed-Up Monce, Al 541-746-5928 N 47
29 Signed-Up Monce, Nita 541-746-5928 N 47
30 Signed-Up Phelps, Judy 541-726-0118 N 47