With organic food becoming a bigger and bigger part of people's food budgets, factory farms are moving into organic in a big way. The...

In yet another example of the old saw "it isn't what you know, but who you know that counts" my neighbor Bill, he of the pi...

In a recent edition of the New York Times, wine editor Eric Asimov waxes poetic about Oregon wine, saying that "Oregon is right now...

"And now for your delectation, the delicious Tomatoes Galore will tickle your fancy with her juicy rendition of 'On Top of Old S...

Peaches are the most seductive fruit of summer: Their aroma, when ripe, is both tart and intensely, beautifully sweet. Just one sitting o...

There's no other way to say it: I am devastated. The Eagle Creek Fire in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge is turning a lifetime of ...

This summer is going down in the record books as a weird one, for sure. For the first time ever, I walked on the Oregon coast and, rathe...

Sandwiched between the eclipse and Hurricane Harvey, an environmental disaster of potentially devastating proportions occured just north ...

"Giant factory farms are moving to Oregon, bringing with them concerns about our rural communities, the environment, and how we want...

When the heat of summer hits and tomato season finally rolls around, one of my favorite summer salads-for-dinner is a big ol' panzane...

I don't know about you, but whenever I make deviled eggs, for my family or a gathering, the ooh-ing and aah-ing just won't quit. ...

I have friends and family members (you know who you are!) who cruise airline reservation sites for deals and have plans made months in ad...

Contributor Jim Dixon's been on a tear lately over the cooking of Spain, inspired by the release of his pal Robin Willis's new c...

This month Friends of Family Farmers launched a new blog it's calling Corporate Ag Watch  to highlight the difference and expose the...

As a native Oregonian, I'm sometimes embarrassed to admit that I haven't been to every corner of the state and seen every single ...

A fellow named Robin Willis, a former Portlander and a filmmaker, artist, writer, bon vivant and friend of contributor Jim Dixon of Real G...