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Solar Oregon’s 8th Annual Solar Winery Tour
** Rescheduled to Sat. August 16th This year is special: to give the greatest access and highest quality experience during COVID, we are excited to bring you an innovative, fully virtual tour, complete with home wine tastings. From the comfort and safety of our homes, we will travel to Adelsheim vineyards, Torii Mor Vineyard, and Alexana winery. Our Winery Hosts this year are Adelsheim vineyards, Torii Mor Vineyard and Alexana winery. Spend an incredible virtual day in the Willamette valley. Drink wine, eat great food, and support clean energy! For more info: www.solaroregon.org
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Spanning the Seasons of the Gorge with Saur Farming
Winter at Saur Farm It’s January, and I have a terrible hankering for some fresh winter greens. The only problem is that I didn’t grow any winter crops in my puny garden this year, and the farmers’ market closed in November. In the back of my mind I remember Ben Saur, one of the owners of 10-Speed Coffee in the Hood River Heights and a local farmer, mentioning he still had carrots back in December. Maybe he still has greens? I stop by the shop to buy a cup of coffee, and ask him what he still has in the field. “Carrots, rutabaga, leeks, collards, and turnips,” Ben says while…