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Red Hills Market Puts Sustainability at Its Core

Red Hills Market in Dundee emerged from a passion for good food combined with the bounty of the Willamette Valley and the community surrounding the local wine industry. Over the past ten years, the market served as a community hub as well as an…

Hosting a Valentine’s Wine Tasting for Two at Home

Even if your local wine tasting rooms and vineyards are closed, you can still replicate the experience at home. Wine tasting is an at-home date night or evening-in activity that allows you to become better acquainted both with your partner and your…

Corvallis Area Farm Visits

Corvallis Area Farm Visits A Guide to Exploring the Mid-Willamette Valley Food Trail and Farm Visits Foodies flock to the Willamette Valley each year for wine tasting, farm visits, farm-to-table meals, and other agritourism activities. Corvallis is a…

James Cassidy: From Pop Culture to Agriculture

OSU instructor James Cassidy wants you to start seeing soil. This human frequently reminds people that all culture comes from agriculture. We all start with and eventually return to soil.“Every molecule, every atom in your body has been through the…

Intense Wildfires Likely Result of Climate Change

The conditions leading to intense smoke and wildfire may be a harbinger of things to come, according to researchers with the National Weather Service, Oregon State University, and the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute. There is a weather…

Birth Announcement: New Baby Orca off Coast

This weekend, the orca known as “Tahlequah” J35 gave birth to an apparently healthy calf. The mother and calf were seen free swimming together off the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Some may recall that in 2018 “Tahlequah” captured worldwide attention as…

The World’s Last Blockbuster Offers Retro Movie Sleepover

For three nights this September, the world’s last Blockbuster video is renting their store through Airbnb. The store is located in Bend, Oregon and the sleepover is limited to local households. “Although Bend is best known for its pristine forests…

Interview: City Councilor Ed Junkins Talks Values & Race

Corvallis City Councilor Ed Junkins is at the nexus of some of today’s biggest issues as a physician, educator and parent. Having devoted decades to community service through his practice in pediatric emergency medicine and service on the Corvallis…

OSU Native American Flute Instructor Wins Global Music Award

Oregon State University instructor and musician Jan Michael Looking Wolf Reibach won a Global Music Awards Odyssey Award for Lifetime Achievement in Music. Reibach was recognized for his contributions in Native American flute playing. “You may be…

New State COVID-19 Projections Show Mixed Expectations

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) released a report projecting possible COVID-19 epidemic trends in the state. They noted that these are only projections based on recent data, and are subject to change depending on the rate of COVID-19 spread. The…

Bigfoot Wants You to Believe in Fire Safety

The Corvallis Fire Department enlisted Bigfoot to help promote fire safety awareness this summer. Every Wednesday through August, Bigfoot and Fire Prevention Officers from the Corvallis Fire Department will hang out in a public outdoor space in…

400+ National Guard Members Train to Fight Oregon Wildfires

Oregon firefighters have backup if they need it during wildfire season. The Oregon National Guard and Oregon Department of Forestry have a long-standing agreement known as Operation Plan Smokey.Operation Plan Smokey allows Gov. Kate Brown to deploy…

Oregon’s New Inclusive Plan for LGBTQ+ Students

The Oregon Department of Education recently released a plan intended to create schools that are “safe, inclusive, and welcoming” for students of all gender identities and sexual orientations. The 49-page “LGBTQ2SIA+ Student Success Plan” addresses…

Seasonal Oregon Seafood Guide & Recipe

Usually when people think of eating seasonally, fresh produce comes to mind. Oregon-caught seafood also varies with the seasons, and local experts from Oregon State Sea Grant and Pacifica Seafood Market offer these tips on how to include seasonal…

Health & Economy: The Eat Oregon Seafood Initiative

The #EatOregonSeafood initiative is intended to give the coastal seafood economies a boost as they recover from restaurant closures and other issues related to COVID-19.A rich source of lean protein, Omega-3 fatty acids, vitamins B-12 and D, iron,…

The Science of Taste and Smell & the Covid-19 Connection

What can your sense of taste and smell tell you about your health? The answers may surprise you.OSU Food Science Professor Juyun Lim studies how people experience taste, smell, and other related chemosensory stimuli. Her research focuses “primarily…

Corvallis’ Own Snake Scientist Talks Snake Sex, and More

Integrative Biology Professor Bob Mason might just know everything about the intimate life of the garter snake. For over three decades, Mason led the way in unraveling some of the mysteries on snakes, pheromones, and what makes a snake sexy. The…

Meet Dax, Philomath’s Delivery Robot

Philomath residents are possibly among the first in the world to receive their food deliveries from a robot. Dax is a three foot tall, semi-autonomous service robot who has the ability to keep food hot or cold. Currently, Dax is making free…

Caesar the Legendary Llama: Fame, Therapy, Education, and Activism

Caesar the No Drama Llama is many things to many people. He is a therapy llama, a llamactivist, a school educator, and an internet celebrity. Juggling all these roles keeps Caesar and his human team busy.Caesar’s human counterpart, farmer and…