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The annual “Field Day” showcasing orchard
research will be Thursday at Mid Columbia Agricultural Research
and Experiment Center in Hood River, from 2-5 p.m.
Field Day will culminate with the annual
“Town and Country Barbecue,” sponsored by Oregon State
University and Hood River Chamber of Commerce from 5-7 p.m. at
3005 Experiment Station Drive. See Field Day schedule below; all
events are open to the public.
Town and Country is a late summer tradition
intended to bring growers together with other segments of the
community
“Town and Country began because the local
agriculture community decided that hosting a Business After
Hours would be a good way to remind people that Hood River
business isn’t all about downtown,” said Mary Mosier Davis, a
Chamber board member and administrative assistant at MCAREC.
“Our local farmers want to educate people
about local agriculture businesses and the challenges they face.
This annual event serves to remind Hood River residents that our
growers manage profit-oriented enterprises and are a major
contributor to our local economy.”
The barbecue is free, and sponsored by
Columbia Gorge Fruit Growers, Hood River Farm Bureau, and Hood
River Women in Agriculture.
Here is Thursday’s Field Day schedule:
2-2:20 p.m. — Sprayer Technology and
Vegetative Barriers for Managing Drift in Mid-Columbia Orchards
2:30-3 p.m. — Horner Rootstock and COS
updates
3:10-3:30 p.m. — Pea Pollinizers for European
Pear
3:40-4:10 p.m. — Pitting in Cherries: Making
a Dent
4:20-4:40 p.m. — Bacterial Canker Research
and the “sacrificial” sweet cherry orchard
5-7 p.m. — Town and Country
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A Hood River farm will be among six honored
as a Century Farm in an awards ceremony at the Oregon State Fair
on Aug. 30.
The 2008 ceremony will be held on Saturday,
Aug. 30, at 3 p.m. in the Jackman-Long Building on the Oregon
State Fairgrounds in Salem.
The Sydney Blaine family (Avalon Orchards),
Hutson Road in Parkdale, will be honored as part of the 50th
anniversary celebration of the Century Farm & Ranch Program.
The public is invited to join the Oregon
Agricultural Education Foundation, the Oregon Farm Bureau, the
Oregon State Historic Preservation Office, the Oregon Department
of Agriculture and the Oregon Historical Society for this event.
Farms in Clackamas, Jackson, Marion and Umatilla counties
have also achieved century status.
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