There’s the road you travel, there’s the “road not taken,” as so eloquently written about by poet Robert Frost, and in Clark County there is also the road that takes you straight into the dirt. It’s the new Roots to Road program. The pilot program, developed by Partners in Careers, in collaboration with ...
For three veterans, a garden gave them a reason to wake up in the morning. The pilot program Roots to Road, created by Partners in Careers and Clark County, taught three local veterans as much about themselves as about gardening. Their six-month experience fed their spirits and nourished their bodies. ...
Resting an experienced hand on the smooth metal wheel, Tom Henrick explains the simple but ingenious mechanics that power the grist mill. “The throttle wheel is right here. Just by taking this wheel and turning it a little bit I allow water to enter the turbine and run through, producing ...
It doesn’t take long to stroll from one end of the Camas Farmers Market to the other. There are larger, more established markets in Clark County you could visit, but before you make big plans for the larger Saturday markets, think about a Wednesday night adventure. This small east county ...
Buying locally grown and raised food directly from the farmer is a national movement that is gaining momentum in Clark County. One of the most popular places to experience that is at the Vancouver Farmers Market. Located near Esther Short Park in the heart of downtown Vancouver, the weekly Vancouver ...
Buying meat and produce from a big national supplier would be easier and less expensive, but it would also give local restaurateur Brad Root a hole in his soul. For more than 20 years, Root has cooked with a passion for local ingredients and he puts a lot of emphasis ...
It all started with garlic at NW Organic Farm in Ridgefield. “But we soon learned you can’t live on garlic,” co-owner Joyce Haines says. The farm that she and her husband operate now produces everything from garlic and lettuce to snap peas and more than 3,000 tomato plants. Haines says the farm ...
Matt and Jen Schwab of Ridgefield’s Inspiration Plantation explain why they operate their diversified farm with natural practices and how people in the community can become consumers of local food. To see COUV.COM’s previous coverage of Inspiration Plantation and to experience a day-in-the-life on the farm, see ‘Life at Inspiration ...
Listen to an audio podcast of this story here: For nearly a century the Schwab family has maintained land in North Clark County, where each generation has tried his hand at working the land. None of the attempts produced a lasting operation, but now Matt and his wife Jen are ...
Things are growing at Dilish Farm in Vancouver where Dillon Haggerty and Patricia Kent are well into their first season of urban farming. Most young couples wouldn’t think to start farming, especially with a baby on the way. But Haggerty and Kent don’t see their plan as a risk, but ...
COUV.COM Originals are back and this time we’re taking a trip to a local farm. Business begins with relationships at Inspiration Plantation in Ridgefield. The diversified family farm is rooted in ancestral land where connections are cultivated between the farmer, the consumer, and nature – all in a quest for ...
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