Mountain Rose Herbs (MRH) believes that a dish or an herbal preparation is only as good as the quality of the ingredients you put in it. The Oregon-based business puts a tremendous amount of thought and effort into procuring and offering the highest quality botanicals.
Read MoreFood and beverage manufacturing is not for the faint of heart. Here in greater Eugene, however, many companies are finding ways to push higher up the proverbial mountain. Starting from humble beginnings, often boot-strapping their way up, many nationally recognized brands have built businesses locally that continue to thrive.
Read MoreOats don’t have udders. But in a widening array of dairy alternatives such as soy, coconut and almond geared toward special diets and environmentally conscious consumers, oat milk and products made with it are among the fastest-growing, and a piece of this action starts in Eugene.
Read MoreGrab a copy of the Winter 2019/2020 edition of Eugene Magazine to see no less than 19 local brands celebrated as a part of their local sourcing feature. Some other great articles on local wines, produce, meat, and fish as well!
Read MoreAblis Experience, the first Portland outpost of Bend-based Ablis, features a menu built around CBD drinks, served from the kiosk formerly occupied by Olympia Provisions.
Read MoreNew Seasons CEO Forrest Hoffmaster told OPB the deal was signed Monday night. He expects it to be finalized in the new year.
Read MoreTwo properties are available in the WestecNORTH commercial complex in southwest Eugene.
Read MoreOn November 10th, The Willamette Farm and Food Coalition hosted its annual Fill Your Pantry event. Fill Your Pantry is a unique opportunity to buy staple and storage crops in bulk directly from area farmers.
Read MoreOn November 19th, the Eugene area hosted its first Food Waste Stops With Me workshop. The workshop is designed to help food service operations identify opportunities to reduce food waste and build systems to impliment on these discoveries.
Read MoreIn Eugene, Yuko Smith, the owner of Saku Miso, wants to share the food’s numerous health benefits with Americans. She started selling her miso dips and butters in stores in February.
Read MoreOver the weekend, five teams of local entrepreneurs put their food-related innovations to the test in a 54-hour start-up competition.
Read MoreFrom 2009 to 2015, Van Wyk was brewmaster at Eugene’s Oakshire Brewing, during which the brewery won two GABF medals. Van Wyk left in 2015 to start his own brewery, Alesong Brewing and Blending. Focusing solely on barrel aged wild ales and strong ales, Van Wyk, along with co-owners Brian and Doug Coombs, has earned Alesong six GABF medals, most recently this year. Matt also has been a GABF Beer Judge for 12 years.
Read MoreLast year, when a California-based winery abruptly rejected 2,000 tons of grapes from Southern Oregon just days before harvest over concerns of smoke taint from wildfires, a group of Willamette Valley winemakers rushed to save as much of the stranded crop as they could.
Read MoreRogue Creamery, which took the top prize at the World Cheese Awards with its Rogue River Blue produced in Oregon, has seen sales and interest jump.
Read MoreOEDA is now accepting applications from export-ready Oregon food companies to join TEAM Oregon in their shared booth at the 2020 Natural Products Expo West show in Anaheim! This is a wonderful opportunity for companies new to trade shows to participate in shared booth space at a subsidized price at one of the largest food shows in the world!
Read MoreIn conjunction with Coconut Bliss’ company rebrand, the company is proud to introduce eco-friendly pint packaging, the very first-of-its kind, as part of its commitment to sustainability. Coconut Bliss is the first to use plant-based bio resin polyethylene pint cup packaging, made from the husks of sugar cane, as an environmentally-friendly alternative to traditional petroleum-based polyethylene resin materials. The packaging is also made from 97 percent bio-based resources.
Read MoreMicah Elconin, Director of Eugene’s Table most recent column in the Register Guard highlights how he discovered the the Greater Eugene area and why he thinks its the perfect place to operate a food or beverage company.
Read MoreNinkasi brewing launches partnership with Alesong brewing and blending for distribution across Ninkasi’s footprint. This partnership will begin with Alesong’s Rhino Suit, available starting in November.
Read MoreThis Spring, Mountain Rose Herbs (MRH) launched its second annual Grants 4 Plants project, offering the herbalism community five $4,000 grants to fund plant-powered projects that build community and better the planet.
Read MoreManifesting a second location didn’t take long for Eugene’s Manifest Brewing. The downtown brewery, which opened next to Doc’s Pad at 740 Willamette St. in May of last year, is expanding a couple blocks down into the former Starbucks space at 89 W. Broadway in Kesey Square. Starbucks vacated the space earlier this month after five years.
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