In 1972, a natural spice blend of cardamom, black pepper, cinnamon, ginger, and clove became the flagship flavor launching Yogi Tea. Today, these ingredients and more continue to bring healing and wellness to communities around the globe. Last month, East West Tea Company (EWTC) celebrated the 50th anniversary of Yogi Tea, now the largest wellness tea brand in the world!
Read MoreIris Vineyards has been producing wine in the Southern Willamette Valley since 2001. The 870 acre estate features a 43 acre vineyard with 10.5 acres of Pinot gris vines, three acres of Chardonnay vines, and 26.5 acres of Pinot noir vines.
Read MoreBurrito Brigade has signed a lease on an old Chinese restaurant at 1775 w. 6th Ave. The organization will house all 3 of its projects (burrito production, local neighborhood pantry support and our food rescue, Waste to Taste) in one building. The kitchen has not been used since 2015 and needs a complete rebuild.
Read MoreOnward Eugene, a local economic development nonprofit, is now accepting applications for their no-cost, accelerator program called EUG Launchpad. The 12-week accelerator helps entrepreneurs launch their startup and is now offered in-person on Wednesday evenings from 5 pm to 7 pm at the Innovation Hub @ 942 Olive. The class curriculum originates from MIT, Stanford and YCombinator, and helps entrepreneurs advance from an idea and business model to launching their first products into a target market.
Read MoreJuly is National Ice Cream Month and it has become an iconic moment for frozen dessert lovers everywhere. To celebrate, Alden’s Organic is giving away 10,000 scoops of organic ice cream throughout the month. Consumers will have ample opportunity to win via seven giveaways hosted on the Alden’s Organic Instagram and Facebook accounts.
Read MoreThe Business of Food, an upper-division and graduate-level management class offered every spring at the University of Oregon's Lundquist College of Business, returned to a beloved pre-pandemic tradition this year: touring local businesses to get a real-world look at how food and beverage firms operate and strength students' ties to Lane County companies.
Read MoreThis intimate event will be headlined by the release of beers made as part of Firestone Walker’s multi-brewery collaboration Terroir Project,
Read MoreOwners Lorraine and David Lehane came to Oregon from Michigan, but lived most of their lives in Australia. David Lehane told KLCC, “We retired, and this is our crazy idea of a retirement plan.”
Read MoreCasablanca uses family recipes passed down through generations to produce all natural and preservative free hummus, baba ghanouj and tzatziki.
Read MoreMountain Rose Herbs is pleased to announce the 18th Free Herbalism Project (FHP) Sunday, June 12, 10:30 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. (PST) at Mount Pisgah Arboretum in Eugene, OR. FHP is a celebration of herbal education, music, and community. Summer FHP speakers include esteemed herbalists Jim Mcdonald, Bevin Clare, and Lucretia Vandyke, with special guest emcee Jiling Lin and live music by Sugar Pine.
Read MoreA community project in downtown Eugene is finally complete: The Lane County Farmers Market will be in its new year-round pavilion Saturday.
Read MoreSinging Dog Vanilla has partnered with Wizard of Paws Wildlife Education & Conservation Inc. in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Vanilla company, known for its silly name, will sponsor a New Guinea Singing Dog named Kora Nakako. They will help support the animal’s well-being and educate their fans about the breed.
Read MoreAlternative Ownership Advisors (AOA), founded in 2019 to guide purpose-focused businesses toward steward-ownership models that protect mission and independence, has launched Forcefield Capital.
Read MoreMountain Rose Herbs is proud to present the Sunday Annex Series—a weekly class held every Sunday from 1–3 p.m. at the Mountain Rose Herbs Annex located next to Mountain Rose Herbs’ Mercantile in the Farmers’ Union Marketplace in Eugene, OR.
Read MoreLane County Bounty’s mission is to strengthen the local food economy by offering everything needed to create nutritious meals with ingredients grown in our region. The food delivery service primarily sources from producers within a 100 mile radius with an ever expanding selection of premium local meats, cheeses, produce, and other grocery items.
Read MoreLast week, Lane County Commissioners approved a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It’s the second county in Oregon to adopt such a framework.
Read MoreOregon Rainmakers talks with Jaime Floyd, Co-founder and master brewer for Eugene’s own Ninkasi Brewing company
Read MoreXicha Brewing, Oregon's only Latinx-owned brewery, is extending its roots and opening a location in Eugene.
Read MoreOregon Fruit Products processes, packs and distributes fruit products for consumers, food service, and fermentation. The company started in 1935 as a small, family-run business, and still remains committed to local farmers, sustainable practices, and fruit that is simply delicious.
Read MoreCraft breweries are generally categorized into large, medium and small sizes based on production volume, and there are both benefits and drawbacks unique to each. To get a sense of how different categories of breweries adapted as COVID swept the globe, we spoke to three Eugene-based businesses, all of which were caught in different phases of development in 2020.
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