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About What's happening. (Eugene, OR) 1982-1993 | View Entire Issue (June 6, 1985)
FOOD Tasty Local Produce Now Available The long spring days and warm weather mean much activity on local farms where producers are working to provide us with fresh fruits, berries and vegetables. Pro duce from the southern Willa mette valley is now appearing in the Eugene/Springfield area. Spin ach, lettuce and strawberries usher in the cornucopia that floods area stores, the farmers market, farm u-pick and farm stands. Saturdays feature the farmers market, adjacent to the Saturday market at 8th and Oak Streets. June 15 will be the first Saturday that farmers will set up their own displays of produce. Berries and vegetables will be featured by local growers. Farmers and back yard gardeners can also market produce through the consignment booth as an alternative to setting up their own booth. John Gra ham, the farmers market coor dinator, expects the market to be much bigger and more exciting this year. Interested gardeners/ farmers can contact him by calling 344-1799. The Market will be open 9 am to 5 pm Saturdays and will run through November 30. Early morning visits result in a better selection of produce. Farm stands and u-pick can be found in a number of areas sur rounding Eugene and Springfield. Following are some of them offer ing products for your canning, preserving, drying and eating needs. by Joe Gabriel RIVER ROAD AREA Riverbrook Organically grown produce— 688-3176 Non-organic cherries—688-0586 1225 E. Beacon Dr. Tom's Orchard—688-8976 Sweet and pie cherries, apples and peaches. 909 Beacon Dr. Thompson's—688-0725 Vegetables, peaches, apples, and nuts. 3910 River Rd. Thistledown Vegetables, berries, peaches and apples. 1 mile north of Beacon Dr. on River Rd. Harwood's—688-1846 Vegetables. 91984 River Rd. COBURG AREA Johnson's—343-9594 Vegetables, a full line of berries and fruit. 89733 Armatage Rd. Detering Orchard—995-6341 Vegetables, apples, peaches and pears. 30946 Wyatt Dr. BUSINESS BRIEFS ARABLE Loans to Valley Farmers In March ARABLE completed its first loan cycle making three loans totalling $13,000 to growers near Eugene. Market gardener Vidal Cruz and Tilth truck farmer John Sundquist each received $3000 for pur chases of equipment and fertilizer. Vidal Cruz grows vegetables on 6 acres in two locations in the Santa Clara-River Road area and John Sun dquist grows vegetables and filberts on 24 acres at Rivers Turn Farm north of Coburg. Both farmers market the majority of their crops through Organically Grown Coop in Eugene. Ehud Keartes received $7000 to pay for shipment costs for 16 tons of imported lily bulbs from Holland. Keartes has started Lico Inc., a lily growing business marketing fresh cut lilies throughout the Northwest. At the time the loans were made their total was 50% of the amount of ARABLE deposits. Since March, the amount on deposit has doubled, to nearly $65,000. Deposits earn either 6% interest or no interest at the host financial institution for ARABLE, OUR Federal Credit Union. No interest deposits, comprising about 20% of the total on deposit, con tribute their interest earnings to the non-profit administrative costs of the ARABLE Loan Program. A second loan cycle will be announced in early June. If you would like further information on the ARABLE Loan Program, and on how to become either a member-depositor or member-borrower of ARABLE, write to P.O. Box 5230, Eugene, OR 97405, or call Thomas Forster, 345-1218. stress, QI 9 0 7 Swedish and Deep Tissue Muscle Therapy to relieve pain rd stress, = Nina Cherry, licensed g 8 Rassage. ■ s • • Certify. 6- ommey *ee= 6,R*e mmemoonT eepsre** An s. Certificates Bu Aunoe ezuu uogexen uogeSsseru of bueuojB . .Aw Tillie’s BUNTZES Fresh blintzes at the Saturday Market available frozen: KIVA • WAREMART • HUMBLE BAGEL RED BARN • NEW FRONTIER MARKET -LOCAL PRODUCT — WEST OF EUGENE Berg's—688-3585 Organically grown strawberries and tomatoes. Alvadore Royal Blueberries—689-1836 Organically grown blueberries. 28718 Royal Ave. GOODPASTURE ISLAND AREA Evonuks—344-0001 Strawberries, vegetables and fil berts. 1/4 mile north of Valley River Center on Goodpasture Island Rd. SPRINGFIELD AREA Grier's—726-6131 Strawberries and raspberries u-pick and already picked. E. 66th St. (north of Main) Cupp's Strawberries. Follow signs off S. 42nd. (Farms not listed above can be by calling Joe Gabriel, 342-6296.) Many stores and supermarkets also carry local produce. So, whenever shopping, look for fruits and vegetables labeled local ly grown; and I will keep you up dated in future columns of par ticular fruits and vegetables com ing into season. Summer Delights at Folkways Our specialty is natural fibre clothing . lots of cool & comfortable cotton blouses. skirts & dresses for summer imported for you from Bali. Greece. India. Pakistan. Thailand & Mexico jewelry. straw hats, hammocks and folk art all from around the world! FOLKWAYS IMPORTS Fifth St. Public Market 5 downstairs 683-2204 762 E 13th Ave next to the Excelsior 343-8667 SALAMI • ROAST BEEF • CHEE w REAM ORNEL INE HEESE • WINE * SAL ST TOGOs TOFFAY SATERINGER 1744 Willamette M-F 8:30-5:30 PM 342-5539 in honor of all June brides past, present and future AU Champagnes now ON SALE Domains Chandon Brut Freixenet Cordon Negro •per bottle in case lots only NOW reg. 15.75 $9.99* . reg. 6.99 $4.50* Purveyor of Hine Wine and Champagne 807 NORTH A STREET / SUITE D / SPRINGFIELD, OREGON 97477 / (503) 746-8252 KLM STYLE ATTRACTIVE VERSATILE INDIVIDUAL KuT INSTITUTE A FULL SERVICE SALON FOR MEN & WOMEN 342-8165 Atrium Bldg., 99 W. 10th, Eugene, OR 97401 Directly across from the downtown bus stops Mon.-Fri. 9-7; Sat. 9-3
