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THE DAILY ASTORIAN TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2016
268¶s innovation center focuses on all thinJs food
,n a city serious about food,
2reJon 6tate proMect is at home
“The city is full of people
Zho are really invested in food.´
Food economy
6taff at the innovation cen
ter help 1orthZest food entre
preneurs Zith product devel
opment, manufacturinJ, safety,
pacNaJinJ, labelinJ, shelflife
and more. ,ts sensory science
specialist can measure con
sumer acceptance of neZ prod
ucts, and another researcher is
ZorNinJ on the use of radio fre
Tuency identi¿ cation technol
oJy to tracN products as they
move from processor to plate.
&lients ranJe from hundreds
of small entrepreneurs learninJ
hoZ to taNe their idea to mar
Net, to Jiant, unnamed food cor
porations that pay to test prod
ucts Zith sophisticated Portland
consumers.
By ERIC MORTENSON
Capital Press
P25T/A1D ² An aJri
cultural e[periment station
miJht seem an unliNely resi
dent of this city¶s upscale Pearl
District, Zhich has Jone from
Jritty Zarehouses and railyards
to Jain a selfdescribed ³Zorld
Zide reputation for urban
renaissance.´
%ut 2reJon 6tate 8niversi
ty¶s )ood ,nnovation &enter has
been perched alonJ 1aito ParN
Zay since . And in hind
siJht, the decision to open the
center in Zhat became arJuably
the foodie capital of the 8.6.
seems an inspired choice.
³/ucNy, maybe,´ lauJhs
Thayne Dutson, Zho Zas dean
of 2reJon 6tate¶s &olleJe of
AJricultural 6ciences at the
time.
1onetheless, the center Zas
2reJon 6tate¶s ¿ rst foothold
in Portland, Zhere the univer
sity and the 8niversity of 2re
Jon increasinJly scrap for atten
tion, money and students. The
center may have been the ¿ rst
aJricultural e[periment station
² still its technical desiJnation
² to open in an urban area. ,t
marNed a maMor and continu
inJ collaboration Zith the 2re
Jon Department of AJriculture,
Zhich leases space in the center
for its marNetinJ, trade and lab
oratory services.
Eric Mortenson/Capital Press
Staff member Anita Conklin measures brown rice syrup
for a client’s granola bar recipe at the Food Innovation
Center in Portland.
tor. Morrisey built a ³terri¿ c´
staff, Arp said, and alloZed
them to develop to their full
potential.
The center can raise its vis
ibility as an inteJral part of the
Portland scene, Arp said.
³,s it as Zell NnoZn as it
should be" 1o, certainly not,´
he said.
There¶s no Tuestion the city
is a ³foodie hub,´ Arp said, and
the center can “accentuate that
Portland vibe Ze all NnoZ and
love.´
New director
The appointment of a neZ
center director has people mull
inJ the center¶s role as produc
ers and processors respond to
consumers¶ demand for better,
safer and healthier food.
David 6tone, an 2reJon
6tate to[icoloJy professor and
director and principal investi
Jator of the 1ational Pesticide
,nformation 1etZorN on cam
pus, tooN over from retirinJ
Director Michael Morrisey .
Dan Arp, dean of 2reJon
6tate¶s &olleJe of AJricultural
6ciences, said Morrisey pro
vided the center Zith stabil
ity, direction and momentum
durinJ his nine years as direc
Broader role
6tone said maintaininJ the
center¶s e[istinJ proJrams is
important, but the center¶s role
Zill broaden as Zell. The center
Zill hire a food safety profes
sor this summer to educate peo
ple as the federal )ood 6afety
Moderni]ation Act unfolds.
6tone also Zants to enJaJe
the “underserved´ people Zho
don¶t have access to healthy
ACCUWEATHER ® FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
Astoria 5-Day Forecast
Tonight
A shower or two
early; mostly
cloudy
44°
Wednesday
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Portland
44/57
Corvallis
41/59
Eugene
41/58
Salem
41/58
Albany
43/58
Ontario
35/58
Bend
26/53
Thursday
Burns
24/50
Medford
37/61
Breezy; a morning
shower, then rain
6cott JorJensen is the fea
tured speaNer at the &lat
sop &ounty 5epublicans Jen
eral membership meetinJ at
p.m. Thursday at the Port of
Astoria .
The meetinJ is open to the
public
JorJensen beJan his career
as an aZardZinninJ small
toZn neZspaper reporter for
Pendleton
39/57
Klamath Falls
22/52
Breezy with
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Regional Cities
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Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Eugene
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Medford
Newport
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Des Moines
73 49 pc
Detroit
58 47 c
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84 57 pc
Fairbanks
36 13 pc
Honolulu
81 69 t
Indianapolis
63 49 s
Kansas City
74 58 pc
Las Vegas
69 49 s
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70 51 pc
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66 54 s
Miami
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New Orleans
70 60 s
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61 49 pc
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be a penumbral lunar eclipse at 4:47 a.m.
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Tomorrow’s Tides
Astoria / Port Docks
Time
High
2:15 a.m. 8.6 ft.
2:24 p.m. 8.2 ft.
Time
8:26 a.m.
8:37 p.m.
Low
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C L UNTY
C O
the last days of former Gov.
John .it]haber¶s administra
tion. JorJensen has ZorNed in
the state +ouse of 5epresenta
tives and is currently the chief
of staff for an 2reJon 6enate
of¿ ce.
%ruce &uff, a 5epubli
can candidate for Jovernor,
and %ruce %obe N, a 5epub
lican candidate for the s tate
+ouse , are also speaNinJ at
the meetinJ.
inÀ uence of into[icants at Ave
nue % and 8.6. +iJhZay
in 6easide.
At a.m. 6aturday,
:arrenton Police arrested
0ichael J. 6tas]eN, , of :ar
renton, for D8,, and recNless
drivinJ on 1eZ <ounJs %ay
%ridJe.
At p.m. 6aturday,
2reJon 6tate Police arrested
&aliN Ja]] +emminJslambert,
, of %eaverton, for D8,, on
8.6. +iJhZay , Zhere he
crashed betZeen multiple trees.
At p.m. 6aturday,
&latsop &ounty 6heriff¶s
2f¿ ce arrested 2liver /ope]
9auJhn, , for D8,,, recN
less endanJerinJ and recNless
drivinJ at 5oosevelt Drive and
)ifth Avenue in 6easide.
ON THE RECORD
DUII arrests
At p.m. )riday, :ar
renton Police arrested Amber J.
0c*iYney, , of 9ancouYer,
:ashinJton, for D8,, at (ast
+arbor DriYe and 6Nipanon
Drive.
At p.m. )riday, 2re
Jon 6tate Police arrested Jon
athan /anier 0eeNs, , of
Portland, for drivinJ under the
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March 21, 2016
&8//,P, *ladys Adelle, , of 6easide, died in 6easide.
2cean 9ieZ )uneral &remation 6ervice in Astoria is in
charJe of the arranJements.
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various publications throuJh
out 2reJon. +e Zas also a
neZs director and talN shoZ
host for the *rants Pass %road
castinJ &orp. , and a ¿ eld orJa
ni]er for a stateZide ballot
measure campaiJn in .
+e recently Zrote a booN,
³2n the &usp of &haos Divi
sions ,nside and 2utside
the 2reJon 6tatehouse,´ an
inside looN at 2reJon¶s cap
ital, urban rural divide and
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49 39 r
41 21 sn
55 29 t
50 42 r
72 38 pc
36 12 c
81 69 sh
64 54 c
78 32 pc
68 50 s
74 52 s
70 59 pc
80 72 pc
71 60 pc
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APPLIANCE
IN
Building a ‘hotbed’
Dutson, Zho retired from
2reJon 6tate in , said
the idea came ¿ rst from 5oy
Arnold, then the aJ school dean.
Arnold hosted a meetinJ at
his house Zith Dutson, Zho Zas
e[periment station director and
the colleJe¶s associate direc
tor of research, and Zith %ob
Buchanan, then Department of
AJriculture director, and his top
assistant, Bruce AndreZs.
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food, and to provide more
internships and other opportu
nities for students.
6taff members appear to
share Arp¶s and 6tone¶s vision.
“:e noZ have a brand,´
said 6arah Masoni, the center¶s
product development manaJer.
“:hat Ze need to do ne[t is
¿ Jure out hoZ to taNe it to ne[t
level.´
5esearch chef Jason %all,
Zho Moined the staff months
aJo, said the center is much liNe
2reJon 6tate¶s other aJ e[peri
ment stations in that it responds
to needs of the microclimate.
“And so to have us in the
urban center of Portland maNes
sense from a food entrepreneur
standpoint, and also from a
sensory standpoint,´ %all said.
“2ne of the ¿ rst thinJs you
notice is that people in Portland
care so much about their food
:here it comes from, hoZ it¶s
produced and Zhat the inJredi
ents are,´ he said.
,t¶s also full of people Zho
maNe a livinJ Zith food. An
AuJust study by Portland 6tate
8niversity estimated the ¿ ve
county Portlandarea “food
economy´ employs ,
people. The study, “Portland¶s
)ood (conomy Trends and
&ontributions,´ counted Mobs
in food production, processinJ,
distribution and services.
The authors said Portland
alone had , food econ
omy Mobs, from Jrocery store
and processinJ plant employ
ees to restaurant ZorNers. )ood
economy Mobs accounted for
sliJhtly more than percent of
all employment in the city and
JreZ by . percent from
to alone, accordinJ to the
study. The JroZth rate nearly
doubled that of nonfood Mobs.
(stablishinJ the innova
tion center in Portland came
before anyone NneZ that Zould
happen.
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Arnold believed 2reJon
6tate and the state aJency should
ramp up their connections. The
four men shared a collaborative
vieZ of Zhat could be accom
plished by establishinJ a “hot
bed of different disciplines.´
,t made sense to combine
food science and marNet devel
opment activities in the state¶s
larJest city, Dutson said. “,t all
really ¿ ts toJether.´
Dutson and AndreZs even
tually succeeded their bosses
at their respective institutions,
and carried the vision into of¿ ce
Zith them. They rounded up
political support, particularly
from then8.6. 6en. MarN +at
¿ eld, and ¿ nancial help from
the 8.6. Department of AJri
culture and other sources.
The center Zobbled a bit in
early years, but 2reJon 6tate
and the aJ department Zould
not let it “die on the vine,´ Dut
son said. +irinJ Morrisey as
station director in ² he¶d
been manaJer of 2reJon 6tate¶s
seafood lab in Astoria ² Zas a
“very Jood move,´ Dutson said.
Arp, the current 2reJon
6tate dean, has described food
as “the handshaNe betZeen
urban and rural.´
“2ur name is the &olleJe of
AJricultural 6ciences, but our
mission really is food, aJ sci
ence and natural resources,´
Arp said.
“That alloZs us to taNe a
soiltoshelf approach to every
thinJ Ze do. That reTuires
places liNe the ),& to be the
point of the spear in doinJ that.´
TUESDAY
Clatsop Care Health District
Board, noon, Clatsop Care
Center, 646 16th St.
Astoria Library Board, 5:30
p.m., Astoria Public Library
Flag Room, 450 10th St.
Warrenton City Commis-
sion, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S.
Main Ave.
Seaside Airport Committee,
6 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway.
Astoria Planning Commis-
sion, 6:30 p.m., City Hall, 1095
Duane St.
WEDNESDAY
Astoria Parks and Recre-
ation Board, 6:45 a.m., ARC,
1555 W. Marine Drive
Clatsop County Housing Au-
thority Board, 5 p.m., Judge
Guy Boyington Building, 857
Commercial St.
Clatsop County Board of
Commissioners, 6 p.m.,
Judge Guy Boyington
Building, 857 Commercial St.,
Astoria
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