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GROW Bananas

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GROW Bananas Close-up of organic GROW bananas stacked in a produce display, featuring Fair Trade banana labels and vibrant yellow and green fruit.

Bananas are America’s most popular fruit, but their history is intertwined with labor exploitation, political instability, and environmental harm. Learn how GROW Bananas from Organics Unlimited are helping create a more equitable food system through fair trade, organic farming, and investments in education, health, and community development—and discover the real impact LifeSource shoppers have made through their everyday banana purchases.

Fresh for You: What the Heck is Oca?

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Fresh for You: What the Heck is Oca? pink and white root vegetable, Oca

Sometimes produce surprises us, in the best way. For the first time in over five years, oca has popped up in our produce department, and we’re a little giddy about it. This rosy, apricot-colored tuber is like a potato with personality: starchy, versatile, and naturally a little tangy. Roast it, fry it, steam it, or slice it raw into salads for a bright, lemony crunch. Oca is tricky to grow and rarely makes an appearance around here, so consider this a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it veggie moment. Grab some while it’s here and have a little fun with your roots!

Austin Farm Apples

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Austin Farm Apples Austin Farms, home of Wynoochie apples!

Fresh Austin Farm Apples are now available at LifeSource! Enjoy Wynoochee and William’s Pride while they’re available! When Neil and Marian Austin moved onto their farm just south of Silverton in 1983, it was a far cry from the orchard it is today: “It was a wreck,” Neil says. “It took months for Marian and […]

Fresh Local Strawberries

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Fresh Local Strawberries

Celebrate the start of Oregon strawberry season with sweet, organic berries from Nottinghamshire Farms. Grown just north of the Willamette Valley, these locally loved strawberries are arriving early this year thanks to an unusually warm spring. Learn the story behind the family farm, why Oregon strawberries are so special, and get inspired with recipe ideas for strawberry pie, shortcake, crisp, salsa, and more.

A Visit With Sublime Organics

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A Visit With Sublime Organics A Visit With Sublime Organics

Ellen and Greg Wilt run a diverse organic farm in Sublimity Oregon. By Jeremy Scott  The oldest definition I could find of the word “organic” is “a relationship between elements of something such that they fit together harmoniously as necessary parts of a whole.” This definition seems to embody Greg and Ellen Wilt of Sublime […]

Staying Dry For Delicious Delicata

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Staying Dry For Delicious Delicata Dry Farming Delicata Squash

How can we grow tastier vegetables? For some, the answer might be water, or, to be more precise, the lack of it. Can you taste the difference in dry farmed vegetables? The Pacific Northwest has a reputation for being rather wet. It’s a reputation that’s justified, but anyone who’s spent a summer here knows that’s […]

Super Nutrition Gardening

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Super Nutrition Gardening Arugula Sprouts

Super Nutrition Gardening by William S. Peavy Linda Spaulding, Reviewer      Spring! Most likely a person’s fancy turns to, DIRT, as in earth, soil, that is. Mother Nature coaxes even the most timid to venture into the garden for a spring assessment. Even neighbors don’t complain when clanging metal shatters the morning stillness; implements […]

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