Tours of sustainability and local foods
Source Tours Join us for our 2010 tours showcasing Northeast Oregon’s Wallowa Valley. Visit working farms and ranches, engage in thoughtful conversations, walk through the fields, drink in the scenic vistas, breathe deep and eat well.
The Source Tours for 2010...
Classic Farm & Ranch Trip
This trip is for those with an appetite for an authentic experience. We travel through the picturesque Wallowa Valley to visit a grass fed beef ranch, an organic produce farm that supplies restaurants and farmers markets, a family-run dairy and chicken farm, a flock of sheep that inspired a rural economic development project, a brewery, wheat fields and more. Meet local farmers and ranchers and walk through their fields with them while they tell you the story of the land. Enjoy excellent meals that highlight as many local ingredients as possible. Some of our hosts are the fourth generation of their family to steward the family ranch. Others made a mid-life career switch and started their business in the last few years. For the people who live here, and the people who visit here, the Wallowa Mountains are an amazing backdrop to it all.
Dates offered June 5-6, 2010
Cost $495/$630 per person (without/with lodging)
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Cooking from the Source
Join us in preparing a feast from the fresh vegetables, eggs, butter, fruits, honey, beer and meat we gather from the farmers and producers we visit during this weekend-long tour in Northeast Oregon's Wallowa Valley. We walk through fields, greenhouses and barns alongside growers who tell us the story of the good food they produce. And we hear “straight from the horse's mouth” about the challenges and opportunities faced by growers of different crops. After visiting farms, ranches and a brewery, the Cooking from the Source experience culminates with a culinary session lead by chef Lynne Sampson. Whatever your level of cooking expertise there is something to savor in the experience of creating a menu that showcases the local and seasonal produce available that day. While we are preparing our “locavore” feast, reflect on the impact our food choices have on environmental stewardship, rural communities and our own taste buds. So much to ponder and the Wallowa Valley is such an inspiring setting!
Dates offered June 19-20, 2010 and July 6-7, 2010
Cost $520/$655 per person (without/with lodging)
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