Savor

Will Smith, host of our food podcast, Savor, returns with a focus on the co-op. Mahlea Ramsey, Education Coordinator at the Ashland Food Coop talks with Will about the Coop's Fall Festival, a free, food-filled, family event, that will also help benefit the Friends of the Animal Shelter.

Savor host Will Smith speaks with Willow Holloway, clinical herbalist and owner of Ashland's Elder Apothecary about herbs to help you during these sneezy, sniffly months.

Jacobsen Salt, based in Netarts, Oregon.

Troon Vineyard in the Applegate Valley practices organic and regenerative methods, including "Demeter Biodynamic® Certified." Savor features Troon winemaker Nate Walls and Sheila Foster, Executive Director of the Demeter Alliance.

Dry farmer, Christina Arapolu of Easy Valley Farms in the Rogue River says produce is sweeter, more flavorful and you save a lot of water.

Rogue Valley Farm Tour. The event, coming up in the middle of July, gives attendees a chance to visit working farms and ranches from Grants Pass to Shale City, in both the Rogue and Applegate Valleys. Mahlea Ramsey, Education Coordinator at the Ashland Food Coop.

Savor host Will Smith found a couple of places that specialize in herbs. We hear details and uses from Cole Berg of Alpine Mind Organics and Willow Holloway of Elder Apothecary.

Itty Bitty Acres Farm near Central Point doesn't have a lot of room to work with, but its operators have a big-time dedication to growing healthy and nutritious vegetables and more. Will Smith, explores IBAF in this month's edition of Savor. Erica and Ryan Idso-Weisz are the proprietors.

Will Smith visits with Easy Valley Farm, which grows and sells its own produce, plus produce grown on other nearby farms.

Maria and Sara DiMaggio of Higher Power, the Ashland-based maker of raw foods.