Jun. 1—Joseph Ortega has big plans for the garden at Aspen Community School. Ortega, an art teacher, is one of the primary caretakers of the garden, which clings to a hill at the back of the Aspen campus. He organizes the garden club, and he’ll spend part of his summer break caring for a vast […]
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Local farmers have banded together to sell you fresher produce. Here’s why
This fall and winter, dozens of residents are opting to pick up weekly boxes of fresh fruits and vegetables at local businesses and workplaces rather than buying similar produce from supermarkets. They are each members of regional farm box programs operated by the Southwest Washington Food Hub, a farmer-owned cooperative that launched in 2020. The […]