We’re proud  to recognize food businesses going above and beyond through local food sourcing and contributions to our Central Oregon community. HDFFA considers local food to befood grown, raised and crafted in the Central Oregon’s tri-county region of Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson [...]

You may know the names of our farming and ranching partners from seeing their products in the store or at the farmers market. You may be a fan of their beautiful images and stories posted on social media. We are lucky to have these creative, hard-working people contributing to our lives. It can [...]

We’re releasing our widely-anticipated 2020 Food and Farm Directory this Friday, June 12th. Our 9th Annual Food & Farm Directory provides an easy-to-use guide connecting Central Oregonians with the area’s most comprehensive list of food that is grown, raised and produced in our [...]

VeggieRx, a program that forged partnerships with Central Oregon health care providers to offer fresh locally grown vegetables and fruits to their patients experiencing hunger or food insecurity, starts again on June 10th in Bend, June 25th in Prineville, and July 7th in Redmond. Since its [...]

We stand in support of Black Lives Matter.   It’s taken us a few days to put pen to paper. Living in the discomfort of inadequacy, of not knowing what the “right thing” to say is, of having our biggest worry being “saying the wrong thing” instead of facing the daily fears that our Black, [...]

The High Desert Food & Farm Alliance (HDFFA) has been selected as a beneficiary for 10 Barrel’s Drink it Forward Program this quarter. During the months of April, May and June, 10 Barrel will be donating all proceeds from the sales of their special series launch, Hero Beer, to HDFFA. [...]

Long-time HDFFA partner Ann Snyder of White Diamond Ranch, a pioneering member of the Niche Meat Processing Assistance Network (NMPAN), recently shared her thoughts with us about what it means to be a small-scale producer today, and she has given us her permission to pass them along. We share [...]