As we start this new year we’re more inspired than ever to support a healthy and thriving food & farm network in Central Oregon. As we reflect on how far we’ve come – and how much work lies ahead – we would like to share some thoughts from our founder and Executive [...]

This year, HDFFA was able to provide cost-share grants to four local producers, thanks to our “Grow it Forward” Season Extender Program (funded by a Community Foods Project Grant from the USDA). Here in Central Oregon, it doesn’t take much to wipe out a hard-earned crop in the [...]

As we start the new year (how is it 2020?!), we wanted to take a moment to introduce ourselves and to share why the work that we do is so important to the team behind the programs at HDFFA:   Katrina Van Dis, Executive Director I had a vision when I was young of helping […]

Have you heard? It’s the holiday season. You know, when the weather is cooling down and our bodies crave the bounty of the fall; potatoes, squash, and dark hearty greens. It’s also the time of year where we feel like we are constantly eating, treats in the office, potlucks and celebrations, and [...]

  We are entering a time of remembering and imagining: we remember feasts both recent and far into the past — gatherings of loved ones around barbecues, picnic blankets, campfires and tables heaped with traditional foods of every kind. As we dream through the long dark nights of [...]

We know that change can be good – loose change found in one’s pocket, the changing seasons that bring new foods or fresh snows – both examples of change that we can get behind. Change in the form of a saying goodbye to a colleague who has been with us since the get-go, well… we’ll […]

For the last six months NeighborImpact’s Fresh To You truck and VeggieRx have been working to improve food access in Prineville. Crook county has an unusually high cost per meal compared to nearby counties, over $6.00 per meal according to a Feeding America census. Carly Auten and Katrina Van [...]

If you live in Central Oregon, you have noticed the nip in the air when you are outdoors in the evening or early in the morning, and you have seen the thermometer lows approaching (or in) the single digits. The Central Oregon farmers and ranchers who worked through the long hot days of the [...]

Join this tradition-in-the-making! Fill Your Pantry is a community bulk buying event created so you can fill up your pantry, freezer, and root cellar with great local products for the winter, and so that farmers can have a great end to a season of hard work and beautiful, abundant harvests. [...]