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Spectrum Organic Products
 At Spectrum we strive to offer the freshest, best tasting, and most healthful oils to be found. Fortunately, nature does much of the hard work for us, and we have long resisted the urge to try "improve" what she has given us. Starting with the best raw ingredients we can find, we gently transform them into oils that preserve as much of their natural character as possible. The result? - Goodness you can actually taste.
Spectrum is dedicated to teaching others and provides comprehensive information about oils, from appropriate use to nutritional information. For more information about Spectrum Organics and their extensive line of products visit spectrumorganics.com.
 Organic Valley
Organic Valley is America's largest cooperative of organic farmers and is one of the nation's leading organic brands. Organized in 1988, it represents 70 local farmers here in the Pacific Northwest, who are joined by more than 1,100 others in 34 states and one Canadian province. Focused on its founding mission of saving family farms through organic farming, Organic Valley produces more than 200 organic foods, including organic milk, soy, cheese, butter, spreads, creams, eggs, produce and juice, which are sold in supermarkets, natural foods stores and food cooperatives nationwide. Learn more at www.organicvalley.coop.
Organic Valley Family of Farms has cooked up a new tradition to inspire your connection to food and the earth - Earth Dinners. To host your own Earth Dinner all you have to do is follow two elemental guidelines - local, fresh, organic food and lively conversation. Use the 48-card deck of 'Earth Dinner Creativity Cards as story starters or to create your own free-form dinner table game - free deck available at any of this season's Plate & Pitchfork events
 Carlton Farms
Carlton Farms believes in one simple principal: produce only the highest quality natural pork and beef. Their fresh and flavorful handcrafted meats come from animals raised on healthy, humane and sustainable farms, and contain no artificial ingredients or preservatives. It's why many of the Pacific Northwest's top chefs choose Carlton Farms for their menus. Taste for yourself, at local restaurants, grocers, and custom meat shops.
www.carltonfarms.com
 Dry Soda
DRY Soda is the modern alternative in refreshment - a line of all-natural, lightly sweet sodas, flavored with extracts of fruit and herbs, and sweetened with a small amount of pure cane sugar. Combining the subtle essences of nature and the kitchen in its four cuisine-inspired flavors - kumquat, rhubarb, lemongrass and lavender - DRY's unique flavor profile and clean finish make it an ideal soda to pair with a great meal or refreshing beverage to be enjoyed on its own.Drink DRY and celebrate your everyday. Serve DRY and elevate your every occasion.
www.drysoda.com
Full Sail Brewing
 An employee owned company crafting all their beers by hand, in one of the few manual brewhouses of its size in the country. Full Sail's hops and barley come from trusted local farms. Their water, from a spring on Mount Hood.
Full Sail does whatever they can to be sensitive to the environment: By operating their own award-winning water treatment plant; distributing their spent grain to nearby farmers; using a sustainable filtration system; packaging their products in recycled paperboard; and becoming a founding member of the Hood River Greensmart taskforce.
The Full Sail Pub is located at 506 Columbia Street in Hood River
541.386.2247
 Grand Central Bakery
Grand Central Bakery is a unique Northwest presence featuring artisan breads and pastry along side seasonal, local, and delicious cuisine served in a café environment.
Founded in 1972 and family owned for two generations Grand Central Bakery has grown from a funky sandwich spot in Seattle's pioneer square to an eclectic collection of cozy neighborhood bakeries in Portland and Seattle. For more information and café locations visit us online.
 Jordan Schrader Ramis P.C.
Jordan Schrader Ramis PC's corporate culture and values, not to mention its legal skills, are well-aligned with Plate & Pitchfork and its supporters. We are called the Dirt Law® firm because we represent clients in agriculture, natural resources, real estate, land use and development, construction, and business.
As a firm and as individuals, we support sustainable business practices and buying local. Our favorite clients are local businesspeople who are passionate about their businesses and who also have a social conscience. Like you, we understand that being green is about the bottom line and the environment, and we enjoy working with clients who want to optimize both. Contact Steve Shropshire at 503-598-5583 or via email at steve.shropshire@jordanschrader.com.
Litmus Design + Architecture
For more than eight years, Litmus Design & Architecture has partnered with local chefs to translate their personal vision into beautifully designed restaurants that enable them to practice and showcase their craft. The firm's creativity, passion for sustainability and mastery of restaurant design is evident in its portfolio of more than 50 projects, including Tacqueria Nueve, Ten 01, Tabla, Fife and Ciao Vito.
Litmus lends its artistry to its residential work as well, resulting in magnificent homes that truly express the homeowner's sensibilities.
For more information, please visit online.
 Nancy's Yogurt
For more than 40 years, family owned and operated Nancy's Yogurt has been committed to making simple honest food—good to eat and good for you. Nancy's products are carefully crafted using only pure and authentic ingredients.
www.nancysyogurt.com
Oregon Rain
Oregon Rain Water is known as "Virgin Water" because it has never been touched by the earth. It is pure rainwater, harvested from Oregon Skies on sterile sheets and then filtered and pasteurized to ensure uniform quality and purity. Oregon Rain offers both glass and plastic bottled products. Find Oregon Rain at your local retailer or online at oregon-rain.com
Portland Roasting Coffee
 Since 1996, we have been roasting coffee and espresso for the Portland community and beyond. Our coffee and coffee products are available via wholesale, internet, and retail channels as well as through an expanding corporate, university and specialty venue business.
As one of the Rose City's original micro-roasters, we have stayed true to our values - giving back to the farming community while actively seeking out ways to do better - on all fronts. Whether its traveling to find a farmer with whom we can create a longstanding business arrangement or looking for more efficient forms of transport or purchasing a more eco-friendly cup, we are proud to be looked to as a leader and innovator in the Portland coffee community.
We consider it our mission to search out not only great coffee but beans that are grown by farmers who are committed to stewardship of the land. This goes hand in hand with deepening our longstanding commitment to sustainability with our very own Farm Friendly Direct™ Program.
www.portlandroasting.com
 Bon Appetit Management Company
At Bon Appétit we believe we must take a stand on many of the issues surrounding our food supply. We view this responsibility as a value of who we are. Our clients see us as partners in creating a better world. It is what makes us uniquely Bon Appétit.
We understand that the effects of our choices extend well beyond the walls of our cafés. The purchases we make can have a profound impact. By buying directly from the producers we can support sustainable farming practices that nourish and replenish the local land rather than stripping it. We can steer away from pesticides, hormones, and antibiotics. And, we can be sure that the profits are kept with the local grower and reinvested into the community.
www.bamco.com
Culinate
 We like to think that Culinate is more than just a website; it's an ongoing conversation about learning to eat well. Our content — articles, cooking tips, interviews, recipes, podcasts, food news, blog posts — helps you put real food at the center of your life.
Food is fundamental. We make dozens of decisions about it every day: what to eat, where to buy it, how to prepare it. But there's more to dinner than meets the eye. Where does our food come from? How is it produced? Should I buy organic? Be a vegetarian? Shun sugar?
Making food choices that fuse health, community, and the environment isn't always easy. And yet, the time we take to consider, obtain, cook, and eat food with friends and family is some of the best time we can spend."
www.culinate.com
Edible Portland
 Edible Portland is available in print and online. The goal of the publication is to be a resource that makes eating, growing, and enjoying our local abundance an everyday pleasure. Edible Portland serves the greater Portland metropolitan area including Hood River and the Willamette Valley.
Our publications are our contribution to the growing movement throughout this country that is encouraging people to eat more locally grown and locally produced foods. By eating locally, we help sustain the small family farms that grow these foods, we enjoy food that is fresher and healthier for us, and we help reduce the cost on the environment — and in dollars — of transporting foods over long distances. Edible Portland is published by Ecotrust's Food & Farms program.
www.edibleportland.com
Chinook Book
Chinook Book is a one-of-a-kind resource — a coupon book, a directory, a source of ideas and inspiration. It’s your guide to the best of what’s green and local in metro Portland. Save hundreds of dollars while exploring the community and supporting local, sustainable businesses. Pick up your copy today and enjoy more than 375 valuable coupons include grocery, dining, entertainment, travel, garden and home savings of over $3,000.
www.ecometro.com
Wright Strategies
 Jeremy Emerson, creative director at Wright Strategies has been designing and developing the Plate and Pitchfork website from its roots!
Wright Strategies spends each day working with clients in nearly every industry to help create and tune their online marketing and lead generation strategies. This includes the design and development of websites, printed materials, ads, direct mail, fun and addictive advergames, ecommerce, multimedia, search engine optimization, pay-per-click advertising, and more.
www.wrightstrategies.com
Bryan Potter Design
Bryan Potter Design has been feasting in the fields with Plate and Pitchfork since the beginning, serving up tasty logos and harvesting delicious page layouts. Print design solutions for non-profits, issue-oriented campaigns and public education are the specialties on the menu at this homegrown design bunch. Call it organic, if you like. 503-232-8405
www.bryanpotterdesign.com
MailMentum - Easy Email Marketing
 In 2003, MailMentum was formed by the Wright Strategies team to help their clients become more prosperous by easily communicating with their customers via email. MailMentum is no-nonsense easy email marketing and is proud to help Plate & Pitchfork with their email newsletters and campaigns!
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