In season

This article was originally published in March 2016

Local rhubarb

Look for the first organic rhubarb of the season toward the bottom half of the month from Pacific Northwest growers in Oregon.

We’re also likely to see non-organic rhubarb come in a bit earlier from greenhouse operations that help get an early jump on the season.

Local, organic produce

Pixie tangerines
Bartlett pears
Red Bartlett pears
D’Anjou pears
Baby turnips
Russian kale
Kale raab
Spring onions

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Letters to the editor, March 2016

Olive oil fraud?, Ag-gag laws, Sustainable palm oil?, and more

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Proposed PCC bylaws

Please vote in PCC's 2016 elections! PCC members will have the opportunity to adopt a new set of bylaws — the rules that govern operations of our cooperative — for the first time since 2008.

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A voice for the living soil

PCC Farmland Trust farmer discusses how soil acidification is the most far-reaching threat to conventional food production, and how organic farmers improve soil.

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