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Southern Oregon’s Cowhorn Vineyard is the latest landmark winery to sell Updated Apr 22, 2021; Facebook Share By Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/OregonLive Even though your lawn might be parched, it’s raining winery and vineyard sales in Oregon. Cowhorn Vineyard & Garden in Jacksonville is the latest in a recent string of winery and vineyard owners selling to out-of-state interests. Hot on the heels of the recent sales of Ponzi Vineyards and Redford Wetle Vineyard, last week Cowhorn Vineyard & Garden founders Barbara and Bill Steele sold their 117-acres in the Applegate Valley to a ...

In  The Business of Botanicals, author Ann Armbrecht follows the medicinal herb’s journey from seed to shelf, revealing the inner workings of a complicated industry, and raises questions about the ethical and ecological issues of mass production of medicines derived from these healing plants, many of which are imperiled in the wild. From tulsi to turmeric, echinacea to elderberry, medicinal herbs are big business—but do they deliver on their healing promise—to those who consume them, those who provide them, and the natural world? The following is an excerpt from The Business of Botani...

Wine Country Inn Love By Tamara Belgard Anyone who’s driven through Oregon’s wine country — gorgeous landscapes alternating between colorful vineyards, rich farmland and dense forest — has probably fantasized, even if for just a moment, how it would feel to live amid all that splendor. Now you can, well kind of... Simply reserve some time at one of these quixotic inns and dive headfirst into the wine country lifestyle. Bathe in grandeur at one the larger luxury properties or escape to somewhere more quiet and remote for a complete reset. And just because there’s a pandemic doesn’...

Northwest Travel Guide 2021: 25 adventures for the year ahead Updated Jan 04, 2021; Posted Jan 01, 2021 The sun sets behind the Astoria-Megler Bridge during the tail end of summer. Jamie Hale/The Oregonian Facebook Share Needless to say, it’s a strange time for travel. The coronavirus pandemic has upended virtually every aspect of our lives, including where we travel, who we travel with, and what we do when we get there. The pandemic canceled most of our travel plans in 2020, and trying to predict what 2021 will look like is futile. All the confusion makes local and regional travel that m...

Listen • 17:47 There used to be big money in the journalism business. But for-profit newsrooms fell on hard times when advertisers migrated to newer media. They are still smarting and frequently cutting staff, while news operations designed without profits as a goal are growing in number. Nonprofit newsrooms are often small, but provide a vital service in keeping communities informed about local issues and events. The Applegater provides such information to the people of the Applegate Valley west of Medford. Bert Etling, who worked in for-profit news for many years, is...