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- Northwest Hazelnut Company Announces New Top 3% Ranking in Corporate Social Responsibility
Gold Certification from EcoVadis Presents Competitive Advantage Northwest Hazelnut Company is proud to announce that its solar-powered processing plant, with sister company, George Packing Company Inc., received the Gold Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Rating from EcoVadis, the world’s most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings which has assessed over 50,000… Read more » - Going nuts for solar energy
Original Story from Pamplin Media The next time you enjoy a Nutella sandwich, you can feel good knowing those hazelnuts likely came from a sustainable source. The Northwest Hazelnut Co. — based in Hubbard, just north of Woodburn — just celebrated completion of its solar array project, which nearly eliminates… Read more » - Oregon Hazelnuts Receive 15-20% Premium – Room to Grow.
Hazelnut plantings in Oregon’s Willamette Valley have more than doubled over the past decade, and many people are asking about the long-term assessment of the hazelnut industry. Are there too many hazelnuts being planted? Can the market absorb the new plantings? The confident response from the Oregon hazelnut industry surprises… Read more » - Andy and Sherrie Alberding: Orchard owners learn as they grow
Original Article: Capital Press ROSEBURG, Ore. — When Andy and Sherrie Alberding finally purchased a country home and property, they also got themselves a new learning opportunity “I’ve wanted to buy property in the country since I was a kid,” said Andy Alberding, now 46. “It’s really cool to have… Read more » - Jesse and Rachel Nielsen: Hazelnuts a family affair
Original Article: Capital Press ROSEBURG, Ore. — When part of the family ranch was made available for sale, Jesse and Rachel Nielsen didn’t hesitate to move back to Douglas County. In 2007, the couple purchased 80 acres of the ranch’s bottomland that parallels the Umpqua River. Jesse had grown up… Read more » - Oak Park Farms: Efficiencies are key to hazelnuts
Original Article: Captial Press SHEDD, Ore. — Oak Park Farms dates back to 1850, when Washington L. Coon took out a donation land claim in Linn County, Ore., eight years before the first hazelnut was planted in the state. He returned to Pennsylvania to marry Susan, a widow with children,… Read more » - How to Protect Our Food from a Crazy Climate? Consider the Hazelnut.
Original post in Grist.com By Nathanael Johnson In 2013, a cold snap in Ordu, Turkey, set off a chain-reaction that ended with terrible consequences for lovers of hazelnut chocolate. Ordu is a picturesque city between the mountains and the Black Sea, where a quarter of the world’s hazelnuts grow. So… Read more » - Melcher family: Hazelnut business expands
Original Article: Capital Press ST. PAUL, Ore. — Ken and June Melcher came to Oregon from Nebraska in 1957 with the express aim of farming hazelnuts. They found a 100-acre farm in St. Paul, Ore., that included an established 40-acre hazelnut orchard. They also grew several types of berries and… Read more » 
Local essential business supports neighboring restaurants Phil Hawkins Friday, March 27, 2020Northwest Hazelnut Company purchases lunches for staff from restaurants in Aurora, Woodburn and Wilsonville With Gov. Kate Brown’s executive order for Oregonians to stay home to help stop the spread of COVID-19, restaurants have been among the hardest hit small… Read more »- Oregon hazelnut orchards sustain severe ice damage
Hazelnut trees across Oregon’s Willamette Valley have lost limbs or collapsed under the weight of ice that accumulated over the weekend, requiring extensive pruning or replacement. While many trees were flexible enough to bounce back once the ice melted, some toppled over or cracked in half from the strain. “I… Read more »
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