Posts Tagged ‘fresh fruit’

Making Berry Delicious Pies (video)

The Willamette Valley Fruit Company processes fresh picked berries, and within hours, the fresh berries are frozen, and made into frozen pies for shipment.

Getting Berry Creative (video)

Jack Campbell, AKA Chef Jacques, demonstrates how to use fresh berries to make special sauces to enhance a variety of dishes.

Making Small Batch Strawberry Jam (video)

A cooking demonstration to make small batch jam using fresh strawberries, sugar, and other simple ingredients. Marge Braker is a retired home economics teacher.

Freezing Fruit For All Seasons (video)

An inside look at the Willamette Valley Fruit Company plant that freezes fresh, and locally produced fruits, for year-round uses. As many of you might already know, I’m a berry big fan of berries—all berries!! On top of that I love to see how things are done. So, going to visit where they freeze berries [...]

Urban Fruit Gleaning (video)

Portland Fruit Tree Project provides a valuable service that helps communities benefit directly from local resources. Fresh fruit that grows on neighborhood trees is collected by volunteers, and dropped off at local Food Banks for distribution to those in need. The great thing about this program is that in large part, the fruit would not [...]

In Latino Gardens, Vegetables, Good Health and Savings Flourish

January 17, 2010 In neighborhoods where it has been hard to find fresh produce, a new organization, La Mesa Verde, helps put raised-bed vegetable gardens within reach – just outside their backdoor. “Nobody was going into the homes,” said Raul Lozano, 55, the son of farm workers, whose passion for gardening inspired him to form [...]

Small Batch Fresh Strawberry Jam

From the episode: Preserving Food And Friendship