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January 14-17, 2007
Northwest Food Manufacturing & Packaging Expo
HRC ED Coordinator, Bill Fashing will be attending the Northwest Food Manufacturing & Packaging Expo in Portland to network and identify possible business development opportunities for the County and area Businesses.

December 20, 2006
2004 Syrah Named Double Platinum
Cathedral Ridge's 2004 Syrah was named as a "Double Platinum" by Wine Press Northwest. In their Winter 2006 issue they ranked the "Best of the Best in the Great Northwest". They tested 247 wines that had won medals at wine competitions. Cathedral Ridge was one of 5 that were considered a head above the other winners. And the only winery from the Columbia River Gorge AVA.

December 2006
Workers Compensation Insurance
As many of you saw reported in the media, the annual press release on
Oregon's continually low WCI rates for 2007 came out on Wednesday, and
it is attached here...

November 10, 2006
Making wine jelly becomes a business
Capital Press (subscription) - Salem,Oregon,USA
HOOD RIVER, Ore. ... "When I started, I bought wholesale in Portland but I found the best way was to buy bulk from the wineries here in Hood River," Bradley said. ...

October 11, 2006
FindFoodStuff.com opens for registration
Sign up today and join an online commuity of growers, sellers, and producers in the Hood River area. Additional information and resources will be coming online in the next few days, please stay tuned.

Click Here to Register

October 2, 2006
FindFoodStuff.com enters final stages of development
Rains Marketing a local marketing and advertising firm finishes phase one developement of FindFoodStuff.com. Final testing, production, and editing take place prior to public launch of the site.

www.rainsmarketing.com

September 22, 2006
Nation's Largest Recycler of Agricultural Plastics Opens in Brooks, Oregon
Brooks, Ore. - With the opening of Agri-Plas, Inc.'s new processing plant, millions of pounds of agricultural plastics that have, in the past, been dumped in landfills, burned or buried by farmers can now be recycled. What was once bailing twine, silage bags, flower pots, and greenhouse plastics can now be turned into such useable products as new nursery pots, field tiles, car parts, tools and many other products...

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