Local Food: Cranberries

July 31, 2017 - 12:00 pm

"Cranberries" by Oregon Department of Agriculture is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Starvation Alley is a local organic cranberry and cranberry juice producer with a mission.  They encourage conventional cranberry farmers who want to grow organically, by purchasing their berries at a premium as the conventional farm makes the three year transition to organic. In this KBCS local food segment, company co-founder Jessica Tantisook speaks about the business side of cranberry farms and what it means to be organic. This story originally aired in 2015.

“Cranberries” by Oregon Department of Agriculture is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0