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Local’s guide to Southern Oregon wine country

Even serious enophiles describe Oregon wines with one word: Willamette. And one grape: Pinot Noir. It’s understandable. The Pinots produced in places like McMinnville and Dundee are among the very…

Try a Farm Stay Vacation

One thing is certain about life on an Oregon farm: There will be mud. Lots of it. We learned this firsthand during a three-night stay at Willow-Witt Ranch in Ashland, a historic 440-acre working ra…

Meet The Modern Farmers: Suzanne Willow and Lanita Witt

It was winter in Ashland, Oregon, when Suzanne Willow and Lanita Witt happened upon a freshly plowed path near Grizzly Peak. They followed it.

Only Hours From Napa, But a World Away

Back in Ashland, we headed up a winding mountain road to Grizzly Peak and our home for our last night: Willow-Witt Ranch, a 440-acre off-the-grid farm run by a couple of 60-something women who prom…

Off-Grid Upgrades

Suzanne Willow and Lanita Witt are the owners of Willow Witt Ranch, a 445-acre sustainable farming enterprise that raises organic, pasture-grown pigs; Alpine goats for milk and backpacking; chicken…

Harvest Swoon

It’s called agriturismo in Italy—travel to the things that feed us—but these days it’s blooming right here at home, especially in the farms and vineyards of the Pacific Northwest. Patrick Symmes pu…