“I love every prescription in it, and encourage every reader to apply them. Even better: the book exemplifies these principles itself.” B. Joseph Pine II, co-author, Authenticity: What Consumers Really Want
Published in Ode magazine, April 2009
If a tree falls in a sustainably managed forest, does it have market value? Peter and Pam Hayes would like the answer to be an unequivocal “yes.” The Hayes manage Hyla Woods, an 800-acre, family-owned forest in the northern Oregon Coast Range that produces sustainably managed timber certified by the [...]
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(Published in Travel Oregon magazine)
Celebrating 150 years of the Oregon spirit
For as long as there has been an Oregon territory, there has existed a spirit unique to the people that choose to call Oregon home. Many hyphenated words come to mind: die-hard, nature-loving, independent-minded, do-it-yourselfers who are salt-of-the-earth, fun-loving, free-spirits who tend to make-it-up-as-we-go. This [...]
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(Originally published in Culinary Portland magazine 2005)
Dick and Nancy Ponzi – Ponzie Vineyards
Oregon’s world-renowned Pinot Noir industry was cultivated with equal parts optimism, patience and innovation. Luckily, enterprising vintners Dick and Nancy Ponzi have these qualities in abundance. When they arrived in the Willamette Valley in 1970 with three children and a few plant [...]
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