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Four generations of the Starker family have attended the OSU College of Forestry. Starker Forests is actively involved with many community organizations.

Rose Marie McGee, owner of Nichols Garden Nursery is an active OSU Master Gardener. Betty Goergen, assistant manager of Nichols, is an active OSU Master Gardener and currently serves on the board of the Linn County Extension Association.

Marion-Polk Food Share partners with OSU on a project called Pantry Partners, teaching self-sufficiency skills, nutrition, healthy cooking, and food safety skills, to clients who visit emergency food pantries in Marion and Polk Counties.

For at least 10 years, Dancing Oaks Nursery has provided material support to the Master Gardener program in Polk and Marion counties in the form of donated plants and technical assistance. They have assisted with research projects and given lectures at Master Gardener chapter meetings.

Yaquina Bay Communications has supported OSU Extension for more than 25 years. In addition to sponsoring a monthly one-hour spot to highlight current Extension programs, they also separately offer OSU volunteers such as the Master Gardeners and 4-H Leaders spots to promote their programs and activities.

Don and Desi Josi and their family own and operate Wilsonview Dairy. They are very supportive of OSU Extension programs in the community and they have been involved as leaders for a 4-H club for several decades.

Gustafson Logging owners and OSU alumni Mark Gustafson and Clay Gustafson are active collaborators with OSU Extension. They have served on the Clatsop Forestry and Wood Products Economic Development Committee and Extension Forestry Needs Assessment focus group. Gustafson Logging has provided many hours and resources to a number of projects, including forestry and 4-H youth [...]

Bon Appetit is part of Jones Farm at Intel. The company provides catering and food service to a variety of events both at Jones Farm and outwardly to community. The business represents all of what is powered by orange and what is representative to OSU. The business has supported youth, community and citizens in Multnomah [...]

A few years ago, Newberg Public Works sent their grounds manager, Bryan Stewart, through the OSU Master Gardener Program. The next year he began building a WaterWise Garden at the Newberg Public Library. The agency partnered with Newberg High School to reinvigorate its horticulture program (tripling the size of the program), work on restoration projects, [...]

Duckwall-Pooley Fruit Company has been operating in the Hood River Valley since 1919, and has grown from a humble packing house to one that packs over 1.7 million cartons annually of premium pears. Their markets are worldwide with domestic shipments to every corner of the United States and major export destinations in the Scandinavian countries, [...]