Syrian Refugees Toil on Turkey’s Hazelnut Farms with Little to Show for It
Original post in New York Times By David Segal Hazelnuts drying in Akcakoca on the Black Sea coast of northern Turkey, which grows about 70 percent of the world’s supply. Credit Omer Urer/Anadolu Agency, via Getty Images On farms that produce 70 percent of the world’s...
Farm Diversifies Into Hazelnuts from Grass Seed
Original post in Capital Press Before 2009, Jay Thompson and his father, Tim, farmed only grass seed. The recession, which hit the grass seed and nursery industries especially hard, forced them to diversify. “It happened to coincide with some of the first releases of...Brothers See Hazelnuts as Their Future
Original post in Capital Press CRESWELL, Ore. — A lot of brotherly love is going into these two organic hazelnut orchards. Brothers Taylor, Austin and Ben Larson and their parents, John and Debbie Larson, are partners in My Brothers’ Farm that includes a home orchard...
Hazelnut Conversion Couldn’t Happen Too Soon
Original post in Capital Press By CRAIG REED HARRISBURG, Ore. — If brothers John and Tony Langdon could back up in time, they would have planted hazelnut trees on their Willamette Valley land 10 years earlier. Instead, they got into the hazelnut business just five...
