Oregon Hazelnut Production Forecast Dips 4%
Original story in Capital Press By GEORGE PLAVEN Capital Press Photo: Willamette Valley hazelnut trees crowd out the sunlight. This year’s crop will be slightly smaller than last year’s, the USDA predicts. Oregon Hazelnut Industry Office Oregon hazelnut production is...
Oregon State Scientist Sees Future in Homegrown Hazelnuts
Original post in Oregon Live Featured Image: Shawn Mehlenbacher has spent 33 years perfecting hazelnut varieties on OSU’s farm. By High School Journalism Institute Shawn Mehlenbacher is on an endless search for the perfect nut. He walks quickly past trees of all...
Hazelnuts are the Overlooked Tree Nut
Original post in Food and Nutrition by Sara Haas While other continents have cultivated hazelnuts for centuries, North America has a relatively young relationship with them. In the mid-1800s, an English settler planted the first hazelnut tree in the Pacific...
