Portlandia & WWOOFERS

When Elissa and Debbie arrived at Kittleson Family Farm last month, it wasn't long before references of "Farm To Fork" and Portlandia started floating around.  After all, what would two recent college grads from Santa Barbara, California, have in common with a farm family in rural Oregon?

As it turns out, more than you would think:

CHEESE, WINE, CHOCOLATE, FRESH ORGANIC FOOD. 

Now that is a solid foundation for any friendship, right?

Elissa and Debbie both have a love of good food and good humor and we've had a great time getting to know them.  They both have spent time abroad; Debbie studied in Spain and Elissa in Japan and we've enjoyed hearing of their culinary adventures.

Here on the farm, they have been busy helping care for the animals (and learning how to escape Zeus-the-cow's big horns), harvesting the garden bounty, seed saving and processing salsa, pickles, pesto, plum wine and doing a hundred other things that are required to keep a farm running smoothly.  And, in keeping in the spirit of Oregon foodies, they whipped up a batch of pickled watermelon rind today.

Besides being great helpers on the farm, we've roped them into local music events, tea parties with Daisy, outings to the Illies swimming hole and tonight, the Josephine County Fair.  We're all quite lucky to enjoy each other's company.

While Elissa plans to go back to get her masters in Food Policy, they both have declared "they just don't want to leave" the farm and are soaking in country livin' for as long as they can.

If you're in the neighborhood, stop in and say hello to Elissa and Debbie.