IN THIS ISSUE:
GROWING FOR THE FUTURE CHOOSING THE RIGHT GRANT PROJECT Morrison Consultant Hilary Tricerri offers points to consider when seeking grant funding.
When retired English sailor Sam Strickland
more than 3,000 pounds per hour. With this
planted the first hazelnut tree in Oregon 160
increased capacity, Wilco will be better able
years ago, he could not have imagined that a
to serve food service supply companies,
single tree would grow into an industry that
confectionaries, snack food makers, and
generates an economic impact of more than
bakers around the globe.
$250 million a year.
Morrison and Company is blessed to have
Today, more than 800 Oregon farm families
assisted
grow
securing
hazelnuts
on
over
70,000
acres,
team has been up to.
in
funding
successfully
through
two
separate programs: the Oregon Specialty
United States hazelnut crop. Oregon-grown
Crop Block Grant Program and the USDA
hazelnuts are sold around the world roasted,
Value
salted, diced, covered in chocolate, and even
Grant funding will assist with marketing
in a dairy-free beverage.
and
promotional
efforts
and
internationally.
We’re
processing, and marketing hazelnuts is
See what the Morrison & Company
Farmers
grant
accounting for over 99 percent of the
One of the leading organizations growing,
MORRISON SNAPSHOTS
Wilco
Hazelnut Growers of Oregon, wholly-owned by Wilco Farmers after the two grower-
Added
Producer
Grant
Program.
domestically thankful
for
our relationship with Wilco Farmers—and especially
thankful
for
the
chocolate-
covered hazelnuts they provide!
owned cooperatives merged in 2016. Wilco’s owners include over 180 hazelnut growers and expects to process more than 15,000 tons of hazelnuts this year alone. With the Oregon hazelnut crop expected to double over the next five years, Wilco recently celebrated the grand opening of a
state-of-the-art
120,000
square
foot
processing facility. The plant boasts the latest in nut processing technology and is the only hazelnut processing facility
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION 100 years later, the 4th generation continues to thrive in Butte County’s farm land.
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in the Pacific Northwest that uses steam pasteurization. At full capacity, the facility will be able to receive 160,000 pounds of hazelnuts per hour; steam pasteurize more than 10,000 pounds per hour; slice/dice in excess of 5,000 pounds per hour; and roast
New Oregon Hazelnut Plant
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