Cultural and Historical Aspects of Foods

April 9th, 10th and 11th,1999

Pre-Conference Oregon Coastal Tour

A tour of the Oregon Coast will start in Corvallis and wind its way through the Willamette Valley and Coastal Range and the Siuslaw National Forest to reach coastal highway a few miles down from Cape Perpetua, the first stop. The Cape Perpetua Interpretive Center with a number of displays and interpretative center. If not attrocious weather there will be time to walk over to the coast and view the Pacific close-up, the plant life and old Indian mussel piles. After the mid-late morning snack at Cape Perpetua the tour will proceed up the coast through Yachats to the Hatfield Marine Science Center. This is the coastal research, teaching, and marine facilty for Oregon State University. If possible, special tours of the research areas will be made available. This facility has an informative, visual program available to the public. The tour will then let those out who want to look through the shops on the Bayfront and go the Agate Beach (Hilton??) for those brave soles with jackets, raingear and boots to walk along the beach.

Post-Conference Oregon Coastal Tour

Take a drive back to the Portland Airport by the rather indirect route along the Oregon Coast. This tour will leave Corvallis immediately following the conference end at noon and travel from Corvallis to the coastal highway in Newport. The rugged north coast and coastal towns will be observed from the van or bus. The transport will wind itself up the coast to Astoria, an old seaport city at the mouth of the Columbia River on the Pacific Ocent. Here the bus will let the passengers out for the rest stop and "get your own dinner" along the Astoria Bayfront. Specific information and suggestions will be available. From Astoria travel along the Columbia River will be expedited to arrive in Portland by 9PM. All passengers will be delivered to the airport or Airport Sheraton or Airport Holiday Inn (make your own reservations).

Pre-Conference Tour National Clonal Germplasm Repository

The Corvallis Repository maintains collections representing global diversity of hazelnuts, strawberries, hops, mint, pears, currants, gooseberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, and cranberries. Cultivars (clones) are stored as growing plants, while wild species are generally preserved as seed. This tour will show the laboratories and projects that this Repository is involved in. The tour is approximately 2 to 3 hours. This is a special opportunity. Further information can be found at their web site: http://www.ars-grin.gov/ars/PacWest/Corvallis/ncgr/

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Oregon State University | Corvallis, OR