The project also funded a ¼ acre demo garden which hosts 20 species of herb crops suited for production in our region that has served as a teaching opportunity for three education events so far. Preliminary work on herb crops for the region resulted in a list of potential crops, as well as challenges, detailed in an Extension publication “Medicinal Herb Production in the Pacific Northwest” (https://catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu/em9349). Two graduate students have been trained on these new crops and are analyzing the first trials in the region evaluating fertility treatments and mechanical harvest options which will be highly impactful to local farms. Look for updates from the website listed below.