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Oregon

  1. environmental concerns
    Organic Valley Was Fined for Dumping Milk Into an Oregon RiverThe company doesn’t plan on fighting the fine.
  2. justice is served
    Oregon Bakery Must Pay $135,000 for Refusing to Make Wedding Cake for Gay CoupleThis isn’t even the highest-profile anti-gay cake case around.
  3. blindsided
    Oops! Coffee Chain Backpedals After Giving Out Defective Eclipse GlassesDutch Bros. has instructed customers, in all caps, “DO NOT USE THEM.”
  4. food films
    America’s Escalating Ice Cream Wars Have Inspired a MovieBased on the story of a small town clash between feuding soft serve hawkers.
  5. Health Concerns
    Study Says Oregon Oysters Are Full of ChemicalsResearchers say the mix includes antibiotics, antihistamines, carcinogens, and mercury.
  6. Gone To Pot
    Coffee Pot: Feds Say Family Laundered $1 Million of Marijuana Through Java StandThe business was “rarely open” and had “little to no coffee bean purchases.”
  7. Sweet
    Ammon Bundy Finally Honored With His Own DoughnutJust desserts.
  8. Trolling 101
    PETA Trolls Oregon’s Militant Ranchers With Vegan-Jerky DeliveryThe animal-rights organization answered the group’s appeal for food with some cruelty-free protein.
  9. Justice Is Served
    Oregon’s Anti-Gay Bakery Finally Forked Over $135,000 in DamagesThe legal battle has lasted two years, and it’s still not over.
  10. Health Concerns
    Crab Season Delayed Along Entire West Coast Because of Deadly ToxinHealth officials still have no end date.
  11. Science FTW
    Very Cool Scientists Say They’ve Discovered Seaweed That Tastes Like BaconThey also claim it’s healthier than kale — can this really be true?
  12. Lawsuits
    GoFundMe Shut Down a Crowd-Funding Campaign for an Anti-Gay BakeryThe owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa owe a lesbian couple $135,000.
  13. Being Blunt
    The THC Levels in Marijuana Edibles Are Totally UnreliableSometimes 54 percent more than advertised, sometimes 85 percent less.
  14. Just Desserts
    Bakery That Refused to Make Cake for Gay Wedding Could Be Fined $150KThe owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa say they’re “being thrown into the Lions den.”
  15. Beer Me
    Enterprising Water Treatment Company Invents Way to Make Beer From SewageThe state of Oregon isn’t so sure you should drink it, though.
  16. Bans
    Oregon Reverses Ban on Edibles Sales at State Marijuana Dispensaries“It shouldn’t look like candy,” the state says.
  17. Bans
    Bummer: Oregon Bans Pot Snacks From Its Marijuana Dispensaries“It just stinks,” says one edibles producer.
  18. Pot Cookery
    Marijuana Restaurant Opens in Oregon, May Get to StayAnd the cops in Ashland, Oregon, want to smoke it out of town.
  19. L.A. Diet
    Bartender Alex Day Eats Prawns at Jitlada and Travels With Coffee“Hey, life is too short for shitty coffee.”
  20. Beer Me
    Rustic Canyon’s Beer Bash Returns To Honor DeschutesRare selections include the Oregon brewery’s The Abyss 2010 and The Dissident.
  21. Mediavore
    Where Justin Bieber Eats Indian; Catering Truck Used to Smuggle CocaineThe pop singer opines on the finer curries in life.
  22. Mediavore
    Jamie Oliver Blasts U.S. McDonald’s; SK Foods’ Boss Slapped with Five MoreThe Naked Chef has healthier Golden Arches back home and the tomato industry’s public enemy #1 is in more trouble.
  23. Mediavore
    Restaurant Inspections Hit Web; Coffee Cup Icon DiesPlus: D.C. mulls a soda tax, and Oregon leads the way in green wine, all in our morning news roundup.
  24. Mediavore
    Bay Staters Design Donuts; Coffee Cup Legend DiesPlus: D.C. mulls a soda tax, and Oregon makes sustainable wine, all in our morning news roundup.