PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The holidays are approaching, and Columbia Empire Farms, one of Oregon’s premier marionberry growers, invites you to include Oregon’s signature berry in your holiday entertaining and gift giving. Columbia Empire Farms offers a wide range of marionberry products made from locally grown premium berries.
The marionberry was developed at Oregon State University in Corvallis and named after Marion County, where it was born. Today, Marion and Willamette counties account for 90 percent of the world’s marionberry production.
“The marionberry is almost everyone’s favorite berry,” said Robert B. Pamplin Jr., owner of Columbia Empire Farms. “Our marionberry products outsell our other berry varieties 50 to 1. We make many different premium products on our farm in Sherwood, Oregon, using fresh-picked marionberries from our Dundee farm. Marionberry preserves are always wonderful, but we also offer much more, from syrup to barbecue sauce – all 100 percent made in Oregon.”
Following are a few of Columbia Empire Farms’ most popular marionberry offerings:
Marionberry
Preserves
Columbia Empire Farms’ No. 1 best-selling preserves,
featuring only four simple ingredients: marionberries, sugar, lemon
juice and pectin
Marionberry
All Fruit
Delectable fruit spread with no added sugar –
naturally sweetened with unsweetened pear, white grape and lemon juice
concentrate
Marionberry
BBQ Grill & Glaze
A sweet and spicy sauce that’s great for
glazing grilled meats, poultry, seafood or vegetables, or as a dipping
sauce for appetizers
Marionberry
Pepper Jelly
A sweet and savory combination of fresh
marionberries and jalapeno peppers that’s fantastic spooned over cream
cheese on crackers for an easy appetizer
Marionberry
Cobbler & Pie Filling
Fruit filling for a quick and
delicious cobbler – with Columbia Empire Farms’ Homestyle Scone Mix
serving as a tasty cobbler topping
Marionberry
Syrup
Columbia Empire Farms’ most popular real fruit syrup –
perfect drizzled on waffles, pancakes, ice cream or trifle
In addition to marionberry products, Columbia Empire Farms offers other fruit preserves and syrups, wine jellies, vinaigrettes, honey, hazelnuts, candy, chocolate toffee poop, and many other Pacific Northwest specialties. Gift baskets are available. For more information or to order online, visit www.columbiaempirefarms.com.
About Columbia Empire Farms
Columbia Empire Farms, established in 1976 in Sherwood, Oregon, cultivates 900 acres of berries and hazelnuts. Owned by Robert B. Pamplin Jr., this family farm produces its own preserves, jams, fruit spreads, syrups, butters, pie fillings, barbecue sauces, pepper jellies, vinaigrettes, honeys and hazelnut confections – all right on the farm using freshly harvested ingredients. Whether it is marionberry preserves made with premium ripe berries or hazelnuts roasted to perfection and covered with handmade chocolate, Columbia Empire Farms thoughtfully crafts products that showcase the bounty of the Pacific Northwest. For more information or to order online, visit www.columbiaempirefarms.com.
About Robert B. Pamplin Jr.
Robert B. Pamplin Jr. is a businessman, philanthropist, ordained minister, educator, historical preservationist and author. His business interests include media, textiles, construction and agriculture. As chairman of the Pamplin Foundation, he is dedicated to conserving sites, art and artifacts that speak to a rich past. Through the foundation, which owns and operates Pamplin Historical Park and the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier in Virginia, he has developed an important Civil War battlefield into one of the nation’s best historical parks. The award-winning campus includes four museums, four antebellum homes, battlefield fortifications, interpretive trails and living history venues. In 2014 Pamplin was honored with the Shelby Foote Preservation Legacy Award by the Civil War Trust for his exceptional merit in Civil War battlefield preservation and heritage education. In addition, the Dr. and Mrs. Robert B. Pamplin Jr. International Collection of Art and History is among the most extensive private collections of fine art, collectibles and furniture in the U.S., encompassing more than 100,000 items of historical significance. For more information, please visit www.pamplin.org or www.pamplincollection.org.