#McKenzieStrong – Janice & Art – Iron Forest
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#McKenzieStrong – Janice & Art – Iron Forest

ByTom Atkinson

People often talk about how they pour their heart and soul into a business, but speaking to Janice Myers leaves you in no doubt that this has been true for Iron Forest. As we talk, her husband Art takes a chainsaw to some of the burnt trees in their beloved property. Those trees, Janice explained,…

#McKenzieStrong – Sarah – Serendipity Coffee
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#McKenzieStrong – Sarah – Serendipity Coffee

ByTom Atkinson

Sarah Slowick came to the McKenzie valley in search of a sense of community, and she was not disappointed. “I was living in Hawaii, in this cabin by myself in the middle of the jungle, and was really isolated,” she says, recalling that when she saw the coffee cart for sale in Blue River it…

#McKenzieStrong Diaries – Amber And Brian – HoneyPaddle
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#McKenzieStrong Diaries – Amber And Brian – HoneyPaddle

ByTom Atkinson

It was a week before the Holiday Farm Fire when I first met Amber and Brian Jackson. They were making the Honey Paddle delivery rounds and visited my plot of land in Blue River with a quart of the most excellent honey I have ever tasted. Months of careful planning and hard work had produced…