🥖Discover the Art of Sourdough 🥖

Join us for an engaging culinary experience with Lorraine "Roo" Carlstrom, author of the cookbook, Roo’s Kitchen! With a background in backcountry cooking and nutritional consulting, Carlstrom brings a wealth of knowledge and passion to wholesome, family-focused cooking.

During this special event, Carlstrom will share insights from her culinary journey, discuss her new cookbook, and guide you through the magic of sourdough—offering practical tips and techniques to elevate your homemade bread and beyond.

What to Expect:

✔ Expert advice on sourdough baking

✔ Nutrition-focused meal preparation tips

✔ Stories from Carlstrom’s diverse culinary background

✔ A chance to meet the author and ask questions

🍽️ Stay for the Grange Potluck!

After the discussion, we’ll gather for a potluck dinner! Bring a dish to share that pairs well with fresh sourdough bread, and enjoy an evening of great food and conversation. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from a passionate food enthusiast who blends her love for the kitchen with an active outdoor lifestyle. Whether you're a seasoned baker or new to sourdough, this event will leave you inspired to bring more wholesome goodness into your own kitchen!

🌱The Grange Seed Bank is available at potlucks in March, April and May! Bring your seeds and starts to share with fellow Grangers. Along with a potluck dish, we invite you to bring your favorite seed catalogs, extra seeds from previous years that you know you won't be planting, and envelopes for taking seed home. Let's share our garden knowledge, experiences, and recommendations as we enter into the 2025 growing season.

🌽 Please label your dish with ingredients to help our GF/DF/Vegan friends know what's safe. 

🌽 You're welcome to bring kids and friends, too. 

🌽 We will have childcare! 

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The Grange in our time…

AGRICULTURE

At Rockford Grange #501 we are committed to supporting our local agriculture community and small farms. We promote our local farmers with such events as Fill Your Pantry and Crop Talks. Check out our events page for more information and these and our other events. 

grange hall

Our historic Grange building is the space that brings us together. It is a place for us to hold our meetings and share food, laughs, and stories. It also allows us to offer an affordable space for public use such as classes, weddings, quinceañeras, and other special events. Members receive discounted rental rates. For more information on our rentals click below.

COMMUNITY

The people are what makes our Grange so special. We welcome people from all walks of life. You don't have to be a farmer to be a Grange member. We are looking for folks who are community minded. We meet for potluck, presentations and business the 2nd Tuesday of each month 5:30-7:30 pm. We enjoy creating events that celebrate Mother Earth’s seasons for the wider communities of the Gorge. For more information on becoming a member click the button below.

Directions

Directions to the Rockford Grange: 4262 BARRETT DRIVE, HOOD RIVER, OR, 97031

From Downtown Hood River:
Go West on Oak Street until you come to the 3-way light at 13th and Oak. Turn LEFT and go up the hill to the Hood River Heights. Follow this main road for about three miles. It becomes Tucker Road and makes three 90 degree turns. You will come to a 4-way stop intersection. Stop, then go straight through heading west. Proceed west for about one mile on Barrett Drive. You will see the West Side Fire Station on your right. The Rockford Grange is immediately past the fire station on the Right. The Grange is a large white building with blue trim, parking on the east side of the building. The porch light should be ON. Be aware of parking on the western side (signs) of this large parking lot, the east portion is reserved for the West Side Fire District.

From U.S. 84:
Take Exit 62 (the first Hood River exit from the West). Turn Right at the end of the off ramp and proceed about one tenth of a mile to an intersection. Turn Right and proceed southerly then turning westerly, this road becoming Country Club Road. Follow Country Club Road Westerly then up the slope, eventually turning South. Proceed for about 2 miles until you come to a "T" intersection. Turn LEFT at the "T" and proceed to the stop sign at about 1/2 mile. The Rockford Grange will be immediately on your LEFT. The Grange is a large white building with blue trim. The porch light should be ON.