The Albany Visitors Association and Visit Corvallis, in partnership with Travel Oregon, invite you to apply to participate in the Mid-Willamette Valley Food Trail to promote your culinary or agritourism business, make new connections with businesses in your area and reach new customers. Learn more about the existing Oregon Food Trails and the Oregon Food Trails brand by visiting Travel Oregon's website.
Before completing the following application, please review the below benefits associated with being a food trail member and complete the criteria checklist to confirm eligibility to participate.
Mid-Willamette Valley Food Trail Application
To apply to be included in the Willamette Valley Food Trail click this link to fill out the application on Survey Monkey.
Each business will be vetted on a case-by-case basis by the Food Trail Action Team in order to guarantee a high quality and authentic visitor experience while not excluding businesses which would qualify under special conditions.
To participate in the Mid-Willamette Valley Food Trail, your business will need to:
- Be located in or near (within 5 miles of the county line) Benton County and Linn County.
- Not currently part of another Oregon Food Trail. If you are already part of another Oregon Food Trail, you would need to decide which food trail would provide the most value or benefit to your business as you can only participate in one food trail at a time.
- Generally follow the below criteria that is meant to identify entities making a significant commitment to sourcing, producing or growing local agricultural products, prepared foods, and value-added goods. For the purposes of this food trail, we define “local” and “locally-sourced” as products sourced within 100 miles of the place of business in question and within Oregon.
On-Farm, Vineyard and Agricultural Operations
Meat, Fish and Produce Retail
Craft Beverage Tasting Rooms
Food Processors
Lodging
Restaurants, Bakeries & Cafes
Retail
Experiences, Tours and Cooking Schools
Farmers and Artisan Markets
To help offset the costs of maintaining the Mid-Willamette Valley Food Trail, we are asking businesses that are accepted into the food trail program pay $25 for the first year. Then after the first year, the business will be charged a $75 annual renewal fee to remain on the Mid-Willamette Valley Food Trail. This annual renewal fee will help cover the costs associated with making updates and printing the brochure.
To apply to be included in the Willamette Valley Food Trail click this link to fill out the application on Survey Monkey. We will be accepting applications until November 20, 2019.