“Brewers and their customers seek the local connection to where their ingredients are sourced from, which is why fresh hop beers are growing in popularity among the craft brewing community,” says Ben Coleman, co-owner of Coleman Agriculture. “We’ve been welcoming brewers to our farms for the past nine years to pick up fresh hops.”

Right now, we have a once-in-a-lifetime conservation opportunity to secure the largest expansion of river protections in Oregon history. This effort would protect watersheds, critical fish and wildlife habitat, carbon-storing forests, and world-class recreation opportunities – not to mention the #1 ingredient in every single beer! So Oregon’s brewing community is stepping up to show their support for this historic campaign by releasing a special Wild & Scenic Earth Day Collaboration Series during Earth Week!