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Portland Cider Captures the Essence of Summer, with the release of Agave Sunshine

“This cider is refreshing, complex and bright, and there’s just no other cider like it,” said Jeff Parrish, co-owner of Portland Cider. “We’re pleased to work with our friends at Steven Smith Teamaker on yet another stellar cider creation. The quality of their tea and the care they put into crafting their flavors, aligns with our own methods, and makes for a delicious partnership.”

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Apples Help Relieve Hunger in an Unexpected Way…Via Cider!

Community Cider is the culmination of a month of fruit donations from our friends and neighbors across the Portland Metro Area. We press all those apples and pears—which otherwise may have been destined to rot—into a delicious, hyper-local cider so that the donors can enjoy the literal fruits of their generosity in a truly unique way. And every pint of that cider that’s sold means more money for hungry kids, because we’re donating the proceeds to the nonprofit Partners For a Hunger-Free Oregon

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Portland Cider Co. Releases Eighth Annual Community Cider in Support of Partners For a Hunger-Free Oregon

Throughout the month of September, Portland Cider received an impressive amount of donated pears & apples at its Clackamas cidery, exceeding 38,000 lbs, or 19 tons. The donations were sorted, washed, and pressed, and proceeds from the resulting Community Cider will support Partners For a Hunger-Free Oregon in their effort to expand free school lunch to all students in the state.

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Cider For Good

When you travel through the lush valleys of the Pacific Northwest, where bountiful orchards and farms full of food dot the landscape, it's hard to understand how so many children go to bed hungry. The statistics are jarring: 1 in 8 children in Oregon face food insecurity. And so much food is wasted! According to Feeding America, a staggering 119 billion pounds of food is wasted in the United States each year. That’s the equivalent of you and everyone else in the country throwing away 925 apples each year. Shockingly, nearly 40% of all food in America ends up in the landfill.

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Portland Cider Helps Feed Oregon Zoo Animals In New Partnership

As part of their community commitment to pay it (fruit) forward, Portland Cider Company is partnering with the Oregon Zoo Foundation to help feed their hungry residents. Throughout May and June, a portion of the proceeds from every six-pack of Portland Cider sold in Oregon and Southwest Washington will be donated to the foundation and used to produce the 292,000 pounds of food that over 1,500 animals at the Oregon Zoo devour annually.

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