Parking was in high demand at Forks Farm near Yachats on a Saturday morning earlier this month. Its owner, Katherine Lucido, and a handful of her neighbors were welcoming in people, produce and other goods on display on folding tables under shade trees.

It was Aug. 9, 2025. The date of the 15th annual Yachats River Valley Farm Tour , an event that invites people to visit with the "river folk" who live in the area.

Lucido is one of those river folk. She's wanted a small operation like Forks Farm since she was a young adult.

“I studied horticulture when I was younger in college. When I was in my 20s, I knew I wanted to grow blueberries because I was at an old people’s farm and they had blueberries. I thought, I’m going to do that and pay my taxes, that was the goal,” she said.

Well, sh

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