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Find Us at The Salem Public Market
Our products are available year round, indoors at
Salem Public Market
1240 Rural Avenue SE, Salem
Every Saturday 8:00−2:00
1 – 5 Exit 253 (Highway 221Mission Street) — West
to 12th Street — South on 12th to Rural Avenue
History
Established in 1986.
Bruce Hunt of Hunt’s Hazelnuts in Gervais, Ore., said he initially was disappointed when he was turned down for an apprenticeship at a foundry. Today, he said: «As far as I am concerned, in my working career, the best thing that ever happened was not getting that apprenticeship.“Bruce-Hunt-Capital-Press
Gervais, Ore. — Looking back, it was the job he didn’t get that set up his career in farming.
Bruce Hunt of Hunt’s Hazelnuts in Gervais, Ore., said he initially was disappointed when he was turned down for an apprenticeship at a foundry. Today, he said: «As far as I am concerned, in my working career, the best thing that ever happened was not getting that apprenticeship.»
A couple of things happened afterward that set him on his way to his current position as owner and operator of a successful value-added hazelnut operation.