Press
Supporting Your Locals Goes Beyond Art
We Out Here Magazine, May 2011
Being from the Northwest, we’re kind of spoiled by the amount of local options we have. Unfortunately not a lot of people take advantage of this. [Read More]
Living Culture expands to Portland
Salem Weekly, February 2011
The local magazine-style TV show Living Culture bridges that gap for those who don't have the time to drive out to the countryside to investigate their growers, or at least points them in the right direction to explore their local food markets. [Read More]
Nate Rafn wins Statesman Journal 20 Under 40 People's Choice award
Statesman Journal, July 2010
Meet Statesman Journal Media’s 20 Under 40, the 20 Salem-area residents under age 40 who are doing magical things in the Mid-Willamette Valley. [Read More]
26-year-old producer of Living Culture shares his enthusiasm for local foods
Statesman Journal, April 2010
As a 26-year-old, Nate Rafn dedicates his life to natural, local foods, because it gives him a sense of community, a sense of place that ties him to the land. [Read More]
Living Culture executive producer named one of Oregon's 35 Innovators Under 35
1000 Friends of Oregon, February 2010
Nate Rafn, an advocate for the slow food movement taking place in the Willamette Valley, has made it his mission to generate interest in local foods through inspiring and creative use of media. [Read More]
Local Chefs Share Holiday Recipes
Friends of Salem Saturday Market, November 2009
In case you are still searching for holiday menu ideas, or simple inspiration, we asked two local chefs, Nate Rafn, creator of the televesion program Living Culture, and Jessica Ritter, co-owner of The Wild Pear, to share a couple of their favorites. [Read More]
Salem's Underground Supper Club
Desperately Seeking Salem, May 2009
For a couple of years now, Nate has been holding something he calls Salem’s underground supper club. He invites a couple of dozen people into a house in South Salem and cooks a meal for them featuring a local ingredient. [Read More]
Salem's own food show serves up fresh ideas, recipes and news
Salem Monthly, March 2007
“Living Culture” is a monthly food and lifestyle program produced and hosted by 23 year-old Nate Rafn, a local “foodie” who exudes boyish charm, earnestness and authenticity in equal measure. This leads me to wonder: could the next Food Network star be wandering the streets of Salem? [Read More]
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