February is Oregon Truffle Month

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek designated February as Oregon Truffle Month in a signed Proclamation dated February 6, 2024. The Oregon Truffle Festival submitted the application for the designation, which arrived just in time for the 2024 truffle season and our winter events.

The Proclamation is a big step in cementing protections for our forests and the habitat where Oregon truffles grow. Keeping forest ecosystems intact is important for the future of the Oregon truffle industry-as it is for carbon sequestration, oxygen generation, restoration of salmon spawning habitat, and wildlife migration corridors.

It also helps ensure more dog harvesting, helps protect landowners from poaching and trespassing, and promotes the use of the highest quality culinary truffles for celebrating Oregon’s world class truffles.

Thank you, Governor Kotek, for encouraging all Oregonians to join in honoring and celebrating Oregon truffles!

We made the shortlist again!

We’re honored to announce that the Oregon Truffle Festival has again been nominated for a USA TODAY’S 10Best Readers’ Choice Award for Best Specialty Food Festival.

You can help us make it to #1 by voting through March 18. Thank you for your support, and share with your friends and truffle lovers please!

An Enchanted Evening on the Oregon Coast

We have a few tickets left for our one of a kind truffle dinner on Saturday, March 2 at Camp Westwind in the Cascade Head Biosphere Reserve.

An all-star cast of culinary talent is preparing this multi-course truffle dinner, including Canadian Foraging Chef Robin Jackson, Coastal Chefs Jonathan and Alex Hoffman, and Oregon Truffle Festival Culinary Director Charles Ruff. Sommelier Maxine Borcherding will pair the dinner with Oregon wines.

Don’t miss this incredible dining experience in a secluded old growth forest, held in Camp Westwind’s beautiful Wilson Lodge overlooking the Oregon coast. Join us for this beautiful, immersive evening with our guest scientists, chefs, authors, and fungi experts as our dinner companions.

Door to door shuttle service will be provided from the parking lot to Wilson Lodge.

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Our 2024 Joriad North American Truffle Dog Champion

Thank you to all who joined us in the arena at Lane County Fairgrounds for the Joriad North American Truffle Dog Championship!

Five finalists competed in the Final round in the field: In 5th place, Rowan the Silken Windhound found 4 truffles. In 4th place, Wilga the Wirehaired Pointed Griffon found 11 truffles. In 3rd place, Vinnie the Lagotto Romagnolo found 16 truffles. In 2nd place, Skylar the Chocolate lab/ American Staffordshire mix found 20 truffles.

And in 1st place, with a stunning find of 41 truffles in 1 hour, was Harvi the Happy, a 7-year-old Golden Retriever, led by his handler Olga.