Sue Marshall likes to brag about the pears, apples and garlic that she’s won blue ribbons for at the Clark County Fair. But more than anything else, she’s proud of the hazelnuts that she and her husband grow on their 29-acre farm.
Last year they harvested 18,000 pounds. This year, she says, they hope to double that.
Their farm sits on the outskirts of Ridgefield, the rapidly growing city a half hour north of Vancouver with a deep farming history. In the past, the area included several dairies, as well as potato, hazelnut and prune operations…