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AMEX || NASDAQ || NYSE Oregon Business Magazine || DBC Online Stock Quotes     Mary Alionis waters newly-sprouted salad greens in one of the greenhouses at Whistling Duck Farm Photo by Andy Atkinson Organic farm grows a fresh idea By BILL KETTLER TRAIL - Vince and Mary Alionis want to sell you a subscription to their garden. The couple farm a patch of bottom ground they call Whistling Duck Farm, where Sugar Pine Creek joins Elk Creek. For the past five years, they've sold their organically-grown vegetables at local growers' markets and peddled their produce to gourmet restaurants. (more...)   Medford creates new zone By MARCIA SAVAGE The Medford City Council voted unanimously Thursday to designate a new type of commercial zone that city planners say will keep huge stores from popping up in neighborhood shopping areas. (more...) Mail Tribune Home Page