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| Rossi Farms Barn Bash host Aldo Rossi, right, welcomes friends and neighbors Marie and Albert Garre to his 10th annual party (the last one) in 2007. Raising money for Parkrose youth activities, the Barn Bash annually helps to pay for uniforms, sports equipment and team fees for many in need. MEMO PHOTO: TIM CURRAN |
The center of attention wherever he went, Aldo Rossi is surrounded by friends and Barn Bash partygoers at the 2002 Rossi Farms Barn Bash. Begun in 1998, the Rossi Farms Barn Bash ran 10 years ands raised thousands of dollars for the Parkrose Youth Activities Fund. COURTESY PETE PETERSON |
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| At the 2002 Rossi Farms Barn Bash, Aldo Rossi poses with Portland Gardeners and Ranchers Association Market Master Frank Battilega. Rossi was a longtime member of the association and helped begin the Paesano Club. |
Aldo Rossi receives the first Agri-Business of the Year Award in 1988 from then Portland City Commissioner Bob Koch at the inaugural Northeast Portland Mid-county Memo Community Awards. MEMO PHOTO: TOM PRY |
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| Aldo, middle, poses with sons Joe “the farmer,” left, and Nick the “real estate broker.” in a playful ad photo for the Rossi Farms retail store. PHOTOS BY IRENE ROSSI |
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| In September 1961, from left to right, Aldo Rossi holding a watermelon, Agostino “Augie” Giusto and Aldo's nephew Richard Alfieri pose with ice cream melons, a type of melon similar to honeydew melons, and common in the day. Italian farmers grew melons and cantaloupes in Portland until the mid-1960s, at which time a soil virus totally eliminated the ability to produce the crop to this day. This photo was taken at the then Rossi-Giusto Farm, with the bunkhouse in the background; the location was on Buckley Avenue, now Northeast 122nd Avenue, in the Parkrose area of what is now Northeast Portland. COURTESY PORTLAND'S GARDENERS AND RANCHERS ASSOCIATION |
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