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Small Farms, Local Food, and Wildfires What do you need to know? Index: How do I stay up to date on the location and status of wildfires? What about air quality? What resources are available for evacuation? What do I need to know about wildfires and livestock safety? What do I need to know about food safety and wildfires? What about farmer’s markets? What funding is available for farms impacted by the fires? How can I help others who have been impacted?
Pequeñas Granjas, Comida Local y el COVID-19
Small Farms, Local Food and COVID-19: What do you need to know?
COVID-19 Advisory. OSU Extension is working to keep our communities safe. All Extension programming is being provided virtually, postponed or canceled. Extension county offices are closed. We are available via email, phone and webconference.
Our mission is to advance sustainable agriculture, community food systems, and economic progress for Oregon's small farmers and ranchers and provide a leading-edge experience for students.
Flexible online courses designed for people considering starting a farm business, those within their first five years of farming and others who may be considering major changes to their farm business.
Oregon Small Farm News is a free online newsletter that concentrates on both commercial small farm entrepreneurs as well as non-commercial small acreage landowners. Our focus embraces organic/biological and conventional farming systems.
Growing Veteran Agripreneurs
Thisbeginning farmer training program is designed for veterans interested in pursuing careers in small-scale
agriculture. The program runs March 10 to October 10, 2021.
Application and registration are due: March 5, 2021.
Participants will gain theoretical and practical knowledge through classes, local farm tours and one-on-one mentoring.
Activities cover all phases of a farming season including cultivation, direct seeding, transplanting & harvesting.
Growing Veteran Agripreneurs
GVA is a beginning farmer training programdesigned for veterans interested in pursuing careers in small-scale agriculture. The program runs March 22tomid-October 2021. To complete an application and read more information, visit the program webpage. Application and registration are due byMarch 19, 2021. Grant funding allows alow cost for the season of$50.
Participants will gain theoretical and practical knowledge through classes, local farm tours and one-on-one mentoring.
Activities cover all phases of a farming season including cultivation, direct seeding, transplanting & harvesting.
Join the Multnomah County Master Gardener Association's Speaker Series as Lane Selman, Oregon State University, presents Eat Winter Vegetables. Lane will talk about the exciting work of the Eat Winter Vegetables Project and shares ideas on what to grow, variety selection, seed sources, planting dates, recipes and other resources.
Lane Selman grew up on a citrus farm her Sicilian great-grandparents planted in 1919 on Florida's space coast. She studied Agronomy (BS) and Entomology (MS) at University of Florida before moving to Oregon in 2000. Lane is a Professor of Practice at Oregon State University where she has worked with organic vegetable and grain farmers, managed collaborative research projects, and planned outreach events for 15 years. In 2011, Lane created the ...
Beaver can build water security and habitat resiliency for your land. They can also be a pain in the neck. This class will introduce long-term cost effective solutions to the various problems beaver can cause, in addition to providing a strategic framework for beaver-based restoration. Jakob will first provide an intro to beaver biology, what they do and why they do it. From this basic understanding, he will led a discussion on the best available thinking for partnering with beaver on your lands.
Read full story.Beneficial fungi are among the most valuable restoration tools for promoting ecosystem recovery. Learn how we can harness ancient plant/fungi symbiosis to reverse the loss of our forests and increase their biodiversity. We will discuss the roles mycorrhizal and saprophytic fungi play in forest systems, including how fungi help to regenerate forests after fires, how they can be used to transform dead land into a thriving oasis, and how fungal sugars benefit bees.
"There will be no recording of this class available".
Read full story.In 1980 Jack Gray and Mary Jo Wade started Winter Green Farm just 20 miles west of Eugene, five years later Wali and Jabrila Via joined them and in 2009 long-time employees Chris Overbaugh and Shannon Shipp-Overbaugh a...
Manure and bedding collects rapidly on most livestock farms, especially in the winter. Instead of pitching the waste out the back of the barn, consider turning the materials into a valuable, usable product. Compost. If an active compos...
As summer approaches and the soil dries, forage plants become dormant. Some years in drier areas of Oregon dormancy may begin in the late spring. If you have irrigation rights, your pastures can provide supplemental nutrition even duri...
Gophers are useful animals in the wild as they aerate the soil, eat insects and mix surface soil layers, but they are a nuisance on the farm when conflict surfaces between the farmer and the gopher over land use. Their economic impact...
