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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.
Wood is seen as an environmentally friendly building product and is a favorite of the design/build community, as long as the forests are sustainably managed. This webinar will introduce a new video "Sustainable Wood from Sustainable Forests" which debuted at the recent virtual Mass Timber Conference and produced by OFRI. The video and webinar will help people understand the benefits of wood, the sustainable way that forests are managed, the laws that govern forest management and the Forest Certification Systems that are used.
The video will be followed with a presentation covering:
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.Our team is having a discussion and panel to help you decide how much to charge for your farm products.
We will talk about what goes into pricing and the challenges both farmers and buyers face. You will then hear from a panel of speakers featuring five different types of buyers:
There will be time for questions to the panel and OSU Extension Small Farms Faculty after the presentation.
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...
