Next LC Foods Group Meeting - Thursday, Jan. 10, Noon to 2:00 pm in the Newport Extension Conf. Room

LCF Farmers Market, Dec 24 Christmas Give-Away Raffle

From Mary Young.....
At the Lincoln County Fairgrounds Farmers Market this Saturday:

We will be open on
December 24th!

Don’t miss our Christmas Give-Away Raffle!

Pick up a ticket at the Cider Project booth, write your name
on it, and put it in our raffle box. Prizes will be given away every 15
minutes, starting at 11am! You must be present to win.

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Lincoln County Fairgrounds Farmers Market-Every Saturday 10-2

Hot Soup, Hot Cider, Produce, Meats, Canned Tuna,Tea, Coffee, Dips, Breads & Pastries, Jams & Jellies, Honey, Gifts, Entertainment - follow the Red Rooster to the LC Fairgrounds Farmers Market Sat. Dec. 10th

All fresh and Locally grown or made. Every Saturday from 10 am - 2 pm at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds.

First Lincoln Co. Fairgrounds Farmer's Market a Whopping Success!

Many thanks to Walker Farms of Siletz, Sitka Springs Farm of Toledo, Common Treasury Farm of Alsea, and Mom and Pop Farm of Alsea for providing such a marvelous selection of farm products and for helping to make the LC Fairgrounds Farmers' Market a whopping success.

Also, many thanks to the food and craft vendors for their participation in the success of the market.

Last but not least, a big round of applause for the LCFG Winter Market Committee - Carrie, Katie, Linda, Mary, Debbie, Thomas & Erica, Randy & Sarah, and Chloe for their dedication to implementing the concept of the Winter Farmers' Market and to their energy and hard work in organizing this successful event.

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Lincoln Co. Fairgrounds Farmers' Market Sat. Nov 19th

At the LC Fairgrounds Farmers' Market: Come buy a cup of hot, apple cider from The Cider Project (like this summer's hit The Lemonade Project) supporting the That's My Farmer SNAP Incentive Program.
See you all there tomorrow!

Fishermen’s Appreciation Day set for Nov. 10

The Port of Newport will show its appreciation to Newport’s dedicated and hardworking fishermen when it hosts the 11th annual Fishermen’s Appreciation Day on Thursday, Nov. 10, at Port Dock 7 starting at 9 am.

SNAP INCENTIVE SERVICE DESCRIPTION

The That's My Farmer SNAP Incentive Program runs at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds (winter) Farmers' Market every Saturday starting Nov 19th.

When a SNAP client spends at least $6 of their benefits at participating farmers markets, they receive $6 in tokens for free to spend at that market. That means clients who shop at the market every week are eligible for an extra $24 a month ($48 per month in Corvallis, where the market runs twice a week).

The incentive program also pertains to the Corvallis, Albany, Sweet Home, Brownsville, Lebanon, Newport, Lincoln County Fairgrounds (winter), Yachats, Toledo and Lincoln City Farmers' Markets.

Message from 211 Linn-Benton-Lincoln

Message from 211Linn-Benton-Lincoln: "If you are a SNAP beneficiary, be sure to use your "Thats My Farmer" SNAP Incentive to be eligible for $$ to spend at the Lincoln County Farmers Market, check it out on 211! Here's the link: http://tinyurl.com/8527s86"

New Face of Farming | 1000 Friends of Oregon

New Face of Farming (Corvallis & Oregon Coast), Nov. 16 @5:00pm.

The initiative is focused on listening to farmers and ranchers throughout the state to identify land use policy issues that could be adapted to help producers remain viable and profitable. Your feedback will be used to craft a 2012 legislative agenda.

Location: Walnut Community Room
4950 NW Fair Oaks Drive
Corvallis, OR 97330

Sign up now to become an OSU Master Gardener! | Northwest Gardening - OSU Extension Service

Sign up now to become an OSU Master Gardener!

You are invited to join more than 4,000 Oregonians who have become OSU Master Gardeners, expert gardeners who share what they learn with their communities. Previous gardening experience is NOT required.
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Lincoln Co. Fairgrounds Farmers' Market

Beginning November 19, 2011, Saturdays 10-2 pm

The community of shoppers, farmers, food producers and artisans of Lincoln County have come together to form the Lincoln County Fairgrounds Farmers Market. The market will meet an increasing demand for locally grown foods, artisanal crafts and specialty foods during the autumn and winter months. This new venue will highlight small farms from within Lincoln County and surrounding coastal communities and will specialize in seasonal produce and farm products, and local artisanal foods and crafts.

If you are considering being a vendor at the market, please go to the Rules and Application page of this website for all relevant documents.

Next LCFG Meeting Oct. 18th 1:00-3:00 pm

Lincoln Co Foods Group
Join us at the next Lincoln Co. Foods Group meeting on Oct. 18th, 1-3 pm at the Extension Office Conference Room to discuss the new SNAP project at Lincoln Co. Farmers' Markets in Yachats, Toledo, and Lincoln City and winter/spring events.

Faxon Farm Has Local Honey For Sale

Faxon Farm has 80 pints of fresh local honey for sale.
Call: 541-875-2122

Wild Seafood Weekend in Newport OR- Sept. 10-11th

Enjoy Wild Seafood Weekend in Newport OR - Sept. 10-11th http://newportfishermenswives.com/

Grant Will Fund SNAP Program at Toledo & Lincoln City FArmers' Markets

Exciting news from Jen Christion Meyers of TRFW: Lincoln County's Community Health Improvement Partnership (CHIP) and Ten Rivers Food Web (TRFW) were awarded funds to launch the That's My Farmer SNAP Incentive Program at the Toledo and Lincoln City Farmers' Market next spring! The program is currently running in Newport. You can learn about it on the TRFW website: http://tenriversfoodweb.org/home/?p=9224.

The new That's My Farmer Outreach Coordinator, Katy Giombolini, starts her AmeriCorps service August 29th. A meeting for Lincoln County market managers to start planning for the spring will probably be in late September or early October.

Value-Added Producer Grant (VAPG) application deadline is August 29

New template available for small VAPG grants!

This year may be the best year ever for Oregon farmers, ranchers, fishers, and foresters who add value to the agricultural commodities they raise/harvest. That’s because USDA Rural Development’s VAPG program has more funds to award than ever before and the application process has been simplified. Read more about this here: http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/or/biz/VAPG_2011best.pdf

But the deadline for applications is fast approaching – Monday, August 29, 2011.

The good news is that RD-Oregon has just released a consolidated, simplified template for producers who applying for working capital grants of $49,999 or less – probably the simplest and most beneficial type of VAPG assistance. You can find this template here: http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/or/biz/VAPGnarrativetemplate2011_smallWC.doc

We know that August is a terribly busy month for Oregon producers, but if you can find the time, this opportunity has the potential to be very worthwhile.

For full details on the VAPG program, please visit: http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/or/vapg.htm

Jeff Deiss, Business & Cooperative Program Director
USDA Rural Development, Oregon State Office
1201 NE Lloyd Blvd., Ste. 801, Portland, OR 97232-1274
jeff.deiss@or.usda.gov; 503-414-3367 phone; 503-414-3394 fax
Visit our web site, http://www.ruralOregon.biz

For energy programs, http://energy.ruralOregon.biz

Click here to read and subscribe to our current Oregon Rural Developments Newsletter

Report from Beaver Ridge Farm

Beaver Ridge Farm on N. Beaver Creek has a few almost-laying hens left and will sell eggs and some hens as time goes on. The leghorns just started laying this week. Good news- the farm is raising all chickens on organic feed.

The meat chickens raised on all organic feed are now mostly in the freezer. We will start a new batch in the fall. The meat chickens are between 3 and 5 lbs and we are selling them at $4/lb.

The turkeys will be ready in early November, price is yet to be determined. There are two varieties. Call 541-563-5385.

Lincoln Co. Foods Group Meeting, July 28th @5pm in Toledo

Next Meeting of the Lincoln Co. Foods Group is on July 28th at 5:00pm at Mary Harrison School on SE 3rd St. in Toledo.

Neal Farms

Neal Farms Specializes in Heirloom Varieties
Offers Natural Vegetables and Fruits
Siletz, OR
ILoveLocal@nealfarm.com

Sitka Springs Farm

Sitka Springs Farm currently offers:
Easter egg radishes, Green leaf lettuce, Red and green romaine lettuce
Butterhead lettuce, Chinese cabbage, Arugula, Artichokes, Oregano, mexican and greek Kale
The farm will be at local Farmers' Markets

OSU Extension Centennial Celebration

Come celebrate OSU Extension Service's Centennial Anniversary from July 12-July 14 9:00 to 11:30 am and 1:30 to 3:00 pm at the Newport Extension Office. Refreshments provided.

A Quick Guide To Farming In Oregon

So, You Want to Be a Farmer? A Quick Guide to Getting Started in Oregon

Toledo Market Looking for Vendors

Toledo Market on Thursdays, from 11 am to 6 pm starting June 16th. The market is looking for vendors, growers or others who are looking for space. There is an application on www.cityoftoledo.org; the cost is $5 per week.
Thank you,
Celeste Mathews
events@cityoftoledo.org

Lincoln Co. Foods Group

The next meeting will be July 6, 1-3pm @Extension Office Conf. Room

Lemonade Project Booth at Newport Farmer's Market

"The Lemonade Project". The Newport Farmers Market will sponsor a booth selling fresh squeezed, made-to-order, refreshing lemonade. Proceeds from the sales will fund a program benefiting shoppers at the Market who participate in S.N.A.P. (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). The Project will provide SNAP shoppers with matching funds, up to 6 dollars each week, when they use their benefits card at the Market to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables. Please come and enjoy a lemonade while supporting healthy eating in Lincoln County

Beaver Ridge Farm Has Young Hens for Sale - $12

Plymouth Barred Rock and White Leghorns. These girls should start laying eggs at the end of July. They have their adult feathers and no longer need a heat light. Fully vaccinated. Free range, farm-raised with organic feed. Call 541-563-5385.

Lincoln Co. Foods Group to meet on June 1st.

The next LC Food Group meeting will be held on
June 1st from 1 pm to 3 pm
OSU Extension Service Conference Room,
29 SE 2nd St., Newport OR.
Contact: Chloe Rico, chloe.rico@occc.cc.or.us

Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Point Workshop

Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Point (HACCP)
July 7 & 8, 2011
8:00 am - 4:30 pm
238 Wiegand Hall
OSU Campus • Corvallis, OR 97331

REGISTRATION INFORMATION
For more information: 800.823.2357

http://oregonstate.edu/dept/foodsci/extservices/HACCP_reginfo.htm

OSU Department of Food Science & Technology Extension Service proudly announces the following educational opportunity. Please forward this information to anyone who may be interested in this workshop.

Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Point
A workshop for small entrepreneurial processors
of fruit, vegetable and grain based foods

Beaver Ridge Farm Has Natural Lambs and Poultry

Beaver Ridge Farm, located on North Beaver Creek, offers natural lambs, will have organically fed poultry, and will be selling started pullets as soon as they can be sexed and are ready to go. If interested, folks should call 541-563-5385. Costs will vary depending on age of chicken at sale (feed costs affect cost of the chicken). We will also have organic eggs for sale in the fall - not yet sorry.
New email address for the farm: beaverridgefarm@gmail.com.

LC Community F.E.A.S.T. deemed a Success

Lincoln County Community FEAST (Food*Education*Agriculture*Solutions*Together) Workshop was held on Saturday, April 2nd from 10am to 4pm at the Oregon Coast Community College with a local foods lunch provided. The FEAST workshop, organized by Chloe Rico, TRFW's RARE grant recipient, co-hosted by the Lincoln Co. Extension Local Foods and the Lincoln County Local Foods Group, and facilitated by Sharon Thornberry, Community Food Systems Manager at Oregon Food Bank, is a way to gather input about the direction our community wants to see for their food and agriculture.

The day featured a local panel painting the picture of food, fisheries, agriculture, farm to school, education programs, public health and food retail in our area after which workshop broke into focus groups centered around networking & communications, production & processing, education, and access.

Lincoln Co. Local Foods Group Meeting March 30

Fourth meeting of the New Lincoln Co. Local Foods Group will be held on
Date:March 30, 2011
Time: 1:00 -3:00 pm.
Place: Lincoln Co. Extension Office Conference Room
29 SE 2nd St., Newport
For Information Contact: chloe.rico@occc.cc.or.us; 541-867-8672

2nd TRFW Chefs' Show-Off on Sunday, April 10 at Linn-Benton Community College from 2pm -5pm.
For more information: http://tenriversfoodweb.org/home/?p=8567

New Lincoln Co. Local Foods Group

Third meeting of the New Lincoln Co. Local Foods Group will be held on
Date:March 9, 2011
Time: 1:00 -3:00 pm.
Place: Lincoln Co. Extension Office Conference Room
29 SE 2nd St., Newport
For Information Contact: chloe.rico@occc.cc.or.us; 541-867-8672

Help Us Form the New Lincoln Co. Local Foods Group

Are you interested in strengthening access to
local foods, farms and fisheries?
Are you interested in shaping the direction
of Lincoln County’s food system?

Please join us:
Wednesday, January 19th
1:30pm to 3:30pm
Lincoln County Extension Office Conference Room
(29 SE 2nd Street, Newport)

The Lincoln County Extension Office is sponsoring this gathering with the goal of pulling like-minded people together to form a community group focused on food and agriculture in Lincoln County.

We will be joined by Sharon Thornberry, Community Resource Developer for Oregon Food Bank and recipient of the 2009 Billi Odegaard Public Health Genius Award for her work on strengthening food systems throughout Oregon and by Jeff Feldner, Oregon Sea Grant Extension Fisheries and Seafood Specialist who will speak on ways to integrate our seafood industry into the local foods movement.

We hope this group will set strategies and goals for strengthening our local food system. What would you like to see accomplished by a group focused on supporting Lincoln County community food efforts? How would you increase awareness and access to local foods and agriculture? This is your opportunity to share your ideas and take action to make them happen.

For more information or questions please contact Chloe Rico, chloe.rico@occc.cc.or.us, 541-867-8672