Coastal Farm to Fork: A Harvest Meal at Forks Farm

Coastal Farm to Fork: A Harvest Meal at Forks Farm

Enjoy local food at its best – on a beautiful farm in the Yachats River
Valley.

Join Ten Rivers Food Web and the Lincoln County Foods Group for a farm to
fork dinner on Sunday, September 16th at 3pm. We will be hosted by Forks
Farm, located at 8 North Yachats River Road in Yachats.

The dinner will feature a delicious array of seasonal foods from the Ten
Rivers foodshed’s best farms, fisheries, bakeries and more.

Forks Farm is a 26-acre farm in the Yachats River Valley, where the North
and South forks meet, owned and operated by Catherine Lucido and Rick
Taves. They grow blueberries, cut flowers, winter squash, and pumpkins and
they are also florists. Visit www.forksfarm.com for more information
about their farm.

Proceeds from the dinner will support our work strengthening farming and
fishing in Lincoln County. Learn more at http://tenriversfoodweb.org/home/?p=11241

Tickets are $30 and can be purchased online at Brown Paper Tickets:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/263221

For more information contact Chloe Rico, Lincoln County Community Food
Organizer, at 541-867-8672 or chloe@tenriversfoodweb.org

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Chloe Rico
Community Food Organizer, Lincoln County
Ten Rivers Food Web
541-867-8672
www.tenriversfoodweb.org

Come Get Your Tuna

The Fleet Is In!

Walker Farms of Siletz has composted manure and bedding

Walker Farms of Siletz has composted manure and bedding at a reasonable price. Call Randy or Sarah 541-444-2445. They need to free up space!

Siletz Food Pantry & Prroject House July 28 2-4pm

Siletz Food Pantry & Project House Saturday, July 28, 2012, 2:00pm until 4:00pm

Come welcome the new pantry to Siletz; enjoy a free bbq and bring food to donate -- you can get raffle tickets for food or cash donations! There will be music, food, friends ... what fun!

Great Albacore Tuna BBQ Challenge Sat., August 11, 10:00am Port Dock 7

Gibson Farms Blueberry U-Pick in August

Things are still pretty green around here, pray for some sunshine!
We are on target to open for u-picks around the first to second week of August.

TAKE ROOT Magazine

TAKE ROOT Willamette Valley is a local food and farm magazine serving willamette valley oregon. we support the eat fresh eat local and sustainable living movement.

Walker Farm of Siletz at Farmers Markets

Leg Bacon is $9.95 per lb, marked down from $12.95 per lb and Chicken Backs are $1.50 per lb, marked down from $2.65 per lb. We are at the Newport Farmers Market Suturday until 1 pm and we'll be at the Lincoln City (Oregon) Farmer's and Crafter's Market on Sunday from 9 am until 3 pm. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Pantry Managers on AM 1310 KNPT July 23 at 9am

Kiera Morgan's Hotline Show on AM 1310 KNPT Monday, July 23 interviews four Lincoln County pantry managers .

New app helps campers find local firewood

Breaking Waves - New app helps campers find local firewood, avoid spreading invasives
blogs.oregonstate.edu
CORVALLIS – A new, free iPhone application from Oregon Sea Grant aims to stem the spread of invasive insects

First Annual Small Farm School, Sept 8, 2012 8am – 5pm

chloe@tenriversfoodweb.org via lists.oregonstate.edu
Jul 20 (4 days ago)

September 8, 2012 from 8am – 5pm

Clackamas Community College in Oregon City.

Registration is open. The program and complete registration information
are available at: http://smallfarms.oregonstate.edu/small-farm-school.

Small Farm School is an all day event for beginning farmers and small
acreage landowners.

Field and classroom workshops will address small farm topics such as crop
and livestock production, direct marketing, small-scale equipment, and
soil and water conservation. Experienced farmers, Extension agents,
Conservationists, and other agricultural professionals will teach the
workshops.
We’d love to see you there, please pass the word along to anyone you think
would be interested. Check out the flyer on the website.

Small Farm School is presented by OSU Extension in cooperation with
Clackamas County Soil and Water Conservation District and Clackamas
Community College.

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Chloe Rico
Community Food Organizer, Lincoln County
Ten Rivers Food Web
541-867-8672
www.tenriversfoodweb.org

Breaking Waves - Newport’s Commercial Fisheries bay front signs now available online

Thank You to all who attended, volunteered, and exhibited in the Lincoln County Country Fair

Fish Market, fish wholesale, crab, South Beach Fish Market

The South Beach Fish Market is a seafood market attached to a convenience store, selling fish and chips

Great Albacore Tuna BBQ Challenge. Saturday, Aug 11, 10 am at Port Dock 7

Sitka Springs Farm CSA

CSA week 5: 2 heads of lettuce, broccoli raab, broccoli, kohlrabi, salad turnips, carrots, spring onions, kale.

Lincoln County 4-H Fair this week July 13, 14 and 15

Lincoln County 4-H Fair this week July 13, 14 and 15

Horse Show July 12, 13. 10:00 am both days in Outdoor Arena
Livestock Show July 13. 10:30 swine followed by sheep, 4-H Barn
2:00 pm goat show, 4-H Barn
Small Animal Show July 14th. 10:30 am, 4-H Barn
Animal Auction, July 14th, 5:30 pm 4-H Animal Barn
Large Animal Round Robin July 15, 10:00 am
Small Animal Round Robin July 15, 12 pm

See You at the Fair!

Tuna sold from the boat at Port Dock 7 in Newport

Tuna are sold from the boat at Port Dock 7 in Newport, Oregon. The commerical dock is on the north side of the harbor, just east of the restaurants and shops.

The fishing docks are open to the public and parking is free.

Dave's seller's license allows the sale of whole fish, sold directly from the boat. Delivery is not available. http://www.newport-tuna.com/map_directions.html

Toledo Summer festival July 26-29th

Fireworks, Carnival, Contests, Games, Booths, Parade, Run

Carnival tickets are available at JC Market Newport, JC Market Toledo, Dee-Ne Gifts in Siletz and Kenny's IGA in Lincoln City

http://www.toledosummerfestival.com/2012ParadeReg.pdf
www.toledosummerfestival.com

Farmers Markets from Manzanita to Yachats!

They're just stuffed... with the unbelievable produce that's showing up at the farmers markets from Manzanita to Yachats! If you haven't been lately, you owe it to yourself to find the market nearest you. Here's our guide to the central coast's markets: http://digital.turn-page.com/i/65998

OSU Lincoln Co Extension Coast Ranger bimonthly newsletter.

For articles from your local agents on nutrition, farming, gardening, forestry, 4-H, read OSU Lincoln Co Extension Coast Ranger bimonthly newsletter. http://extension.oregonstate.edu/lincoln/extension-newsletter

Need volunteers for Lemonade Project Booth

Need volunteers for Lemonade Project Booth (funds SNAP match) for Farmers Markets. Contact Chloe 541-867-8672 or chloe@tenriversfoodweb.org. http://www.tenriversfoodweb.org/

Toledo street market Thursdays, June through September

Toledo street market opens June 21, runs through September: http://wp.me/pSFfN-3fu

OSU Extension Service's Food Preservation Hotline

The phone line is open! The OSU Extension Service's hotline for canning, freezing and drying food is now taking your questions through Oct. 12. http://bit.ly/LKbiEz

National Nutrition Month this July

As we continue to celebrate National Nutrition Month this July, we keep the spotlight on vegetables
in recognition of the value that vegetables have on people's lives, both as sources of livelihood and as of food. Vegetables can help fight hunger and malnutrition.

Let's get to know more about vegetables this July!

This weekend we are offering killer deals on Lamb Leg Steaks and Chicken Backs. Stop by the Newport Farmers Market on Saturday from 9 am to 1 pm or the Lincoln City (Oregon) Farmer's and Crafter's Market on Sunday from 9 am to 3 pm to stock up! Lamb Leg Steaks are a slice cut off of a Leg of Lamb and normally sell for $10.95 per lb - this weekend only they will be on sale for $7.50 per lb! Chicken backs are a great way to get what you need for a fantastic soup stock - normally $2.65 per lb, this weekend only you can pick them up for $1.50 per lb! Looking forward to seeing you at the sunny coast this weekend!

Good News for Bee Keepers

Here's some potentially good news. Hobby beekeepers' reluctance to use chemicals on their hives could be cultivating strains of bees that are resistant to mites and diseases, says an apiarist with the OSU Extension Service. That, in turn, might stave off honey bee deaths.

Lemonade Project Proceeds Fund the SNAP Incentives

Lemonade Project booths are at Farmers Markets in Lincoln County.

New Farmers in Oregon

Oregon has the second-highest participation rate in a federal program that helps new farmers in the West get started. The OSU Extension Service coordinates the program in Oregon.

Does tuna caught in Oregon waters contain radiation

Does tuna caught in Oregon waters contain radiation from the nuclear meltdown in Japan? That's this week's highlighted question for the OSU Extension Service's Ask an Expert online help center. You can read the answer at http://bit.ly/PS4Ewl. If you have questions about coastal issues, farming, 4-H youth activities, gardening, nutrition, household issues, food, forestry or the environment, email them to the Extension Service at http://bit.ly/OSUaae.

Location for next LCFG meeting has been changed to Lincoln Co Ext Office Conf Rm, Newport and not at Samaritan House. Tues, July 10th, 12-2pm. Bring lunch if you wish. All are welcome.