Communicating the Message in a Different Way  Using Social Media via Capitol Press By Dan Wheat, Jan 17, 2013
Carisa Miklusak, CEO of tMedia Strategies urges growers to identify opportunities by listening and then asking themselves how they can use social media. Talking about an item's health benefits is a good way to start, she said. Agchat.org is a resource for growers getting into social media and food-hub.org (or our local Lincoln Co. Food Group) connects growers to distributors.

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@OregonStateExt Thanks for hosting three Women #Farmer Networks in #Oregon! What a great way to encourage farming! http://smallfarms.oregonstate.edu/womens-farmer-networks/main …

OSU Extention:
Special Report 1073, originally an Oregon Small Farms Technical Report No. 25, Dec. 2006

What Makes A Good Farmers' Market
And Insights into why they close
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Add your farmers market to the #KYF2 localfoods map! http://ow.ly/i/1oda4

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FARM TO SCHOOL: Register for our next WEBINAR: Using school garden produce in school food service Feb.12 http://ow.ly/gWhpR

Making the connections: Using school garden produce in school food service.

School gardens ... what better way to engage students in healthy eating experiences? Serving garden produce in school food service programs presents new challenges, but it can be done!

New funding opportunity from USDA...
USDA Finalizes New Microloan Program- up to $35,000

FSA Homepage

www.fsa.usda.gov

USDA Farm Service Agency

 FSA - Farm Loan Programs

http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=fmlp&topic=landing

www.fsa.usda.gov

2013 Master Gardener Class: 
Tuesday, Jan. 22nd
9:00am-Noon Sustainable Lawns, Alternatives & Groundcovers Barbara Fick Linn/Benton OSU Horticulture Agent
1:00-2:30pm Natives Michael Noack
2:30-4:00pm Native & Conifer Plant ID field exercise-Dress for our coastal weather-unpredictable
Thursday, Jan 24th
9:00am-Noon Botany Liza Ehle
1:00-4:00 Fertilizers & Transitioning to Organics Liza Ehle
Please bring a savory or sweet snack to share. We have 26 enthusiastic new students. Come and meet the new class.
Liz Olsen

OSU Extension Small Farms Conference, Saturday March 2nd, 2013
LaSells Stewart Center, Corvallis Oregon

2013 Conference Sessions
2013 Conference Brochure
Registration

• $50 per person or $90 for 2 people from the same farm/organization until February 15th, 2013
• $60 per person or $110 for 2 people from the same farm/organization beginning February 16th, 2012
• $75 per person on-site (lunch subject to availability)

Fee includes refreshments and lunch with locally sourced products.

Foodies Film Series

  Join Ten Rivers Food Web for the 2^nd Foodies Film Series taking place Tuesday evenings, January 22^nd through February 12^th, at 6pm at Café Mundo in Newport (corner of NW 2^nd Ct. & Coast Street in Nye Beach). The free series will feature four food-focused films that highlight food systems issues in our community and country. Thank you to Café Mundo for hosting the series! Make sure to try their accompanying dinner special with each film. We also recommend calling Café Mundo (541-574-8134) ahead of time to reserve a table.

 Jan. 22^nd

FRESH: The Movie, 72 minutes

The underground documentary that became a massive grassroots success, FRESH is the embodiment of the good food movement. The film celebrates the farmers, thinkers, and business people around the United States who are reinventing our food system. Forging healthier, sustainable alternatives, they offer a practical vision for the future of food and our planet.

Jan. 29^th

Food Stamped, 63 minutes

An informative and humorous film following a couple as they attempt to eat a healthy, well-balanced diet on a food stamp budget. They consult with members of the U.S. Congress, food justice organizations, nutrition experts, and people living on SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as Food Stamps) to take a deep look at America’s food system. For this screening, please bring a non-perishable item to donate to Food Share of Lincoln County.

Feb. 5^th

Truck Farm, 48 minutes

Using green roof technology, filmmaker Ian Cheney (Director of King Corn) plants a vegetable garden on the only land he’s got - the back of his Granddad’s old pickup truck. Once the mobile garden begins to sprout, viewers are trucked across New York to see the city’s funkiest urban farms and to find out if America’s largest city can learn to feed itself.

 Feb. 12^th

Eating Alaska, 57 minutes

What happens to a city-dwelling vegetarian who moves to Alaska and marries a commercial fisherman and deer hunter?Eating Alaska is a film about connecting to where you live and eating locally. Made by a former city dweller now living on an island in Alaska and married to a fisherman, deer hunter, and environmental activist, it is a journey into food politics, regional food traditions, our connection to the wilderness, and to what we put into our mouths.

For more information about the Foodies Film Series please contact Chloe Rico, Lincoln County Community Food Organizer,chloe@tenriversfoodweb.org, 541-264-5728

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Chloe Rico 

Community Food Organizer, Lincoln County

Ten Rivers Food Web

541-265-8578 ext. 5

541-264-5728

www.tenriversfoodweb.org

OR Agriculture Concept proposals now being accepted for 2013 specialty crop grants in Oregon. http://go.usa.gov/4Cg5

The 2013 MG Class (starting Tues. Jan. 15th) Schedule can be found on the OSU Lincoln County Extension website at http://extension.oregonstate.edu

Lincoln County Foods Group will meet Tues, Jan. 15th; 12-2pm at Food Share of Lincoln County's office in Newport (535 NE 1st).