Ten Rivers Food Web and Food Share of Lincoln County, with the support of several community organizations, are providing a $10 incentive to each low-income, Latino household that registers for a special, Spanish-language educational tour of the farmers’ market on Saturday, June 29. Call Chloe Rico, the Lincoln County Community Food Organizer at 541-264-5728.

‘Chefs Against Hunger’ event is April 29

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This year’s “Chefs Against Hunger” event is set for 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday, April 29, at the Best Western Plus Agate Beach Inn in Newport. Attendees of the event support Food Share of Lincoln County while sampling some of the best food on the coast. People may also participate in a silent auction...

Fundraiser Saturday in Toledo to raise funds for SNAP Card match for food. 

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Fundraiser Saturday in Toledo to raise funds for SNAP Card.  Come join the fun this Saturday April 27, at 1 PM in Toledo!

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Get ready for a cornucopia or nutrition as Oregon farmers' markets swing into the season. http://go.usa.gov/T5Ve #farmersmarkets

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Master Gardener ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION on Veg. Gardening: May 1st @OCCC in Lincoln City; May 8th @Newport Library. Call 541-574-6534.

Growing A Garden That's Pesticide Free

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Fundraiser Saturday in Toledo to raise funds for SNAP Card match for food. » News Lincoln County

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Saturday April 27, at 1 PM in Toledo! The Toledo Street Market is holding a fundraiser for matching Snap benefits and expenses.
The market is hosting a Tupperware Bingo party at the Toledo AWPPU Union Hall 138 NW 1st Street, Saturday, April 27th at 1pm. Fun, food, Bingo, and silent auction. Cost is $1.00 for your Bingo Card or 6 cards for $5.00. Your contact: Carol Boysun 541-36-2064.

News from Lincoln Co Foods

Lemonade Project will begin its third season on May 11th, 2013, opening day of the Newport Farmers’ Market. Come squeeze lemonade for a good cause with the social enterprise that supports the That’s My Farmer SNAP Incentive Program. Sign up to volunteer a Saturday at the booth by contacting chloe@tenriversfoodweb.org or 541-264-5728.

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Ten Rivers Food Web and Food Share of Lincoln County, with the support of several community organizations, are providing a $10 incentive to each low-income, Latino household that registers for a special, Spanish-language educational tour of the farmers’ market on Saturday, June 29. Call Chloe Rico, the Lincoln County Community Food Organizer at 541-264-5728.

News from Lincoln Co Foods

That’s My Farmer SNAP Incentive Program will be in full swing this summer farmers’ market season operating at three farmers’ markets in Lincoln County – Lincoln City Farmers’ and Crafters Market, Newport Farmers’ Market and the Toledo Street Market. Ten Rivers’ Food Web partners with these farmers’ markets to offer customers with SNAP Benefits $6 matching funds for market purchases.

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Farmers Market Summer Schedules:
Folks can connect with their local farmers, food producers and vendors at the following markets:

• Lincoln City Farmers’ and Crafters Market: Sundays, Year-round, 9am-3pm at the Lincoln City Cultural Center (540 Hwy. 101)

• Newport Farmers’ Market: Saturdays, May 11, 2013 through October 26, 2013, 9am-1pm, Newport City Hall (Hwy. 101)

• Toledo Street Market: Thursdays (along with evenings on the first Friday of the month), June 6, 2013 through September 26th, 2013, 10am-3pm, Main Street Downtown Toledo

• Waldport Farmers’ Market: Wednesdays, Mid-May through Mid-June 2013, 10am-5pm, Waldport Community Center (265 E. Hwy. 34)

• Yachats Farmers’ Market: Sundays, May 12, 2013 through October 27, 2013, Yachats Commons (Hwy. 101 and W. 5th St.)

Garden for Sustainable Living Seeks Seeds and Starter Plants

Help the 4-H Sustainable Living Club kick off its Garden of the Future by donating seeds and starter plants for its Toledo Organic Sustainable Food Source Project on Thursday, April 25th from 1 to 6pm. The club will be welcoming donations at the garden, which is located at the old Toledo community garden on NW A Street,

Lincoln Soil and Water Conservation District’s 4th Annual
WATER FILM SERIES
FREE TO THE PUBLIC!
WIN A RAIN BARREL!
6:00 – 8:00 PM
Oregon Coast Community College
Newport Campus - Community Room

April 16: Waterlife: Five Great Lakes. One Last Chance (109 min)
Waterlife follows the epic cascade of the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. From the icy cliffs of Lake Superior to the ornate fountains of Chicago to the sewers of Windsor, this feature-length documentary tells the story of the last huge supply (20%) of fresh water on Earth. Filled with fascinating characters and stunning imagery, WATERLIFE is an epic cinematic poem about the beauty of water and the dangers of taking it for granted.

April 30: Rising Waters: Global Warming and the Fate of the Pacific Islands (57 min)
For 7 million people living on thousands of islands scattered across the Pacific Ocean, global warming is not something that looms in the distant future. Through personal stories of Pacific Islanders in Kiribati, the Samoas, the atolls of Micronesia including the Marshall Islands, and Hawaii, as well as researchers in the continental United States, this film puts a human face on the international climate change debate.

May 14: The Unforeseen: Featuring Robert Redford (93 min) & Rain Barrel Raffle
The American dream of owning a house with a white picket fence goes head to head with environmental sustainability in this urgent, beautifully crafted documentary. Breathtaking in scope, this film questions what we are willing to give up in the name of growth.

GET A FREE RAIN BARREL
RAFFLE TICKET AT EACH SHOW!

Ten Rivers Food Web
Upcoming Webinar on Local Meats Processing: Successes and Innovations. Thursday, April 18 12:30 - 2:00pm (Pacific). Featuring Lauren Gwin from Oregon State University and the Niche Meat Processing Assistance Network.
Local Meats Processing: Successes and Innovations - an NGFN webinar https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/211399546

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Huge thanks to Lacee @ Avenue 20 in Toledo selling our eggs! Its a big help while we are between markets. Any one needing hair or nail services, be sure to contact her @ 541-336-1406!

Siletz Tribal Energy Program
We invite the Employees of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians (and friends) to participate in a Book, Magazine and Movie Swap during Earth Week April 15-19. We are celebrating Earth Day by promoting the concepts of reduce, reuse, and recycle! Please bring in the books, magazines and movies you no longer want and trade them for others. If you are here and you don't have anything to swap that's okay too...share and reuse is what it's all about!! Any items remaining at the end of the week will be available for free at the Earth Day Fair (in cooperation with the SAAM 5K Run/Walk) on Saturday April 20 at our booth. Items remaining after that event will be donated.

How it works:
Bring your unloved books, movies or magazines to the Administration building lunchroom or the Clinic Shell room starting Monday April 15. Leave what you want to donate, take what you need. Be reasonable. Items will be randomly transferred between the Clinic and Admin as necessary to encourage you to look more than once.

Have fun!
Contact us with questions here or by email step@ctsi.nsn.us

LCFG meeting is scheduled Tues Apr 16th, 12-2 at Food Share in Newport. All interested in food system issues and solutions may attend.
Hope to see you there! :)

For Notes from the 13th Small Farms Conference, check out the spring issue of OSFN......
Plus, the author and I had the same reaction. Not only were too many informative classes scheduled at the same time but also blooming daffodils signal that it's time to fertilize the pasture within a couple weeks!!  
As she remarks, "Daffodils are a good thing. So are Small Farms
Conferences.   :)

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Now Accepting Applications for Linn/Benton OSU Extension Master Food Preserver Program

Master Food Preserver volunteer training will again be offered in Linn and Benton Counties. Classes will be held every Tuesday (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.) beginning May 7 through June 18, with a mandatory orientation meeting on April 30. Training will be held at the Linn County Extension Office. If interested in applying, contact Pami Opfer at 541-967-3871 or Pamela.opfer@oregonstate.edu.
Thanks!

Oregon Farm Bureau @OreFarmBureau
Good article by @Oregonian on cage-free egg production by Willamette Egg & Farm Bureau member Greg Satrum http://bit.ly/Z42Vp8

For latest news about LINCOLN COUNTY LOCAL FOODS:
email: lcfood.judy@gmail.com
Twitter: OSU Ext. LC Foods@LincolnCoFoods
Blog: http://lclocalfoods.blogspot.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/OSU-EXT-Lincoln-Co-Foods/127674357253818

Regards to Rural Conference!
Friday and Saturday, June 21-22, 2013
with a pre-session by Michael Shuman, conference keynoter, on Thursday, June 20
Oregon State University, Corvallis

Oregon State University Extension Service
Want to start a sustainable farm business, but don't know where to start? Check out this guide from SARE: http://bit.ly/11DskLM

EM 9043 • October 2011
Growing Farms: Successful Whole
Farm Management Planning Book

http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1957/23645/em9043.pdf

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ATTRA - Sustainable Agriculture
All the great advice you need on marketing your products, now in one place. You can download our new compilation of marketing tip sheets here: http://bit.ly/10sNpCs.

From LOCAL OCEAN SEAFOODS: Spring Salmon Are Back
http://tinyurl.com/bogs5u5 

Laura Anderson posted to Local Ocean Seafoods
If you want to know more about the Oregon salmon season and get recipes from Chef Charlie Branford click the FISHLIST email sign up link. I'll be sending out the salmon season's FISHLIST report this week. (We post out about 5-6 times a year so we're not going to spam you. You can get special offers to FISHLIST customers only and you can opt out at anytime.)

Three workshops on food safety will be held before the final comment period for the new FDA-FSMA (Food Safety Modernization Act) rules. $20 registration fee. WSU and OSU faculty and extension agents along with representatives from FDA, ODA and WSDA and are structured to go into more detail on what the proposed rules mean for growers and processors. http://tinyurl.com/d4y3uco

Lincoln County Master Gardeners / OSU Ext.
Mark your calendars for April 17th 10 am - Noon for the Soil Building Round Table Workshop, held at the Newport Library.

Subscribe to OSU Oregon Small Farm News: http://smallfarms.oregonstate.edu/newsletter

Master Food Preserver volunteer training 
Offered in Linn and Benton Counties. Classes will be held every Tuesday (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.) beginning May 7 through June 18, with a mandatory orientation meeting on April 30. Training will be held at the Linn County Extension Office. If interested in applying, contact Pami Opfer at 541-967-3871 or Pamela.opfer@oregonstate.edu.

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Three workshops will be held before the final comment period for the new FDA-FSMA (Food Safety Modernization Act) rules. $20 registration fee. WSU and OSU faculty and extension agents along with representatives from FDA, ODA and WSDA and are structured to go into more detail on what the proposed rules mean for growers and processors. http://tinyurl.com/d4y3uco 

Food Safety - Good Agricultural Practices

foodsafety.wsu.edu

To download a copy of the proposed agenda please click on agenda. Learn more about the Proposed Produce and Preventive Control for Human Food Rules