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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OSU EXT Lincoln Co Foods

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

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Status Update
By Lincoln County Fairgrounds Farmers Market
The Lincoln County Fairgrounds Farmers Market is back in full swing this week from 10-2. As you can see from the earlier post lots of fresh eggs as well as local produce, baked goods, fresh salsa, hot food, hot coffee and lots of your favorite artists. Olalla Nursery will also be joining us for the remainder of the month with fabulous plants for your spring gardening enjoyment!

Do you want to learn how to garden and save money, time, water and work? 

4-H Sustainable Living Club Invites the Public to Learn to Build an EarthBed© Thursday, March 21st, 5pm, the 4-H Sustainable Living Club invites you to learn how to build an EarthBed© in your “Garden for Sustainable Living.”  No special skills are needed.

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OSU EXT Lincoln Co Foods Group

A quick reminder that the Lincoln County Foods Group is meeting tomorrow, Tuesday, March 12th, from 12-2pm at the Extension Office in Newport (29 SE 2nd Street).

•  Discussing The Lemonade Project's upcoming season including the project's partnership with the Newport HELP Program, dot survey results about food system priorities in Lincoln County and FEAST follow-up planning.

From OSU Ext. LC Foods @LincolnCoFoods  
For the latest March-April issue of the extension's Coast Ranger with local news in Child Care, Nutrition & Recipes, Master Gardening, 4-H, Forestry, Aquaculture, Sea Grant, and the monthly Gardening Calendar: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/lincoln/sites/default/files/coast_ranger.march_.april2013.low__0.pdf

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