Sunday, May 4, 2014

Farms mostly family owned & sales value of organic ag is growing


Some of the highlights.  

Free fishing weekend June 9-10

 

A good read on community food systems

http://fb.me/3kixbbaHE

Newport Farmers Market moves outside May 10th (next Saturday)


OSU Forage Management Calendar

 


Agrihoods, Citizen Farming

Entre-Manure Farmer D Talks Compost, Agrihoods, & Citizen Farming

Getting Aquaponics Systems into Schools

http://seedstock.com/2014/05/02/sweet-water-foundation-focuses-on-getting-aquaponics-systems-into-schools/

An aquaponics lab, offers students the opportunity to study a complete ecosystem up close, to tackle real physics and engineering challenges, and to learn how to produce their own food. Aquaponics labs fit well into the schools because they can be completely tailored to the school’s needs and resources, Bloom says. A lab can fill a greenhouse... or it can be small enough to fit in the corner of a classroom....