Pre-Ordering for Fill Your Pantry Sunday Nov 2nd

Stock up on locally grown bulk storoge and staple crops at this
farm direct community bulk buying event!
Sundady November 2nd· 2PM- 6PM ••Corvallis "Fill Your Pantry Market
Guerber Hall Benton County Fairgrounds - 110 SW 53rd Street, Corvallis
Preordering for this event opened Oct 12th at www.tenriversfoodweb.orq. Preordering is encouraqed for best availability and is required for orders of 100 pounds or more. Debit and SNAP benefits will be'accepted

Visit www.tenriversfoodweb.orq for more details.

Organic Farming and Soil Health — Webinar Portal

Oregon State University Small Farms Program shared a link.

Organic Farming and Soil Health — Webinar Portal

Participate in this webinar to learn about implementing soil health principles in organic farming systems, including a discussion of the role of soil health in organic production and practices and challenges for organic farmers.

conservationwebinars.net

Holiday Food Safety Hotline open November 17- 26, M-F, 9 am- 4 pm

OSU Extension Service Food Preservation
Toll- Free OSU Food Safety and Preservation Hotline is open for just 2 more weeks! 1-800-354-7319 M-F 9 am - 4pm
Closing for the season, October 17, 2014.
We are very grateful for the dedication and expertise of the Lane and Douglas County Master Food Preservers and their supervisors. With increased interest in food preservation and lots of novices giving it a try, our MFPs have responded very skillfully to many interesting questions. Thank you!
Holiday Food Safety Hotline open November 17- 26, M-F, 9 am- 4 pm 1-800-354-7319

Two For One: Subsidies Help Food Stamp Recipients Buy Fresh Food

 NPR:
http://tinyurl.com/layv8f4
U.S. Department of Agriculture just announced that $31.5 million is now available as grants to programs that help make farm-fresh fruits and vegetables more affordable for families who rely on food stamps.

Tokens representing $1, which can be used specifically for fresh fruits and vegetables, are displayed at a Electronic Benefits Transfer, or food stamps.....

OSU will host farm succession workshops Salem Dec 2nd

Family Agricultural Enterprise Succession

Family Agricultural Enterprise Succession: A Management Transition Seminar

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Targeted Education

This workshop series will jump start the transfer of your farm management to the next generation or other successor. Transferring management is the first step toward retirement for the current farm owners. it is also the first step toward transitioning ownership of the farm to the next generation. At least one person from the current (owning) generation and one person from the next generation must attend both workshops.

http://business.oregonstate.edu/familybusinessonline/family-agricultural-enterprise-succession

Required sea safety course is free!!

OSU Ext Lincoln ‏@OSUExt 

Register today for the October Drill Conductor class in Newport! This required sea safety course is free!! http://extension.oregonstate.edu/lincoln/sites/default/files/octoberdrillclassflyer14.pdf …

Agriculture: Sign Up For Livestock News, Events and Training Opportunities

Do you have cattle, sheep, lamb, hogs and poultry in your farm or homestead? Are you interested in training opportunities to improve your livestock enterprise to be more profitable? Due to not having an OSU livestock faculty member here in Lincoln County, OSU and the Cattlemen’s Association have come together to help in local trainings and workshops to help our livestock farmers manage their farms. As part of this strategy, they also want to develop an up -to date email list where they can periodically send training session information even in surrounding counties to the livestock farmers so they can choose whether or not to attend depending on topic and their interest in that topic.

Examples of some of the training sessions farmers will be emailed include the following:
1.New pasture and range weeds and new chemical and non -chemical control options
2.K-line Pasture Irrigation
3. Ultrasound clinic-for collecting carcass data on live animals (purebred bulls and heifers)
4. The economics of immunization of livestock
5. Brucellosis in cattle, sheep and goats
6. Nutrition and Health Management for Cow-Calf Operations
7. Optimizing forage production
8. Artificial Insemination School–usually in Corvallis
9. Managing Internal Parasites in Small Ruminants
10. Buffers between grazing sheep and leafy crops augment food safety
11. Equipment Maintenance and Haying Equipment
12. Reproduction in beef cattle
13. Fertilizing Hayfields and Pastures, etc.

OSU will strive to hold at least one training session in Lincoln County each year for those who sign up. If you are interested in getting these period update, please sign up by sending an email to  kathy.buisman@oregonstate.edu
with the email you want signed up or she can use the email that comes off the message you send.