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Products containing dinotefuran & imidacloprid are prohibited for use on linden trees. New rule to protect bees.

Reminder: Coast to Cascades COOK-OFF. Deadline to register is JUNE 27TH @ 5pm

This link: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/lincoln/sites/default/files/localfoodscookoff2014.pdf
COOK-OFF. Deadline to register is JUNE 27TH @ 5pm

Tips from the OSU Extension Service on when to water your vegetables

OSU Extension Lincoln County, Lincoln Co Foods shared Oregon State University Extension Service's photo.

Check out these tips from the OSU Extension Service on when to water your vegetables: http://bit.ly/OSU_Gardening2354

Oregon Small Farm News

OSU Extension Lincoln County, Lincoln Co Foods shared a link via Oregon State University Small Farms Program.

Oregon Small Farm News is a free online newsletter that concentrates on both commercial small farm entrepreneurs as well as non-commercial small acreage landowners.

Newsletter | Small Farms Programs  smallfarms.oregonstate.edu

Oregon Small Farm News is a free online newsletter that concentrates on both commercial small farm entrepreneurs as well as non-commercial small acreage landowners. Our focus embraces organic/biological and conventional farming systems and emphasizes three areas:

INVITATION: OSU Extension Statewide School Garden Team Forming

A group of 4-H, FCH and Master Gardener faculty and staff from around Oregon have gathered together to develop strategies for a more cohesive statewide Extension School Garden Project for Oregon and we are seeking interested faculty and staff who would like to be a part of these efforts. The team hopes to develop a statewide School garden website and regional school garden trainings. They are seeking others who would be interested in being a part of the Project team, assist with trainings or would be interested in attending a training.
If any Master Gardeners are interested, please email me by Wednesday June 26th.
Liz Olsen
Lincoln County Extension
MG Program Coordinator
541-574-6534x20

Oregon Department of Agriculture adopts rule to protect bees

Oregon Department of Agriculture adopts rule to protect bees

Small farms making big impact in US agriculture

Small farms making big impact in US agriculture - Yahoo News

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As a teenager, Danelle Myer wanted nothing more than to leave her family's farm in Iowa and become a big-city advertising executive. After building a career in public relations, Myer returned three years ago to her rural roots in the US farm belt -- the tiny Iowan town of...