As we welcome the autumn season we are grateful for much! Including abundant harvest, good health and the gratifying job of working with so many wonderful farmers. --Melissa & Amy
|
Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Grants for Farmers and Ranchers
Farmer and Rancher grants are one- to three-year grants that are conducted by agricultural producers with support and guidance from a technical advisor. Individual farmers or ranchers may apply for up to $15,000, and a group of three or more producers may apply for up to $25,000. Producers typically use their grants to conduct on-site experiments that can improve their operations and the environment and can be shared with other producers. Grant recipients may also focus on marketing and organic production. Proposals due in December 2014. A technical review will be held in January 2015, and proposals will be selected for funding in March 2015.
For more information go to the WSARE website. |
Farmers Rising!
Brought to you by Friends of Family Farmers’s FarmON! program, Rogue Farm Corps & Cascade Pacific Resource Conservation & Development.
What: Hands-on workshops, farmer-to-farmer trainings, film screening, networking, good food, a hoedown, and much more!
When: Friday, October 17th – Sunday, October 19th, 2014
Where: Two Rivers Farm in Springfield, OR. Camping will be available on site.
Cost: $85 for full weekend, $60 Saturday & Sunday only. For ticket information, conference brochure and contact information go to Farmers Rising!
|
OSU Extension Faculty and Staff
Amy Garrett, Instructor
amy.garrett@oregonstate.edu
541-766-3551
Melissa Fery, Sr. Instructor
melissa.fery@oregonstate.edu
541-766-3553
Chrissy Lucas, Program Assistant II
chrissy.lucas@oregonstate.edu
541-766-3556
Oregon State University Extension Service offers educational programs, activities, and materials without discrimination based on age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran’s status. Oregon State University Extension Service is an Equal Opportunity Employer. These events will be made accessible upon request. If you have a physical disability that requires special considerations in order for you to attend these OSU events, please notify Chrissy Lucas.
|
|
Screening of Resistance
a Documentary by UJI Films
Tuesday, October 7
OSU Linus Pauling Science Center, Room 125
Oregon State University
July 19-20, 2014
- Doors open: 6:00 pm
- Screening: 6:30 pm (72 minutes)
- Discussion: 7:45 pm
Tickets: Free Admission (seating limited to 100 attendees)
Parking: Adjacent to the building, south side. View OSU campus map.
Post-film discussion led by Michael Graziano, the director of Resistance
The issues: Antibiotics were first massed-produced in the 1940s. Their ability to fight and kill bacteria revolutionized medicine and have had profound effects on everything from agriculture to the Armed Forces. After only 70-years, however, these miracle drugs are failing. Just one kind of antibiotic resistant infection kills more people each year than emphysema, HIV/AIDS, Parkinson’s disease, and homicide combined, and there are now dozens of these so-called Superbugs each with its own challenges and costs. This film analyzes the causes of this problem, which include use of antibiotics at sub-therapeutic levels in animal feed.
Screening of Resistance is a collaborative project of Slow Food Corvallis, the OSU Food in Culture and Social Justice Program (Department of Anthropology) and the OSU Center for Small Farms and Community Food Systems.
Event Poster
|
Practical Introduction to Cheese Making Short Course
October 7-9, 2014
Wiegand & Withycombe Halls, OSU Campus 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
For More Information: 800.823.2357
Practical Introduction to Cheesemaking flyer
Date and Location:
October 7-9, 2014
Wiegand & Withycombe Halls, OSU Campus, Corvallis, Oregon
Directions to Wiegand Hall
Registration fees:
Limited to 25 participants
Register Online (pay by check or credit card)
$425 pp - Days 1 & 2 only
$575 pp - Days 1-3
(registration fee includes parking permit, handouts and lunch each day.
Day 3 includes visit to Artisan cheese maker.)
|
|
