Calling all meat producers, suppliers, processors, and marketers! Your input is needed to help shape Oregon’s State Meat Inspection Program. Click here for more information about the meeting
The High Desert Food and Farm Alliance (HDFFA) and Oregon State University (OSU) Extension Service are holding a workshop with Crook County farmers to better understand the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) currently facing Central Oregon producers. The workshop will take place virtually over Zoom on January 18th from 10-11:30am PT. The feedback received … Continue reading SWOT Workshop for Crook County Farmers
The High Desert Food and Farm Alliance (HDFFA) and Oregon State University (OSU) Extension Service are holding a workshop with Jefferson County farmers to better understand the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) currently facing Central Oregon producers. The workshop will take place virtually over Zoom on January 20th from 10-11:30am PT. The feedback received … Continue reading SWOT Workshop for Jefferson County Farmers
The High Desert Food and Farm Alliance (HDFFA) and Oregon State University (OSU) Extension Service are holding a workshop with Deschutes County farmers to better understand the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) currently facing Central Oregon producers. The workshop will take place virtually over Zoom on January 22nd from 10-11:30am PT. The feedback received … Continue reading SWOT Workshop for Deschutes County Farmers
The High Desert Food and Farm Alliance (HDFFA) and Oregon State University (OSU) Extension Service are holding a workshop with Crook County ranchers to better understand the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) currently facing Central Oregon producers. The workshop will take place virtually over Zoom on January 25th from 10-11:30am PT. The feedback received … Continue reading SWOT Workshop for Crook County Ranchers
Mega-dairies play a major role in driving dairy farmers off the land across the country, including in Oregon. They over-produce and flood the market with cheap milk, while externalizing their environmental and social costs, making it hard for small dairy farmers to compete. Forty years ago, Oregon was home to more than 4,000 dairies, mostly … Continue reading Webinar: Why a Mega-Dairy Moratorium is Needed in Oregon
The High Desert Food and Farm Alliance (HDFFA) and Oregon State University (OSU) Extension Service are holding a workshop with Jefferson County ranchers to better understand the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) currently facing Central Oregon producers. The workshop will take place virtually over Zoom on January 27th from 10-11:30am PT. The feedback received … Continue reading SWOT Workshop for Jefferson County Ranchers
The High Desert Food and Farm Alliance (HDFFA) and Oregon State University (OSU) Extension Service are holding a workshop with Deschutes County ranchers to better understand the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) currently facing Central Oregon producers. The workshop will take place virtually over Zoom on January 29th from 10-11:30am PT. The feedback received … Continue reading SWOT Workshop for Deschutes County Ranchers
Are you a farmer and interested in becoming a vendor for our Portland Fill Your Pantry in December 2021? Time to start planning! Join us for a casual conversation/question and answer session with Heidi Noordjik of OSU Small Farms Program and Lane Selman of the Culinary Breeding Network...along with some local area farmers who grow … Continue reading PDX Farmer Fill Your Pantry Seed Ordering and Winter Vegetable Happy Hour
Tualatin SWCD is excited to host livestock nutritionist and forage expert, Woody Lane, for a three-part workshop aimed to help you make and maintain healthy pasture. This series is appropriate for both new and veteran managers of all types of livestock. This free, virtual workshop will discuss: - The principles of good grazing - Methods … Continue reading Making and Maintaining Healthy Pasture
Upcoming NMPAN and ODA webinar: So You Want to Build a Meat Plant in Oregon? When: Friday, February 5th from 1-2pm We will discuss economics, regulations, and where to find resources. Discussion with Rebecca Thistlethwaite, Director of the Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network of Oregon State University and Oregon Department of Agriculture staff. Registration is … Continue reading So You Want to Build a Meat Plant in Oregon?