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How to buy fish at your local market

Learn what to look for and what to ask the next time you are shopping for fish at your local market or grocery store. Helpful tips and tricks for purchasing fish for your next meal.

Kaety Jacobson | Oct 2018 | Video

Oregon Community Food Systems by the Numbers: Oregon's Farmers Markets

Examines the impact of farmers markets in low-income areas of Oregon with low access to supermarkets. One in a series of fact sheets that monitors trends and changes in various dimensions of the food system. ...

Mallory Rahe, Lauren Gwin, Benjamin S. Antolin | Aug 2018 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Rural Community Assistance Center

A nonprofit organization that provides training, technical and financial resources and advocacy so rural communities can achieve their goals. Since 1978, our dedicated staff and active board, coupled with our key values: leadership, collaboration, commitment, quality and integrity, have helped effect positive change in rural communities across the West.

May 2018 | Online resource

Farm to Institution

This infographic explains the concept of having farmer producers sell direct to institutional buyers rather than selling through direct marketing channels or wholesale distributors.

Apr 2018 | Online resource

Economic impact of local food producers in central Oregon

Locally produced food has a big impact on the central Oregon economy. For every dollar spent on local food, 76 cents stays locally vs. 28 cents for imports. And there's room for more growth, according to 2016 study.

Lauren Gwin, Mallory Rahe, Katrina Van Dis, Jess Weiland | Apr 2018 | Article

Pesticide Drift (NPIC)

Pesticide drift is the airborne movement of pesticides from an area of application to any unintended site. Drift can happen during pesticide application, when droplets or dust travel away from the target site. It can also happen after the application, when some chemicals become vapors that can move off-site. Pesticide drift can cause accidental exposure to people, animals, plants, and property.

Jan 2017 | Online resource

Living on the Land

The Living on The Land series is a source of concise, essential information for Eastern Oregon country living, brought to you by the Oregon State University Extension Service. Topics include pasture, land, ...

Oct 2015 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Helping small farmers in southern Oregon

Small farms have sprouted across southwestern Oregon like the seeds they plant. The growth comes as interest in local foods increases, retirees buy small acreages, and ambitious Generation Xers and Yers look for back-to-the-land vocations.

Maud Powell, Aluna Michelle | Nov 2013 | Video

Creating Farmer Networks: A Toolkit for Promoting Vibrant Farm Communities

A toolkit for farmers, Extension agents, community organizers, and other agricultural professionals interested in starting and maintaining a successful farmer network. The publication is divided into two sections: an ...

Melissa Matthewson, Melissa Fery, Maud Powell | Feb 2013 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

OSU Extension at Work - The Lopez Rubio Brothers at Gray's Farm

Oscar Lopez Rubio makes learning his primary goal as mid-manager of the Gray farm near Albany. Much of his training and hands-on help in the fields come from the OSU Extension office of Linn County and Integrated Pest Management courses offered throughout the state.

Skip Gray, Oscar Lopez Rubio | Apr 2011 | Video

OSU Extension Service

Local, regional and community food systems