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Education

 

Look for more comprehensive food resources on this page soon!

 


 

Visit Cooking Up a Story for video stories about food and sustainability in the Pacific Northwest - with a Gorge Grown Food Network segment coming soon!


 

This year Congress will vote on the 2007 Farm Bill. Learn more about it through the resources listed and help ensure a fairer bill for all farmers and consumers.


Farm and Food Policy Project –  http://farmandfoodproject.org

Cultivating Common Ground – http://www.preventioninstitute.org/pdf/Cultivating_Common_Ground_112204.pdf

A New Framework and Direction for U.S. Farm Policy  - 
http://www.farmland.org/programs/campaign/newpolicyrecommendations.asp   

Sustainable Agriculture Coalition - No Time for Delay: A Sustainable Agriculture Agenda for the 2007 Farm Bill - http://www.msawg.org/key-farmbill.html 

 

 

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy - Farm Bill 2007 -    http://www.agobservatory.org/issue_farmbill2007.cfm 

 

Oregon Hunger Relief Task Force 2007 Farm Bill Recommendations – http://www.oregonhunger.org/farm-bill-page-2.html

 

Food Research and Action Center 2007 Farm Bill Food Stamp Reauthorization – http://www.frac.org/Legislative/farmBill2007/06.23.05.html

 

 

 

 


 OSU Extension Service Small Farms

 


For a list of upcoming events and hands-on educational workshops for farmers, visit OSU Extension Service's Small Farms web site. Also check out their quarterly publication Small Farm News.


Visit county extension service web sites for possible additional event listings:

Wasco County Extension Service

Hood River County Extension Service

Sherman County Extension Service

Klickitat County Extension Service

Skamania County Extension Service


Washington Tilth Producers Events Calendar


For a comprehensive list of workshops for farmers in the Northwest, visit Washington Tilth Producers Events Calendar.


 



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