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Building Food Communities – Local Food and Buying Groups/Clubs

Building Food Communities – Local Food and Buying Groups/Clubs

I visited Tyler Jones of Afton Field Farm near Corvallis (website……..blog). We talked about food buying clubs/groups and it brought me back to some previous ideas I had around starting one such club back in Manitoba with members of the Harvest Moon Local Food Initiative. Check out this video of Tyler talking about his clubs/groups. Farmers [...]

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Ask not only what your farmer can do for you but what you can do for your farmer…

Ask not only what your farmer can do for you but what you can do for your farmer…

I believe that, as much as possible, the crops grown and animals raised on a farm should be thought of as food not commodity. So, naturally, I’m interested in how we move towards having more farmers/ranchers transition into direct relationships with eaters where food is grown and moved into the hands of eaters without being [...]

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New Video: Reclaiming Agriculture for Family Farms in Oregon

New Video: Reclaiming Agriculture for Family Farms in Oregon

Check out the newest F2F video short created with and for the Friends of Family Farmers in Oregon. I’ve been in Oregon for almost nine months now and have learned a great deal about direct farm marketing and local food in this part of the continent. Along the way, I have found myself in the [...]

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