The Harvest Festival at Alder Creek Farm is coming, October 5th from 12pm to 4pm. Don’t miss it! This will be one of the areas last Farmers Market of the season. Hosted…
Category: Agriculture
Food Roots Receives over $250,000 in Farm to School Program Funding
OIOpublisher Food Roots’ programs would not exist without generous funding from our community of supporters. We are overjoyed to announce over $250,000 has been raised by Food Roots to fund our Farm…
It’s Farmers Market Season … throughout the County…
No matter the day of the week, there is a Farmers Market SOMEWHERE this time of year … the grand dame of them all is the Astoria Sunday Market with an amazing…
Join Food Roots for a Harvest Dinner on Tuesday, July 16th at the Pacific Restaurant!
Don’t miss your chance to join us! Food Roots is partnering with Nehalem River Ranch and local chefs and restaurants throughout Tillamook County to host a series of harvest dinners throughout the…
Explore Oyster Beds and Ancient Plants with the Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS
What do oysters have to do with healthy ecosystems? According to Chrissy Smith with the Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS, the oyster industry is an important part of the North Oregon Coast…
OSU Extension Office in Tillamook Hiring Aquaculturist
Oregon Sea Grant (OSG) and Oregon State University Extension Service (OSUES) invites applications for a full-time (1.00 FTE), 12-month, fixed-term, Assistant Professor of Practice: Extension Aquaculturist. The position will be serving the…
Manzanita Farmers Market Opens Friday June 7th
The Manzanita Farmers Market readies for the first market of 2019 this Friday June 7! Be there for the opening drum at 5pm and Craig Mackie on the handdrum to start the…
Food Roots’ Beginning Farmer Hoop House Dedication Ceremony to Founder Shelly Bowe May 29th
The community is cordially invited to attend Food Roots’ Beginning Farmer Hoop House dedication ceremony on May 29th, located at the Port of Tillamook Bay, near the Officer’s Mess Hall. Food Roots…
Paid Summer Student Fellowship Available in Tillamook at OSU Extension Service
Tillamook county students enrolled in the OSU College of Public Health and Human Science are invited to apply for a paid community-based fellowship focusing on improving nutrition and the food environment sponsored…
Tillamook County lost 10 percent of its farmland in just 5 years; Oregon legislators need to step up and help save our farms
New data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture show that 340,000 acres fell out of agricultural production in Oregon from 2012-2017, more than three times the number of acres lost from 2007-2012…