By Troy Downing, OSU Extension Service, Tillamook County Leader For many years now, OSU Extension has been working with Tillamook Bay Community College on building a new joint teaching and extension facility. …
Category: Agriculture
Gardening and Food Preservation Day Camps Offered
Kids can kick off summer at the Dishin’ up the Dirt Summer Day Camp. It is a fun-packed week of gardening, foods, and crafts. This year will feature birds in the garden….
Solving family arguments for over 100 years: Oregon State University Extension Service
By Amy Schmid, Administrative Program Specialist, & Jessica D. Linnell, PhD, Assistant Professor of Practice, Family & Community Health, OSU Extension Service, Tillamook County We have all had that argument with…
Food Roots’ FarmTable Incubator Gears Up for Another Farmers Market Season
Food Roots new FarmTable coordinator, Sarah Fae Scott is gearing up for another season at Tillamook Farmers Market. FarmTable is a farmer to market incubation project run by Food Roots every Saturday…
Manzanita Farmers Market Thanks PUD for Solar Power!
Manzanita Farmers Market opens its 12th season Friday, June 9 with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 5pm to celebrate the new location of the market in the Manzanita City Parking Lot on…
Neskowin Farmers Market First to Open for Season in Tillamook County
By April Bailey, for the Tillamoook County Pioneer Neskowin Farmer’s Market opened for the 2017 season today May 20th from 9am-1pm. Located in the Neskowin Wayside, the market features regional and local vendors. Products…
Canning Classes Available
Would you like to learn how to can this summer? Are you an experienced canner who would like to update your skills and learn the most current USDA safe canning practices? Then…
4-H College Scholarship Winners Announced
Morgan Queen and Katie Sherer, both seniors at Tillamook High School (THS), are the 2017 winners of a $500 Tillamook County 4-H Association scholarship. This scholarship is set up to aid in the…
Manzanita Farmers Market Makes Move to City-owned Parking Lot on South 5th St., opening June 9th
By Laura Swanson The Manzanita Farmers Market is making a move to the city of Manzanita’s parking lot, on 5th Street, just a block south of the former location at 5th and…
Farm & Food Business Matched Savings Accounts Available
Food Roots has just begun its 8th year of offering Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) to entrepreneurs, either starting or growing their farm or food business, in our community. An IDA is a…