Local Foods

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Oregon State University Extension in Lincoln County Oregon is pleased to announce a new initiative to connect farmers and restaurants/chefs.Through this program, producers can fax a request to our office when they have or plan to have produce they would like to sell to restaurants or individual consumers. Our office then relays this information to restaurants and/or consumers who then get in touch with individual producers and organize for delivery and pricing. Likewise, restaurants and consumers can request for produce they would like to have in which case our office will get in touch with producers and ask them to get in touch with the restaurants and/or consumers. Our main aim is to link these three parties to encourage relationships that promote growing and consumption of local foods. For those who do not have faxes, you can also call us on our toll free numbers listed on the Fax Request FormThis is totally free to all restaurants, producers, and consumers alike in Lincoln, Benton, Linn, Lane, Polk and Tillamook Counties in Oregon. For consumers please use the Consumer Produce Request Formto fax, email, or mail us your request which we will forward to producers.

We also have a discussion board website where you can list the produce you want to sell during the growing season. We are wokring on a new site that will be dedicated to this marketing option for Lincoln County farmers.

2008 Lincoln County Food System Report

Useful Links:

Growing Your Own: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/html/grow/grow

Extension Gardening Web Page  http://extension.oregonstate.edu/gardening

Northwest Gardeners e-News  http://extension.oregonstate.edu/gardening/enews/