Lauren Gwin

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Community Food Systems Specialist

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541-737-1569
[email protected]

Expertise: Local, regional and community food systems , Commercial food processing , Farm food safety

Programs: OSU Small Farms , Farm to School

Links: Center for Small Farms & Community Food Systems , Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network

Department/Unit: Crop and Soil Science - Crops Unit

Biography

Lauren is OSU's Extension Community Food Systems Specialist and Associate Director of the Center for Small Farms & Community Food Systems. Her extension, outreach, and applied research focus on public policy and regulations, small-scale processing and value chains, and markets within local and regional food systems; small farm profitability and long-term viability; and sustainable community-based food system development. She also directs the national Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network.

Content by Lauren Gwin

Through unique collaboration, Extension helps Oregon nonprofit guide grants to hard-hit Oregon farmers

To date, the Oregon Community Food Systems Network with help from OSU Extension has awarded over $3 million to 222 farms across the state, to take action that will improve the resilience of the land they cultivate and their farm businesses.

Henry Carnell | Sep 12, 2024 | News story

OSU Extension Small Farms Program among nation’s best

The program works toward improving small-farm horticultural production and small-scale livestock, poultry and forage production.

Lauren Gwin | Apr 2024 | Impact story

La Ley de Oregon Sobre la Venta Directa de la Granja: Productos de Valor Agregado Procesados por Productores

Learn the ins and outs of the Farm Direct Marketing Law, which allows farmers to turn what they grow into value-added products and sell directly to consumers without being licensed food processors.

Lauren Gwin, Kelly Streit, Sara Runkel | Feb 2024 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

OSU Extension supports small-scale and historically marginalized farmers

The Oregon Community Food Systems Network (OCFSN) has been an integral part of building and maintaining the institutional infrastructure essential for the network’s activities and topical working groups.

Lauren Gwin | May 2023 | Impact story

Oregon State to co-lead $30 million USDA regional food business center

Oregon State University has been selected to co-lead a $30 million U.S. Department of Agriculture regional food business center that will support farmers, ranchers and other food-related businesses to access new markets and navigate federal, state and local resources. 

Sean Nealon | May 7, 2023 | News story

Oregon's Home Baking Bill: Excepción de cocina residencial para productos de panadería y confitería

En 2016, la legislatura de Oregón aprobó una ley que permite a la gente producir ciertos productos de panadería y confitería en sus cocinas domésticas y venderlos directamente a los consumidores sin tener que...

Lauren Gwin | Mar 2022 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

OSU Extension Small Farms Program will use grants to strengthen Oregon’s food systems

OSU Center for Small Farms & Community Food Systems and the Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network received more than $800,000 in grant money.

Kym Pokorny | Dec 21, 2021 | News story

What Can I Do with My Small Farm? Selecting an Enterprise for Small Acreages

Covers the many factors involved in making decisions related to the use of small-farm property. Discusses the small farm as a hobby, an agricultural tax deferral, and a family income. Explains how to match crop...

Amy Garrett, Chip Bubl, Garry Stephenson, Maud Powell, Lauren Gwin, Melissa Fery, Heather Stoven | Jun 2021 | Extension Catalog publication

Food Hubs in Oregon

This publication is a list of established and emerging Food Hub ventures in Oregon, with brief descriptions and contact info. Hubs included vary in their size, scope, and structure. All of them work to support producers, ...

Lauren Gwin, Kiara Kashuba | Mar 2021 | Article

Challenges and opportunities in bringing a DEI lens to the Community Food System Indicators

Adding information about race and gender to the Community Food System Indicators can bring disparities in food production and access among Oregon residents into sharper focus.

Shannon Caplan, Lauren Gwin | Jan 2021 | Article

La guía de buenas prácticas para el sacrificio al aire libre de aves de corral

Los productores de aves de corral en Oregón que cumplen con ciertas condiciones pueden sacrificar sus pollos, pavos y otras aves de corral al aire libre. Sin embargo, deben cumplir con los requisitos para la ...

Rebecca Thistlethwaite, Lauren Gwin | Aug 2020 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Oregon Community Food Systems by the Numbers: Oregon's Farmers Markets

Examines the impact of farmers markets in low-income areas of Oregon with low access to supermarkets. One in a series of fact sheets that monitors trends and changes in various dimensions of the food system. ...

Mallory Rahe, Lauren Gwin, Benjamin S. Antolin | Mar 2023 | Extension Catalog publication

Economic impact of local food producers in central Oregon

Locally produced food has a big impact on the central Oregon economy. For every dollar spent on local food, 76 cents stays locally vs. 28 cents for imports. And there's room for more growth, according to 2016 study.

Lauren Gwin, Mallory Rahe, Katrina Van Dis, Jess Weiland | Apr 2024 | Article

Breaking new ground: Farmer perspectives on organic transition (in English)

This publication explains the positive affects of organic farming, while also presenting farmer perspectives about the transition as well.

Lauren Gwin, Garry Stephenson, Chris Schreiner, Sarah Brown | Apr 2024 | Online resource

Meat and poultry processing regulations in Oregon: A short guide

Farmers and ranchers around Oregon raise and sell livestock and poultry for a variety of local and regional markets. Processing is a necessary but often complex link in the chain connecting farms to end consumers. Here are ...

Lauren Gwin | Dec 2016 | Article

Practical Strategies to Assess and Improve Small Farm Profitability

Farm profitability, an issue for all farmers, is a particular challenge for small-scale, diversified farms selling primarily into local-direct and specialty-wholesale markets. This publication explores how these farmers can...

Lauren Gwin, Tanya Murray | Jul 2020 | Extension Catalog publication

Enhancing organic agriculture in Oregon: Research, education and policy

A look at the research, education and policy needs of Oregon’s organic farming sector from several perspectives.

Garry Stephenson, Lauren Gwin, Maud Powell, Amy Garrett, Oregon Tilth Inc. | Jul 2024 | Extension Catalog publication

Enhancing Organic Agriculture in Oregon: Research, Education, and Policy

This report combines different perspectives--farmers, researchers, and food system stakeholders across statewide and sub-regional scales--to shed light on what is needed to enhance organic agriculture in Oregon. Some ...

Garry Stephenson, Lauren Gwin, Maud Powell, Amy Garrett | Oct 2020 | Extension Catalog publication

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