OSU Extension Marion County E-Newsletter

September/October E-Newsletter: fire, fruit and safety: OSU Extension reacts to current events in the community. When Covid struck, it pivoted programs online, when wild fires burned, 4-H helped small animals and woodland and fire programs leaped to assist land owners, not only to prevent fires before the event, but to restore lands afterwards. But it's not just with headline events that extension gets involved. Agricultural research continued throughout the summer at OSU NWREC, helping small fruit farmers to be more productive and sustainable, and nitrate testing services are now offered in the office, along with grass seed field registration and pressure gauge testing for canning. Our goal is to serve the community and keep you safe and healthy (and your small animals too).

July/August E-newsletter: 4-H issue: During the pandemic 4-H swerved its programs to online formats, including the county fair and is creating new youth learning and developing materials, more important than ever with kids having to stay at home. A collaboration with the USDA SNAP-Ed program has hired a program assistant to bring nutrition education into four schools in Marion County, and they are producing high quality nutrition and meal preparation videos. Read how faculty who focus on youth are giving them the chance to thrive during the pandemic.

May/June 2020 Newsletter: May/June 2020 Newsletter

March/April E-Newsletter: In this issue of the Marion County Extension Newsletter Glenn Ahrens writes about keeping northwest forests healthy, and Mike Bondi describes vegetable research trials at OSU NWREC. Betsy Verhoeven talks about how the hop industry is studying the wine concept of terroir for applicability to hops, and Mark Chien writes about an exciting art project at the MCE office. There's more news about people coming and going, and also events and announcements. Note: the Marion County Extension office is closed until further notice. We regret any inconvenience to you. Our faculty and staff are still working at home and are available to you!

January-February E-newsletter: In this issue of the Marion County Extension newsletter we learn about keeping septic systems in fine working order, and growing olives in in Oregon. Extension is partnering with community organizations to promote healthy diets and if you are planning to raise a cow, sheep or goat we can tell you how. 4-H awards are given at the extension annual meeting and Junior Master Gardeners are learning how plants grow and how to make delicious meals from them. And there's a new field corps newsletter and a national agritourism survey.