Green City

Tomorrow (April 22), the Wednesday Farmer’s Market in Corvallis will reopen in its new location at S.W. Second Street and S.W. D Avenue. We’ve got details…

Event: Feeding Our Community – Promoting Self-Sufficiency
Learn about federal and state regulations on agriculture, present status of mid-valley agriculture, and its potential for feeding our population.

Have a great recipe for springtime local produce? Enter the spring local foods cook-off sponsored by the Ten Rivers Food Web.
Use your favorite spring vegetable in your favorite dish for a chance to win gift certificates to local restaurants or gift basket full of local stuff.
What you need to do:

Register for the contest.
Plan your recipe. [...]

Want to learn more about keeping chickens in your backyard? Get ready for the Cooped up in Corvallis tour sponsored by the Corvallis Environmental Center.

What: Lecture, Beyond Environmentalism: The Case for a New Politics with Michael Shellenberger, Time Magazine “Hero of the Environment”
When: 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 4

Guest blogger Emily Hagen, marketing coordinator for First Alternative Co-op, has a report on the outcome of the Eat Local America Challenge, that was just capped off this week.
Welcome Emily! And go local food!

Look for food-related events this fall using Travel Oregon’s Bounty Web site. If you know of local stuff that didn’t make it on the list, let us know.

When: 5 to 7p.m. Tuesday, August 26
Where: Starker Art’s Park, S.W. 45th Place, just north of Country Club Drive.
The garden is overflowing with green beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, tomatillos, eggplant, zucchini, flowers. Come help harvest and take away some summer produce.
Donate $30 to the Youth Garden Project and receive produce from the garden in a Corvallis [...]