All of the 3rd & 4th grade classes from Hallinan Elementary School came to visit Luscher Farm last week. I was VERY impressed with how much they knew about food & farming. Sounds like they have a great garden project at their school too! At the farm they got to see a little bit of everything including the Children’s Garden, Community Gardens, and the CSA. Hope to see them back at the farm this summer for classes, camps and the CSA!

Would you like to learn more about where your veggies comes from?
Do you want to know more about what it takes to get all those vegetables to the CSA pickup each week?
Then come volunteer with the 47th Ave crew at Luscher Farm!

Saturday Work Party
From June – October we will host a work party on the first Saturday of the month.  We will be doing a variety of activities on these days such as weeding, seeding, and transplanting.  We end every Saturday Work Party with a Potluck at the farm, as a way of celebrating the days work and to enjoy each others company.

Friday Volunteer Day
This summer we are also adding a Friday volunteer opportunity.  Every third Friday of the month, Rebekah Anderson, former Farmer Manager at 47th, will lead a group of volunteers in whatever projects need to be done that day.  Volunteers may join for half a day or the full work day to get a taste of what it’s like to be a farmer.  Volunteers should bring their own lunch and a tour of the farm will be included in the day.

2011 Farm Volunteer Opportunities:
Saturday, June 4th 1pm-5pm
Friday June 17th 8am-12pm or 1pm-5 pm
Saturday July 2nd 1pm- 5pm
Friday July 22nd 8am-12pm or 1pm-5pm
Saturday August 6th 1pm-5pm
Friday August 19th 8am-12pm or 1pm-5pm
Saturday September 3rd 1pm-5pm
Friday September 16th 8am-12pm or 1pm-5pm

If you have any questions about the Volunteer Opportunities at 47th Ave Farm please email: Volunteer@47thAveFarm.com

Help support your favorite farmers in our fight against the planned quarry on Grand Island! The Yamhill Co Comissioners will hear our testimony this Wed Nov 10th starting at 1pm at the Mac Community Center 600 NE Evans Street McMinnville, OR 97128. More info available here.

Today the site is a beautiful farm. Help us keep it from becoming a gravel mine that destroys the farmland forever…

We hope that you can join us at a public Food and Farm Forum this Tuesday from 6-8:30pm at the McMinnville Community Center (600 NE Evans St., Room 103).  There will be a meet and greet followed by a panel with Representative Jim Weidner and Susan Sokol Blosser, both candidates for House District 24.  This is an opportunity to discuss food and agriculture issues with the candidates to highlight for them your concerns and thoughts, and to hear from the candidates where they stand on these issues.  I’ll definitely be asking for their thoughts on the Grand Island quarry!

Tomorrow – Tuesday, September 28th – McMinnville Community Center, Room 103 – House District 24

Free and open to the public. Sponsored by Friends of Family Farmers, Slow Food Yamhill, OSALT

Join us this Sunday, Sept 19th at 1pm for a Bike Tour around Grand Island. You can see our new farm, meet our great neighbors, have a lovely bike ride and even swim in the river if the sun is shining. All the info is here. Hope you can come!

The September work party has been cancelled, but we’d love your help harvesting winter squash in October. On Sat Oct 2nd from 1-5pm we will host the final work party of the summer season at Luscher Farm. Hope you can join us to learn more about urban farming, where your food comes from and how to grow it.

I haven’t been to see live theater in ages, but my friend Karen invited me to see the new Sojourn Theater show On the Table last night and I loved it! Innovative, thought provoking and entertaining – I’d highly recommend it. Only showing for another week I think so check it out here asap.