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Connecting
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Local
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The Oregon City Farmers Market is a collaborative effort of Clackamas County Friends of Extension in partnership with Clackamas County, City of Oregon City, OSU Extension Service (Clackamas). Clackamas Soil and Water Conservation District, community volunteers & sponsors
Sponsors & Partners
Please download our Non-Profit Organization application if you wish to present at the Go Green, Live Sustainably booth . Submit to the market manager at the address on the Contact Us page
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Oregon
City Farmers Market
2051
Kaen Rd at Beavercreek Rd,
Clackamas County Public
Service Center
Saturdays 9am - 2pm - May
- October
Live Sustainably, Go
Green!
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Please join us in welcoming the conservation group Trout Unlimited who will be at the Go Green, Live Sustainably booth this coming Saturday, May 17th. The mission of Trout Unlimited is the conservation, protection and restoration of our cold water fisheries and watersheds. Come find out more about the importance of protecting our wild salmon population and learn more about their Why Wild? program, which encourages businesses and consumers to better appreciate the intrinsic value of our wild salmon fisheries. You can learn more by visiting the Trout Unlimited website or WhyWild.org.
Master Recyclers has a plastics round-up scheduled in the Lake Oswego area on May 17th. For locations and times, visit their website at www.masterrecycler.org. A great idea for reducing the amount of trash you generate is to shop stores that offer bulk buy and "own-packaging" options. Does your favorite vendor use too much packaging? Let them know. There is nothing like consumer feedback and citizen involvement for getting a message across. On the subject of compact fluorescent light bulbs, while they are a great alternative to regular bulbs please don't toss them in the trash. Because they contain mercury they are not suitable for landfills. Please collect and dispose of them at a recycling center - such as our very own Metro South Station on Washington Street, Oregon City. If you live elsewhere you can check out the Energy Trust website for other options, click here for more information.
There are many wonderful websites on the Internet offering ideas on how to develop a more sustainable lifestyle. Here are just a few examples:
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Foodroutes.org - Buy local fruits and vegetables for superior nutrition & taste**
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The Meatrix - Things you never knew about factory farming
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Farmland.org - American Farmland Trust, working to save the lands that sustain us
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Going Green - a look at the problems, ideas on how to be part of the solution
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100-Mile Diet - September is Eat Local Month. Can you manage the 100-mile diet?*
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- Clackamas Review - local journalist give the 100-Mile Diet a try
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The Live Sustainably, Go Green booth at the Oregon City Farmers' Market is a great place for local groups to get the word out to the local community about their own efforts towards promoting a sustainable lifestyle. If you are a local group with a mission that is compatible with that of the Oregon City Farmers' Market and would like to participate in our educational initiatives, we would love to hear from you. Areas of interest and concern to our market customers include safe local food supplies, organic food, local agriculture, recycling, saving energy, preserving our natural resources, to name a few. Please download an application for Non-Profit and educational groups and submit it to the Market Manager.
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Spring Reading List
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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Polan
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Simple Prosperity by David Wann
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McGee and Stuckey's Beautiful Container by Rose Marie Nichols McGee and Maggie Stuckey
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Easy Green Living:The Ultimate Guide to Simple Eco-Friendly Choices for You and Your Home by Renee Loux
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The Green Kitchen Handbook:Practical Advice, References and Sources for Trans-forming the Center of Your Home into a Healthy, Livable Place by Annie Berthold-Bond
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Local Flavors: Cooking and Eating from America's Farmers' Markets by Deborah Madison
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Alternative Energy Demystified by Stan Gibilisco
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Teaching the Trees: Lessons from the Forest by Joan Maloof
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Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv
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Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth by William Bryant Logan
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Call of the Trees by Dorothy Maclean
Consider this - your local library is one more way to recycle! Read a book, take it back and exchange it for another. You have access to a huge selection of reading materials at your local library. Turn off the television this spring and take advantage of the extra daylight to read! |
More
links coming . . .if you'd like to suggest a book or a link send an
email to marketmanager@orcityfarmersmarket.com
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