Kate Griffin plunged into her new job as an Americoprs VISTA volunteer with Ten Rivers Food Web a few days early – literally. In a kayak. One wouldn’t expect a job working with farmers and food issues to involve floating down the Willamette River, but the great grandson of a granary owner in the 1880′s, recently purchased grains from local growers—something that had been impossible for years—and wanted to honor both his heritage and the fact people can again support and be nourished by staples from local farms. Why not …

AmeriCorps VISTA Position Available with Ten Rivers Food Web

Position Title: Local Food Coordinator

Summary of Position: The Local Food Coordinator will assemble resources, attend meetings, help with community food assessments, and assist in grant writing and fundraising . S/he will formulate and implement a pilot project to provide training and resources to low income volunteers to produce and distribute food through the emergency food system.

The Chefs’ Show-Off was a success!

Thank you to all of the donors, chefs and those who attended.

Check back soon for pictures and a report from the event.

Now in its fourth year, the Local Food Connection brings together local food producers and buyers to make business connections and share information about building and maintaining strong sustainable food networks.
The annual Local Food Connection – Linking Farmers, Fishers and Food Buyers will be held on Monday, February 1, 2010, 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Lane Community College (LCC) in Eugene, Oregon. The event is presented by Cascade Pacific Resource Conservation & Development, and sponsored by EWEB, Oregon Tilth and LCC.
Keynote speaker Ann Wright will discuss the new USDA …