Our Family Farms

Advocating for Oregon's Farmers, Farms, and Seeds

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The Future of Soil

 

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Series Launch: History of seed, food and farming practices in Southern Oregon, Our State and Nation

Episode 1.3:  Don Tipping of Siskiyou Seeds talks about the history of seeds.

 

 


More videos are coming soon from The Future of Soil: Ensuring Resilient Food and Agricultural Systems from our five part learning series that took place from February to June 2018.  The series featured national experts, local farmers, scientists and business members in the fields of soil health science, climate, pollinators, and pesticides. Attendees explored the impacts that their every-day decisions, from the seed they buy to how they grow plants and the food they put on their table, have on the soil.


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Our Family Farms envisions a thriving food and agricultural system
with seed diversity and farmable land for generations to come

 

 

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    Break From The Herd - Potluck and Movie

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    Join us in Grants Pass on November 29th or in Phoenix on November 30th for a potluck dinner and movie.

    Come learn about regenerative agriculture practices & action steps for our Non Toxic Rogue Valley movement.

     

     

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The Future of Soil
- Our Family Farms was very pleased to have nearly 100 people attend our Future of Soil’s Series launch in February! It was great to see so many new and familiar faces, and to learn about the history of agriculture in Southern Oregon and t...
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For the Love of Seed
- PHOTO CONTEST Your seed photos can help spread the word about Jackson County’s See...
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See Where Oregon Candidates Stand on GMO Issues
- Our Family Farms sent a survey to all State Representative and Senate candidates in Oregon, as well as all candidates for Jackson and Josephine County Commissioner positions to see where they stood on issues that we care about. Here's wh...
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"Eating is an agricultural act." ~ Wendell Berry

Mapping the Movement to Create GE-Free Seed Sanctuaries

The jurisdictions shown on this map have created GE-Free Seed Sanctuaries. Will the town, city, county, or state where you live be next?

 

*Josephine County, Oregon passed a ballot measure to ban the cultivation of genetically engineered crops (Measure 17-58) on May 20, 2014. It was approved by 58% of the voters. The county was subsequently sued by a couple of plaintiffs who claimed that the measure was preempted and invalidated by state law - SB 863. That court decision is currently pending appeal. See Oregonions for Safe Farms and Families for the latest updates. Our Family Farms supports the right of all farmers to protect themselves against the threat of genetically engineered crops.