Category Archives: Education
2015 Green Granger Summit
Mark your calendar: October 24-25, 2015! The sixth Green Granger Interest Group Summit is coming up! Join us as the Bellview Grange hosts us in the beautiful Southern Oregon community of Ashland. Passionate about farm fresh food, responsible land stewardship and … Continue reading
Sustainable Food Conference
November 7-9, 2014 Leedy Grange Hall 835 NW Saltzman Road Portland, OR 97229 http://www.teamweb.com/food What is Sustainable Food? And why should we care? The word “sustainable” implies that you can keep on doing it…forever, or at least for the foreseeable … Continue reading
Early Oregon Granges
In the September, 1960 edition of the Lane County Historian, from the Lane County Pioneer Historical Society, Mrs. Charlotte Mitchel researched and wrote up the following piece regarding early Oregon Granges, and their initial and subsequent accomplishments. Marshfield Grange No.1 … Continue reading
Spencer Creek Green Grangers Summit
By Genie Harden, Spencer Creek Grange Hello All, I’m so sorry about how long it’s taken for me to write to you. I still haven’t given thanks to all the people that made Oregon’s 3rd Green Granger Summit (March 20-24, … Continue reading
Webfoot Grangers
Editor’s Note: During my ongoing research into the history of the late 19th century, I came across a curious book entitled “A Webfoot Volunteer: The Diary of William M. Hilleary,” (1965 – Oregon State University Press). It recounts the Civil … Continue reading
Vote No on 82 & 83
State Master Susan writes: I know many of you may be wondering about what is going on with the casino and what we are doing about it. There may still be a few who do not know that the National … Continue reading
It’s in Every One of Us
My husband and I have been planning a series of classes based on the book When Technology Fails. We understand that we are sitting on the precipice of collapse. It may not come in our lifetime but we want to … Continue reading