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Ashland Summit a Great Success

Bellview Grange, Ashland, OR – November 10, 2015: The  Sixth Green Granger Summit was held at the Bellview Grange #759 in Ashland Oregon on October 23-25, and it was a rousing success. Over 50 people attended from a variety of … Continue reading

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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

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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

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Farm Growth Up?

Number of Farms Increasing Presented in writing by Glenn Harden at the Lane Pomona Meeting, January 1, 2014 Sisters and Brothers, The founding purpose of the Grange was to unite and protect small farms and farm families from abusive railroad … Continue reading

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10 Years Down the Road

Where do we expect to see the Grange in the next 10 years? Presented in writing by Genie Harden at the Lane Pomona Meeting, January 1, 2014 Sisters and Brothers, Glenn and I have been Grange members for almost 10 … Continue reading

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In the End, Only Kindness Matters

My family and I left the Grange earlier this year after a dozen years of membership. I’d been teetering on the brink of leaving for several years because of what I considered to be hopelessly entrenched bad policies that I … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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The “Green Grange” Divide?

As we know, the “Patrons of Husbandry,” was formed as a direct outcome of the Western populist movement that sprang up during and after reconstruction following the Civil War. The changing aspects of transportation and communication facilitated the rapid movement … Continue reading

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