Category Archives: Community
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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