Last summer, with gas prices at an all-time high, staycations were suddenly in vogue. The idea is to stay home and just relax and have fun in your local area, attend local events, or even just hang out in your yard & read a book. Alternatively, you could drive a little distance and camp or [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Oregon’
12 Mar
Chickens arrive at MWV Local HQ
For those that don’t follow my other blog… behold my first attempt at backyard chickens & the most local of local eggs! (Well, eventually with the eggs.)
We got six Barred Rock pullets & they are super cute. They seem to be quite hardy, which is great but isn’t keeping me from being a little [...]
10 Mar
Bread & Bakeries page added
I’ve added some new information to the Resources page under the Bread & Bakeries category.
I’ll have a few more updates later — many thanks to Nate Rafin of Living Culture for the e-mail alerting me to some great spots local to Salem.
8 Mar
Chickens in the Yard (C.I.T.Y.) – Salem
If you’re in Salem, your help is being requested by the group Chickens in the Yard (C.I.T.Y.) on Monday night, March 9th.
C.I.T.Y. is a group of citizens working to convince the Mayor and City Councilors to adopt an ordinance that would allow residents of Salem to keep a few backyard hens as pets and for [...]
6 Mar
Saturday
Reminder of tomorrow’s events:
The OSU Empty Bowls Project (6-8pm)
Cracked Pots’ UnGarden Art Show (11am-6pm)
4 Mar
Ask yourself why you do this
In early February there was a blurb in the Seattle Times about a Salem man who called off his attempt to eat only local foods for a year because he realized he was causing more damage to the atmosphere by driving “around the state” to shop.
Well… okay. Driving around the state for your food does [...]
3 Mar
Seed resources added
I added a ‘Seeds’ category to the Resources page today. There are currently three Oregon companies listed. If you know of any more, send them my way!
17 Jul
Upcoming Events
So, you know what it’s like when you neglect to call someone and then time passes and then you still don’t call because so much time has passed that now it’s awkward and then even more time passes so you start avoiding the phone altogether and at this point the phone train has left the [...]
13 May
It’s the inevitable ice cream poll
The weather is about to get hot, which obviously means that our thoughts must now turn to ice cream. Them’s the rules.
I have noticed that people seem to be very divided — and adamant — about their favorite local ice cream.
Click here to take the poll: which brand of local ice cream do you prefer?
20 Apr
Starting simple
While our challenge doesn’t officially start until Memorial Day weekend, some folks may choose to get a jump start. Pat Kight at Cooking from the Market is one such person… she got over to the Albany market yesterday, even with the funky weather, and picked up some eggs, salad greens and some garlic. And then [...]
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