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Completed Projects
Mills Community Garden
We organized, helped to fund, and built a community garden (1917 Orchard Ave, at Richmond St.) in the 'Mills
Addition' area of Klamath Falls, with special emphasis on teaching children about gardening:
Local Food Guide
We gave aid and comfort to Roopika Subramanian during her year here, as she worked on local food issues.
One of the excellent outcomes of her effort was this
Local Food Guide,
a 4-page flyer that lists local food producers and vendors, including CSA's, independent local growers and
ranchers, community gardens, farmers' markets, and retail sellers that feature local foods.
Information is also provided on buying meats and preserving foods.
This Guide was developed by Roopika Subramanian, an AmeriCorps/RARE Participant working to improve
the food system in Klamath and Lake Counties. The project also received support from Klamath-Lake
Community Action Services, Adams Berries & Produce, Klamath Falls Farmers Market, Wyatt’s American Eatery,
and A Leap of Taste.
The Guide is distributed free at various locations in the Basin, including branches of the Klamath
County Library.
Ongoing Projects
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We continue to operate the Community Garden in the Mills Addition, described above. For more information,
contact:
The Local Foods Network is one of the standing committees of the KSC. Its stalwart head is
Activities of the LFN include:
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The annual Vegetable Garden Tour, which takes place in August, and includes usually 12 to 15
gardens. One garden deserving special mention is the Community Garden on South 6th just E. of
Klamath St., whose 30 beds are generally always full, and whose owners use a variety of growing
techniques.
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The LFN newsletter, edited by Dwight Long and distributed via email, contains items concerning local
food production and consumption. To place yourself on this email list, click
here.
- The Local Food Guide mentioned above will be an annual publication of the LFN.
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2020 Vision "Agriculture" Section
In recent years KSC worked with [who?] to produce the
"Agriculture" section
of the "2020 Klamath Vision" document. Now we will be working to put this document into practice,
as detailed below.
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Possible Future Projects
- Promote local foods within Basin schools and institutions.
- Partner with KF Farmers' Market to increase local food production and sales.
- Partner with local restaurants and the Health Dept to create "leftover stations" for homeless people.
- Various efforts to extend the Klamath Basin growing season:
- Greenhouse design/constuction/operation
- Geo-thermal energy used as GH heat
- Semi-active solar energy used as GH heat
- Cold frames (extant technology)
- Row covers (extant technology)
- With Tom Blount, a hydroponics demonstration project
Assuming some of these greenhouse efforts pan out, have public meeting[s] on topics of greenhouse construction
and operation. Include materials, design, heating, and other operational topics. Provide lists of available
books & other resources for those desiring more information.
[Note: would this be a mini-series? Or a Saturday forum? We could probably get Bly Mountain grower Jerry Bandy
to speak, as well as Angela Reid from the Keno Community GH, a GH specialist from the Extension GH.]
For more information, or to offer to help, contact Dwight Long as above.
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Trish Seiler's suggestion:
Obtain a grant to re-hab the 'Egyptian' building in ways that would accommodate:
- a year-round indoor farmers' market
- a business incubator, further described
here.
- space for cooking and canning activities, including classes and perhaps a canning 'club'
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Jessica Brown's addenda to Trish Seiler's suggestion:
In this "Egyptian" building, speakers could teach:
- cheese-making
- canning vegetables, making preserves
- selecting varieties of crops to grow in your local climate
- starting and maintaining a compost pile
- maybe even bee-keeping, with secondary workshops on "rendering" beeswax and turning it into
candles or soaps.
If you decide you want to cross over from "growing your own" to "making your own" --
people have been doing that for a long time -- you might bring in:
- local spinners and weavers
- leather-crafters
- what-have-you.
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To offer other suggestions, or help with any project, please contact
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