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Online producer's guide to benefit local
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August 27, 2016 |
Are you a small farmer, hobbyist, or business
owner in Boundary County? Would you like to be
listed in a resource guide featuring our local
suppliers? As part of our upcoming celebration
of local foods, Boundary County Agricultural
Extension Educator Dr. Kate Painter is producing
an online guide to our local small businesses!
If you would like to be included, please stop by
the Extension Office, pick up a form, fill it
out and and return it.
The form is also available online at
https://boundaryagblog.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/resource-guide-for-local-producers.pdf.
Our Farm to Table celebration will take place at
6 p.m. Saturday, October 15, at the Boundary
County Fairgrounds. The five-course dinner
features organic food from the GROW Community
Garden as well as local beef, blueberries,
peaches, and more, from small farms in Boundary
County. This will also be a fundraiser for GROW,
or Gardeners for Regional Organic Wellbeing, a
nonprofit organization that provides organic
garden plots at a reduced cost to community
members, including a new selection of 30” high
raised beds that make gardening more accessible
to those with mobility issues.
These garden plots are completely prepared for
you, with fall applications of manure or a green
manure, then tillage in the spring. In addition,
if you rent a plot you have access to garden
tools and expertise from the local Master
Gardeners who maintain an herb garden there.
If you would like to donate local produce or
items for the raffle or silent auction, you will
be listed in the dinner program. Also, volunteer
help is welcome for the event!
GROW partners with University of Idaho Extension
to provide gardening and pruning classes at its
location behind Trinity Lutheran Church on
Buchanan Street. GROW also donates a significant
amount of fresh organic produce to the food bank
and senior center and occasionally operates a
farmer’s market booth.
Money raised for GROW helps pay for a part-time
garden manager as well as utilities, garden
tools, and the water system.
To learn more, call Dr. Painter at (208)
267-3235, by cell at (509) 432-5755 or email
kpainter@uidaho.edu. |
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