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New Program Helps Low Income Families
Provides Help to Join Community-Supported Agriculture
The cost of everything these days keeps going up, from filling your tank, to buying groceries, especially if you buy locally. Shanna Mendiola Reports CSA’s can be costly, but a new program… see video.
Central Oregon Farm Share is a new project managed by COIC’s Community and Economic Development Department to offer subsidies for low-income residents to access fresh, locally produced food from our region’s farmers. With support from a Meyer Memorial Trust grant, COIC is offering 20 low-income residents a 50% cost subsidy, up to $260 per person, to buy local farm products from the following participating farms:
Harvest of Hope – Bend
Last Stand Farm - Prineville
Rainshadow Organics – Madras, Redmond, Sisters, Sunriver and Terrebonne
Learn more about Central Oregon Farm Share Program ….
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Now Available for Download: CO Community Garden Manual
Containing valuable information for new Community Garden Planners including:
- Community Gardens in Central Oregon
- The ABC’s of starting a community garden
- Garden Management
- Insurance
- Time Line for Planning a Community Garden
- And a Comprehensive Resource Guide
