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Meeting Dates:
Group 1 ("Local 6 Connection" Ad Campaign) - Wednesday, February 1, 6:00 pm at Block 15
Group 3 (Neighborhood Gardening Groups) - Monday, February 15, 7:00 pm at the S. Co-op Meeting Room
The vision of the Food Action Team (FAT!) is that Corvallis will be a community sustained primarily by locally produced food using practices that renew and enrich the land and community. We have three sub-groups working on three diverse projects aimed at bringing our current food system closer to this vision.
Increasing Demand for Locally Grown Foods: The first subgroup has created an ad campaign, the Local 6 Connection, which will allow consumers to identify locally produced foods in restaurants, institutions and retail stores. The Local 6 Connection was introduced at the First Alternative Co-op in 2006 and has since been adopted by the Corvallis Sustainability Coalition. Currently there are a a dozen restaurants participating. In addition, it is a part of the Farm- to-School Program and in use by local farmers! Read More.
Local 6 Participating Restaurants
Aqua
Bombs Away
Block 15
Cloud 9
Downward Dog
Fireworks
Harrison House
Le Bistro
Le Patissier
Nearly Normal’s
Terzo
Zia
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Home Food Production: The third subgroup is exploring how home food production can be enhanced by neighborhood groups which get together to share produce, tools, expertise and community. They are conducting a survey across the community at events and on-line. Whether you have never gardened, or devote your yard to raised beds, they'd love to have your input: click Here to participate.