Community Potluck

Join us for one of our informal quarterly Community Potlucks where you’ll have an opportunity to catch up on what’s happening in the neighborhood while enjoying a delicious smörgåsbord of home-cooking. Each potluck features a guest speaker giving a short presentation on topics of regional interest. Potluck begins at 6 p.m., speaker at 7 p.m.

Editor David Gerber of the Oregon Vagabond

Tuesday, October 25th

We’re delighted to welcome David Gerber, editor in chief of the The Oregon Vagabond, a new “street” newspaper you may have seen available in downtown Eugene. The Oregon Vagabond newspaper is written and sold by homeless people in Eugene, Oregon. “Our vision is reducing homelessness and keeping the streets a safe place to be. Utilizing the facility at Washington-Jefferson Park in Eugene, we assist those members of our community most in need by providing a structured, safe atmosphere that encourages physical fitness and self-reliant community organizing. The Oregon Vagabond Basketball League/Street Paper instills dignity, increases self esteem, and enhances public safety for the citizens of Eugene. We offer information about community resources through our publication, and a creative outlet for the homeless who write articles for the paper we distribute. The street paper provides jobs, builds people’s self-esteem, helps them to transition off the streets and back into society. We are a member of both the International Network of Street Papers (INSP) and the North American Street Newspaper Association (NASNA).”

Visit the site, oregonvagabond.com, and articles published by KVAL and the Register-Guard.

The crew at Camas Country Mill

Tuesday, July 26th

Second generation farmer and entrepreneur Tom Hunton describes the challenges of transitioning from grass seed to organic beans and grain and how his collaboration with the Southern Willamette Valley Bean & Grain Project and Hummingbird Wholesale led to the establishment of Camas Country Mill, where hard red and hard white wheat is ground into bread flour on a 40-inch stone grist mill. The mill has garnered widespread support and plays a significant role in returning to the practice of growing and processing foods close to where they’re consumed. Tom has been supplying bread flour to The Bread Stop, the Hideaway Bakery, the Market of Choice bakers and Cosmic Pizza. A selection of products from Camas Country Mill can also be found at our Growers’ Market, which you’ll find early June through early October, every Saturday from 10AM to 1PM at the Grange.