ROGUE VALLEY PROCUREMENT GATHERING SPRING 2025

April 24th

 9:00-5:00 PM

Rusted Gate Farm

5700 Upton Rd Central Point, OR 97502

Whether you grow/raise the food, cook or serve the food, join Rogue Valley Farm to School and Oregon Farm to Institution Collaborative to learn more about selling to institutional markets and local procurement for schools! 

This year’s theme is Beef to School and there will be lots of opportunities to network, connect and learn about all aspects of local procurement

Join us for some or all of the following events!

SCHEDULE of EVENTS

• Morning sessions 9:00-1:15  

• OFIC Welcome and Introductions 

• Farm to Institution Fundamentals 

• Technical Tracks

• Supporting Next Steps
  
  

• Local Lunch Provided

• Afternoon Sessions 1:15-3:20

• Product Showcase- Local meat samples and product information available

• Updates and Resources from Rogue Valley Farm to School

• Rancher Panel- What local ranches have to offer 

• Nutrition Directors Panel- success stories using local products and beef in schools

• Additional Educational Materials for Nutrition Directors
  
  

• 3:30-5:00 Afternoon Breakout Activities

• Slaughter and farm facilities tour and Q and A

• Beef in school lunch training in the commercial kitchen

• Product development support with the OSU Food Innovation Center

• Connect and Questions

For questions or more information

Call or email: (541) 418-4315 ext. 4, bella@rvfarm2school.org

Join us for the 2024 Rogue Valley Farm Tour! The event will be held on Sunday, July 14th from 10am to 3pm at participating farms and ranches in Jackson and Josephine counties. Step behind the scenes and meet the makers, taste artisanal foods, and explore a vast array of local goods.

Rogue Valley Farm to School will have a table with fun kids activities at the Salant Family Ranch in Jacksonville!

Kick off Summer with Eight Dollar Mountain at Rogue Valley Farm to School's annual benefit concert, sponsored by Fry Family Farm. Enjoy a memorable evening full of dancing and fun. The program features a two-part raffle with thousands of dollars worth of exciting prizes donated by local businesses and free kids activities.

The event is being held at Fry Family Farm, 2184 Ross Lane, Medford, OR. Food is available for purchase and beverages have been generously donated by several famous local wineries and breweries. (Nonalcoholic options are also available.)

This is a family-friendly event with children's activities available at no additional cost.

Gates open at 4 pm, the first raffle is at 5:15 pm

- $35 admission per adult

- Kids are free and must be accompanied by a ticket-holding adult.

- Food and beverages are available for purchase. No outside food or drink is permitted.

- Please leave your pets at home

- Bring blankets or chairs to set up on the lawn, no reserved seating is available.

- 100% of proceeds benefit Rogue Valley Farm to School

Come to the second annual Garden Picnic at the Herb Pharm Botanical Gardens. Bring a picnic and explore more than 500 species of plants while enjoying free kids activities provided by Rogue Valley Farm to School. This year community partners, White Oak Farm, Pollinator Project Rogue Valley, Josephine County Library, River Stars, Wild Garden Medicinals, Mido's Miso, Southern Oregon Sourdough, TruJuice Organics, and Kamome Foundation will also be providing activities and items for purchase.

Activities:

• Guided Farm Tours (11:00-12:00 & 12:30-1:30) - learn more about the regenerative, organic practices used to cultivate herbs used in Herb Pharm products

• Self Guided Botanical Garden Tours

• Vegetable Tasting Table by Rogue Valley Farm to School

• Tincture Samples by HerbPharm

• Free Kids Activities

• Insect Investigations with Pollinator Project Rogue Valley

• Story Time by Josephine Community Library

• Mini Workshop: Koji by Mido Miso

• Mini Workshop: Wild Garden Medicinals

Bring your own picnic to enjoy in the garden. Food and drinks will also be available for purchase onsite.

• This is a working farm. Please leave all pets at home.

• Limited bench seating is available; bringing your own blanket or chairs is encouraged.

Join us at the Talent Library on May 22nd from 6-7 PM for a Family Advocacy Night about School Food. We want to hear from you, families of Phoenix Talent Schools, about what is important to you when it comes to student nutrition and school meals. You'll hear how Rogue Valley Farm to School works with schools, a bit about the complexities of school food, and have the opportunity to brainstorm support for school food service offerings. 

Kids welcome, free local snacks available! 

Learn about how you can support local and healthy meals here. 

Acompañanos en la biblioteca de Talent en el 22 de Mayo a las 6-7 de la tarde para una sesion de comentarios familiares sobe las comidas escolares. Queremos escuchar de ustedes, las familias de las escuelas en Phoenix y Talent, de lo que es importante para ustedes de la nutricion de su estudiante y las comidas escolares. En este dia, escuchara como Rogue Valley Farm to School trabaja con las escuelas, un poco de las complejidades de las comidas escolares, y tendra la oportunidad de darnos sus ideas para apoyar las ofertas de servicio de alimentación escolar.

Niños son bienvenidos, aperitivos locales gratis!

Aprende mas de como usted puede apoyar local y saludable comidas aqui.

Join Our Family Farms on Friday, May 17 for the first annual Save Our Seeds Day in celebration of the 10-year anniversary of successfully passing Measure 15-119, creating Jackson County’s GMO-Free Seed Sanctuary.

Rogue Valley Farm to School will have a table with kids activities - come and say hello!

Bring the family to Phoenix to celebrate Earth Day at Blue Heron Park.

Bear Creek Stewards Clean Up (information below) is from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Earth Day at Blue Heron Park is from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Free kids activities and live music. 

Rogue Valley Farm to School will have a booth with kids activities - come and say hello!

Join Southern Oregon University and community partners for exhibits, live performances, bike rodeo, art, food trucks, and more, all in celebration of Earth Day! Learn more here.

Rogue Valley Farm to School will have a table with kids activities - come and say hello!

Swing by the Rogue Valley Farm to School table to say hello!

The 22nd annual Siskiyou Film Festival is thrilled to announce the Wild & Scenic Film Festival of 2024. This festival aims to bring the community together to celebrate our work in protecting the Klamath-Siskiyou wildlands and restoring clean water in the Rogue Basin through film and art.

The festival will be held on April 12th at the Ashland Armory and on April 14th at the Grants Pass Performing Arts Center. Tickets will be available for purchase starting from March 1st. The festival is a tribute to the legacy of Barry Snitkin, who was an environmentalist and filmmaker.

The festival aims to inspire environmental activism and love for nature through film. It will feature a unique program of inspiring films, a raffle with a range of local gifts to win, food and drinks, and community partners who will be tabling. We hope you will join us in celebrating the wild and taking action to protect what we love!