{"id":683,"date":"2022-06-22T16:43:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T23:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/?p=683"},"modified":"2022-07-20T15:31:27","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T22:31:27","slug":"increasing-access-to-sustainably-grown-healthy-affordable-food-to-the-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/2022\/06\/22\/increasing-access-to-sustainably-grown-healthy-affordable-food-to-the-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Increasing access to sustainably grown, healthy, affordable food to the community"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi, I\u2019m Em Jones (they\/them), a small farmer in northeast Portland\u2019s Cully Neighborhood. My partner and I propagate a variety of heirloom vegetables using regenerative practices. We recently started a mushroom farm focused on plastic light operations that leverage local waste streams for substrate. Aside from a growing business, pun intended, I am a full-time student in Oregon State University\u2019s College of Agricultural Sciences. I am on track to earn bachelor\u2019s degrees in horticulture and sustainability.<\/p>\n

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Em Jones<\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n

I\u2019m excited for this summer as it\u2019s my first time being an OSU Extension Service intern! I\u2019ll be working for Multnomah and Clackamas County supporting the Small Farm School, scheduled for Sept. 12. It\u2019s a great opportunity for me to expand my knowledge on the dynamics of running an urban farm while assisting others in the learning process. The event supports beginning and intermediate small-scale farmers with a variety of educational workshops. Perhaps you\u2019ll join us or invite someone you know for Small Farm School. If the event is not applicable to you, feel free to access our variety of resources through the OSU Extension website<\/a> that you might find more beneficial.<\/p>\n

As an OSU intern, I\u2019ll support access to information via our website page, as well as connect with community members to support the Small Farm School. I\u2019ve recently been building relationships with local farmers through my new business. There\u2019s a great community of like-minded individuals that are localizing our food systems and working to improve the land.<\/p>\n

My personal goal is to increase access to sustainably grown, healthy, affordable food for my community. I seek to dismantle current systems of oppression that plague our food systems. Unfortunately, mass produced agriculture continues to be exploitative to farm workers and the land. That type of agriculture is mining, not farming, and my goal is to interrupt it. Instead, I focus on no-till, no-chemical farming that builds up the soil.<\/p>\n

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Blue oyster mushrooms in a small jar<\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n

I hope to share my knowledge and skill-set with other small farmers, as well as to learn from them so we can grow our regenerative farming practices together. Community resilience is created through the open sharing of knowledge and resources, something OSU Extension continually contributes to. We are stronger together and better suited to fight climate change, racial injustice, and to improve our systems to reflect an equitable society. I look forward to furthering my goals and the mission of OSU Extension during my internship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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