Save the Date for Upcoming Food Preservation Workshops!

• Jellies and Low Sugar Spreads- June 21^st
• Flavored Oils, Vinegars and Gift Baskets- July 24^th
• Pickles- August 15^th and 22^nd
• Fruit & Tomatoes- September 5^th
• Pressure Canning- September 19^th & 26^th

For more information and to signup contact Glenda Hyde, at the Deschutes County Extension Office at (541)548.6088.

Cereal Field Day, Tuesday, July 16th, 2013/1:30 p.m.

Farmers will have the chance to tour the Winter Wheat and Spring Wheat Variety Trials at COARC. Some of the topics of conversation confirmed for the day will include: Winter and Spring Wheat Variety Trials (Mike Flowers), Winter Wheat Breeding Program (Bob Zemetra), “Newest Disease in Town”: Soilborne Wheat Mosaic Virus (Mike Flowers and Chris Mundt), Cereal Disease Update (Chris Mundt), Weeds and Weed Control in Cereals (Andy Hulting) and an Oregon Wheat Growers League Update (Kurt Feigner). For more information contact Mylen Bohle at (541 447.6228 or mylen.bohle@oregonstate.edu, or Rhonda Simmons at (541)475.7107.

Summer Agriculture Institute 2012:

Summer Agriculture Institute (SAI) is a 3-credit, week long, graduate level course for K12 educators with little or no agricultural background, offered through Oregon State University. The goal of SAI is to help educators use Agriculture as a context (or theme) for teaching the Academic Standards (science, math, social studies, English, etc.). Additionally, educators will receive hands on instruction and collateral materials to incorporate agriculture into their classroom curriculum. SAI provides a working environment for participants to experience current, factual, scientific information about agriculture. For more information and to register please visit the Summer Agriculture Institute website.