You heard it here first! OSU Extension Service and the College of Agricultural Sciences are presenting an event titled “Communities, Food, Resilience” in Portland, Oregon, on September 5, 2018.

Scott Reed’s guests, Lauren Gwin, associate director, Center for Small Farms & Community Food Systems, and Jennifer Alexander, director, Extension and Experiment Station Communications, talk about the important conversations that will take place at the event. Extension offices and Branch Experiment Stations will be encouraged to invite members of their communities to participate in the event via livestream at their locations. Look for more event details in upcoming email communications, the weekly ConnEXTion newsletter, and on the event website: Communities, Food, Resilience.

Comment below and share what your community gathering might look like and who you might invite to have a conversation about community food resiliency and the role of the land grant university.