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The Seedy Saturday team is thinking of adding a Seed Library as an ongoing part of our Community Gardening and Food Security efforts. A seed library allows community members to aquire seeds for gardening, encouraging self-sufficiency and biodiversity. Participants grow their own food, save seeds from their harvest, and return them to the library for others to use. This initiative supports local food security by fostering sustainable gardening practices, especially in communities where access to quality seeds might be limited.

Resources Required:

Granges will need a dedicated storage space for seeds, such as cabinets or containers for organization. Volunteers with gardening experience can assist with seed collection, sorting, and organizing. Granges can partner with local garden clubs, seed companies, or farmers to acquire seeds in addition to the seeds the Grange holds from Seedy Saturday. Our weekly Garden Gatherings will offer education about seed saving, gardening techniques and food preservation.

Would you like to contribute your time and talent to a program like this? Call 971-267-9364 or email [email protected]

All of our meetings are open to interested members of the public. You don’t have to be a member to attend a meeting but we do encourage new members joining us!

Our meetings are held the third Sunday of each month at 4:00 p.m. preceeded by a casual “happy hour” at 3:30 pm. Grange is a family fraternity, all are welcome to attend. Our programs are decided on by the members. Each Grange’s programs are decided on by a vote of the membership.

Ask members and you’ll discover a Grange is a community service focused, agriculture rooted, family encompassing, ceremonial styled traditional or modern-day styled, grassroots-activism, leadership teaching, work ethic inspired, fraternal, networking, character developing, community organization focused on education, deaf awareness and health, legislative policy, fun, food, veterans, education, crafts such as canning, preserving, baking, quilting, leatherworking, art and much more. Our Halls are used for community events, markets, haunted houses, meals of all types, classes, clinics, voting (not so much today in Oregon), community forums, dances and concerts, inexpensive rentals for memorials, families and community groups and numerous other purposes. Grange is non-partisan, non-sectarian and has always treated women equally.

No one Community Grange is all these things. The values are shared, the style and focus of a Grange is defined by each Grange’s members. “The” Grange is all these things.

The Silverton Grange in Silverton, Oregon, is a dynamic, local organization supporting

• Providing a local gathering place
• Education
• Sustainable agriculture
• Participatory democracy

Founded in 1867, the Grange is the nation’s oldest rural community organization and supports community, agriculture, and education. The Silverton Grange is bringing these ideals into the 21st century by being relevant to today’s families and today’s issues. We are especially concerned with promoting a sustainable community and local economy, and we believe local farmers and food producers are critical to that goal.

Education

We support education to better all people—children and adults and to ensure a strong community. We host educational events such as the Talking About Sustainabilty Forum and canning classes.

Providing a Local Gathering Place

The Grange hall is available and used for many kinds of events, including classes, receptions, and meetings. We are currently renovating the Grange hall to provide a better meeting place for the Silverton area.

Sustainable Agriculture

The Silverton Grange is committed to supporting local, sustainable farmers. In September 2006 we hosted the first 100-Mile Breakfast, an event featuring food from within 100 miles of Silverton. Local, sustainable agriculture is critical to reducing our dependence on foreign oil—the more local our food is, the less we rely on petroleum to ship our food. Local food also supports our local economy, helping ensure that family farms stay part of our community.

Participatory Democracy

The Grange provides a unique way to get involved in state and national politics. Local granges can approve a resolution that can be taken forward to the state grange conference. If it is approved at the state level, the grange will have its lobbyist support the issue. In 2006, the Silverton Grange had two resolutions approved at the state level: one banning seed patents and the other asking the grange to support the use of biofuels.
Contact us

Please contact us for more information. Email [email protected], or write to:

Silverton Grange #748
PO Box 1115
Silverton OR 97381

The Silverton Grange Hall is located at 201 Division Street, off South Water (South of Ike Mooney Road) in Silverton. To learn how to get to the Grange, you can use this Google Maps link.

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