Level Up webinar series launches a year of getting good at growing food!
The cost of food keeps climbing. One in five people faces hunger in Oregon. And the pandemic showed us the fragility of our supply system. Growing our own food—for us, for our families, for our neighbors—is an action gardeners can take to strengthen food security in our local communities. This year’s Growing Oregon Gardeners: Level Up series is aimed at helping gardeners take a bite out of hunger.
Nine free closed-captioned webinars will be broadcast via Zoom and streamed via our Facebook page on the second Tuesday of the month, at noon, February through October 2024. Experts in their field, from OSU and beyond, present on topics such as how to get the most yield from cool season veggies to growing produce to donate to food banks to how to grow culinary mushrooms.
This series is open to the public, for the experienced gardener and OSU Extension Master Gardener volunteers receive 1 Continuing Education Credit for each class. You can take one, or take all. This webinar is being recorded and will be available to view on our website within two weeks of airdate. Register today!
Here’s a bonus: if you can’t wait to attend these live events, we’ve pulled a collection of eleven past webinars devoted to growing food in this series and made them available on our website. That’s eleven hours of free education to get started with right now! We’re predicting a bumper crop of successful gardeners growing plants for food all across Oregon this year: see you online and in the garden!
Topics and dates
Webinars are the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 12 noon (Pacific). The series runs from February through October 2024.
- February 13: Growing Hot and Cold: Successful Vegetable Gardening in Any Season (Part 1: Cool Season)
- March 12: Growing Hot and Cold: Successful Vegetable Gardening in Any Season (Part 2: Warm Season)
- April 9: Flavor, Savor: Growing Culinary Herbs
- May 14: Nowhere to Grow but Up: Gardening without Land
- June 11: What’s Eating My Food?: Garden Pest Management
- July 9: Giving It Away: Growing Produce You Can Take to the (Food) Bank
- August 13: Don’t Lose the Plot: Making Community Gardens That Endure
- September 10: Fruit Fight: Dormant-Season Fruit Tree Care
- October 8: A Shroom of One’s Own: At-Home Edible Mushroom Production
How to attend
Details and registration: Click here!
Watch online: This webinar series will be available on Zoom and broadcast live on our Facebook page.
Cost: Free