Friends of Salem Saturday Market

Three Zero Waste Stations have been up-and-running at the Salem Saturday Market for two months now, and they are working great thanks to the support of wonderful volunteers! Our volunteers are helping people understand the sorting system: that food and all paper products can be composted, that brown straws are compostable and that most items [...]

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Today marked the debut of FSSM’s full reusable silverware project at the Salem Saturday Market as part of the Zero Waste Zone. Every food vendor now offers metal utensils instead of disposable plastic forks and spoons. Up to 800 utensils are used per day at the Market. Please thank your food vendors for helping to keep that [...]

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If you have an extra items around that are slated for recycling, we might be able to use them at our next children’s activity. On June 4 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., we will lead a children’s event at our booth called Recycled Inventions. Young people can build new creations out of items you [...]

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We had a very fun FSSM member tour today at Fairview Farm goat dairy in Dallas. Owners Laurie and Terry Carlson described their 6.3-acre farm where they raise mostly goats, plus a few pigs and some free-roaming chickens. The Carlsons sell their goat cheese at the Wednesday Market, straight off their farm, and at several [...]

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Tickets go on sale at our booth starting this Saturday for Salem’s first chicken coop and garden tour, co-hosted by Chickens in the Yard and Friends of Salem Saturday Market. The event is Sunday, June 19, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Coop tours are popular in cities across the country, including Portland, Seattle, Austin [...]

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We are hosting a Spring Book Exchange at our booth this Saturday, May 21, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. You can bring a book and swap it for one of the books we have on-hand. We’ve got many interesting titles to choose from. We hope to see you this weekend! We’ll also be collecting [...]

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We are still continuing to sign up new FSSM members and accept renewals for 2011 — and now you can do it all online. New this year is the ability to become a member and pay for your membership on our website through PayPal. You do not need a PayPal account to use the service [...]

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There’s a free lecture coming up on Thursday, May 26, that should interest all of you who are concerned about how our lives are affected by our food choices. Friends of Straub Environmental Learning Center is sponsoring a lecture by Allison Hensey of Oregon Environmental Council’s Healthy Foods and Farms program. The event is at [...]

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We had a small but enthusiastic group at our first member farm tour of the season, last Wednesday at Willamette Valley Cheese Co. Here is tour host Ron’s wrap-up of the event: A sunny, 70-degree day for the first  farm tour of our 2011 season.  We were greeted by three farm dogs who lead us [...]

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If you’re not on our email list, here’s a link to check out our May email newsletter. We’ve got all kinds of great activities coming up, including a spring book exchange and the Capitol City Coop & Garden Tour in June, which we’re co-sponsoring with Chickens in the Yard. Would you like to be on [...]

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