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Welcome to ChicoGrange.org
Monday, September 06 2010 @ 03:11 AM MST

Chico Resolution to State Grange - Going National!

Tuesday, December 29 2009 @ 09:34 PM MST

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Following is the resolution from the Chico Grange that was adopted by the California State Grange at this years 137th Annual State Convention in Orangevale, CA. The California State Grange will take our proposal to the National Grange to do the same! The proposal requests that California granges return to their original purpose: to protect and promote local, small-scale food production. This proposal was unanimously approved. As new State Grange President Bob McFarland told us, “this mission statement may best provide us with the ‘signature’ that we've been looking for.”

We are also excited to be providing leadership at the state level via the election of Jon Luvaas, Chico Grange’s outgoing president, to the State Grange Executive Committee.

The Farming Roundtable

Monday, April 06 2009 @ 03:05 PM MST

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The Farming Roundtable

3 months of research and discussion for the purpose of finding solutions to
secure our food supply, lessen the conflict between the urbanagriculture
interface, protect viable farm land, support community
gardens, and reintroduce people to the process of growing food.

Wednesday March 18th: A Time for Solutions
Local food movement, trends in agricultural lands, peak oil, general plan process

Wednesday April 8th: Economical Farming on Small Parcels
Waste options, Community Supported Agriculture,
food distribution infrastructure, marketing

Wednesday April 15th: Funding Opportunities to Protect Local Food Production
Loans, easements, taxes, grants… for land, education, transitioning to organic, programs

Wednesday May 6th: Buffering the Urban-Agriculture Interface
Zoning, buffers why and width, preferred activities at
the interface

Wednesday May 13th: Development Patterns that Support Local Food Systems
Clustered development, cooperative farming, developments with community garden space

Wednesday May 20th: Public Spaces for Growing Food
Community gardens and orchards, school gardens, liability, leasing, water access

Monthly Grange Potluck, Program, & Meeting: 3rd Monday of the month, 6-8pm

Monday April 20th: Farmers Markets, linking farmers and consumers

Monday May 18th: Community Gardens

At the end of the Roundtable, through the input of participants and knowledge
gained from speakers, we will be recommending a set of possible policies for
inclusion in the City and County General Plan’s.

For more info: www.ChicoGrange.org
nanibay@hotmail.com or jonluvaas@gmail.com
Sponsored by
The Chico Grange

WHERE
The Chico Grange Hall
2775 Nord Ave. (Not Hwy 32)
at Rodeo Ave., near Henshaw
WHEN
March – May
6:30-8:30pm
(dates below)
WHO
People interested
in growing and
eating local food.

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Building and Grounds - 4-21-2008

Monday, April 21 2008 @ 04:32 PM MST

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B&G REPORT, APRIL 21, 2008

What a success, to almost finish the front of the building before the big “do” last Sunday. It looked—and looks—great, and definitely shows what the building will look like when the paint job is done. Thank you to the hardworking volunteers who have gotten this first major project so close to completion. The Chico Grange would be nowhere without you.

Julia Holderbein: an oral history

Saturday, November 24 2007 @ 07:38 PM MST

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Nani Teves' mother has volunteered to do oral histories of Chico Grange Elders. We are very greatful to her and here - to Julia Holderbein for taking part in this first, of hopefully several, oral histories.

Recorded: October 6, 2007

Julia Holderbein

My parents came from a little town in North Dakota, from a little town called Gackle, near Bismarck, about thirty miles southeast of Bismarck. I come from a German family, very German. The whole town, at one time, was German, except maybe five percent. A lot of Norwegians and Swedish people had their own communities when they came in. Most of the people were Lutherans and Congregationalists, and some Catholics. I think the English people were very few at that time. Later on, there were a lot of them.