Come hear where Congressional candidates stand on the issues you care about!

Local Food & Farms Forum
September 10, 6-8:30 pm
Canby Adult Center, 1250 S. Ivy, Canby, Oregon

This forum provides an opportunity for you to ask questions of all candidates running for office in Oregon's 5th Congressional District related to food and agriculture.

Topics include:
Barriers to local farm production, processing, and distribution
Public participation in the siting of industrial farms in rural communities
The next Farm Bill
Development pressures felt by farming communities
Farmers' markets
Roadblocks for the next generation of family farmers

A Meet the Candidates Mixer (with candidates for Oregon House and Senate seats in the north Willamette Valley) will be held prior to the forum from 6 to 7pm.

For more information, please contact Christine at 971-533-5470 or christine@friendsoffamilyfarmers.org.

This event is sponsored by Friends of Family Farmers, OSALT, Oregon Tilth and Slow Food Portland.