8 Fall 2014 Applegater with the goats and llamas in the pasture, or microwave and gorgeous views of the Free-range fun—try a Farm Stay! relaxing with a shy cat in our cat cottage. garden and farm. Additionally, you can enjoy hands-on We encourage our visitors to by caroline milleson time in the garden to learn about hot explore the beauty and attractions of Fall is a busy and beautiful time here each day assisting with farm and garden composting, sheet mulching, vermiculture the Applegate Valley. Just two miles up the at Sanctuary One, a 55-acre care farm in tasks. You can also join educational tours, and permaculture principles. By caring for road, the Applegate Lake Recreation Area the Applegate Valley where people, animals walk the labyrinth and even take a hike up animals, tending the earth and connecting is a great place to swim, hike, bike and and the earth come together for mutual Mule Mountain. with staff, visitors and volunteers, Farm boat. We’re also perfectly positioned on the healing. Our gardens are thriving and our Farm Stay Volunteers have the chance Stay Volunteers can engage in all facets of Applegate Valley Wine Trail, featuring such animals seem to appreciate the long sunny to meet our animal residents and assist in care farming. wineries as the award-winning Cowhorn days. Cucumbers and squash are ready for their care, from walking a dog to socializing Our Farm Stay Suite consists of an Vineyard and Garden. Nearby Jacksonville, harvest, and sunflowers tower above us. air-conditioned home to the popular Britt Festival, provides Lisa, Lulu and Jigsaw, our trio of rescued and spacious plentiful dining opportunities as well as the Yorkshire pigs, cool off with dips in the private Jacksonville Woodland Trails with over 20 pond in the company of wild and domestic bedroom and miles of trails to explore. ducks and geese. Rusty the beagle and little bath, as well as a This is a superb opportunity for Gabe the poodle look forward to hikes up shared kitchen, singles, couples and families alike. If you’ve shady Mule Creek Trail. The surrounding dining room, always been curious about Sanctuary forest is alive with birds, bees, berries and living room One, or you’d simply like to connect with animal life. and back patio. animals, nature and some really great Sound like a setting you might The suite can people, we invite you to come stay with us! like to experience? It’s all available accommodate For more information, please contact for you to enjoy when you reserve a night up to four us at [email protected] or 541-899- or more in our Farm Stay Suite. Our people and 6895. We hope to hear from you soon and Farm Stay Program provides a unique includes a can’t wait to have you visit! opportunity to support and connect with full-size bed, Caroline Milleson • 541-899-6896 the daily operations of Sanctuary One. As a sleeper sofa, Operations Assistant, Sanctuary One Farm Stay Volunteer, you spend some time Sanctuary Farm Stay guest, Jess, with Sanctuary goat, Curly Sue. mini-fridge, [email protected]

• Barking Moon, Applegate Pacific Highway, Medford). Thursdays The scoop on CSAs and farmers’ markets • Dancing Bear Farm, Williams 8:30 am - 1:30 pm, March through by don tollefson • L and R Farm, Williams November. • Mama Terra Micro Creamery (goat • Medford Saturday Market (6th and What is a CSA? farmers’ markets that Blue Fox attends. dairy), Williams Barnett Streets). Saturdays 9 am - 1 pm, Community Supported Agriculture You also receive a 5 to 15 percent discount • Rise Up Artisan Bread, Applegate Valley May 11 through November 2. or CSA is a link between consumers depending on how many bucks you buy • Seven Seeds Farm, Williams • Farmers’ Friday Market (alternates and local producers of food. As a CSA for the year. For $95, you receive $100 in • Sun Spirit Farm, Williams between Selma and Cave Junction). supporter you contribute to the farm’s bucks; for $225, you receive $250 in bucks; • Wandering Fields, Little Applegate Fridays 4 - 7 pm, July through September. yearly operating budget by purchasing in and for $440, you get $500 in bucks. • White Oak Farm, Williams For specific locations, go to http:// advance a designated share of that season’s Whistling Duck (certified organic • Wolf Gulch Farm, Little Applegate www.localharvest.org/farmers-friday- harvest. By committing ahead of time, produce and seeds), 12800 Williams Farmers’ markets market-M21495. you become a shareholder in the future of Highway, Grants Pass. (In spite of the The above CSAs and Siskiyou • Pennington Farm (11341 Williams the farm, helping finance seeds, supplies Grants Pass address, the farm store Sustainable Cooperative sell at these local Highway, Grants Pass). Open daily year- and labor as well as water and equipment is actually in the Applegate, closer to farmers’ markets: round: Mondays through Fridays 10 am - 5 maintenance. Then when the harvest Murphy.) • Growers’ Market, Grants Pass (4th and pm, Saturdays 10 am - 4 pm, Sundays 11 comes in, you, as a shareholder, get your Siskiyou Sustainable F Streets). Saturdays 9 am - 1 pm, March am - 3 pm. share of the harvest throughout the farm’s Cooperative (www.siskiyoucoop. through November. • Whistling Duck Farm (12800 Williams growing season. com). In 2002 a group of farmers in the • Jacksonville Farmers’ Market (5th and Highway, Grants Pass). Open daily year- Local CSAs operating in the Applegate Applegate and Williams Valleys decided C Streets). Sundays 10 am - 3 pm, June round: Mondays through Fridays 10 am - 5 Valley include: to join forces and form a marketing and through September. pm, Saturdays 10 am - 4 pm, Sundays 11 Blue Fox Farm (certified organic), business cooperative. The farmers had • Williams Farmers’ Market (held at am - 3 pm. Applegate. Blue Fox Farm’s CSA program previously been loosely affiliated through the Williams Grange, 20100 Williams Take advantage of the abundance of is a little different from the classic program. the Applegate Agrarians group. They Highway). Mondays 4 - 6:30 pm, mid May produce offered by local farmers in this You still pay in advance for your share became a legal entity and currently have through October. beautiful valley. of the crops, but you receive Blue Fox a number of organic farms in their CSA • Rogue Valley Growers’ and Crafters’ Don Tollefson “bucks” that you can use at any of the program, including: Market (Medford Armory, 1701 South [email protected]

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