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Cooking From the
Garden
Cooking from the Garden classes are for anyone wanting a few tips on how to make delicious food with the bounty from your own garden and local farms. Whether you have years of experience cooking or are just getting started, these demonstrations will help you make a great meal from whatever is in season. Each class brings a combination of basic cooking skills with simple suggestions and recipes for you to take home . . . and there’s always a tasting session!
Eggscellent Eggs
Quiche, Frittata, and Puff Pastry Baked Eggs
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In this hands-on cooking class Chef Kristen of Jefferson Farm Kitchen will cover how to use spring produce for three simple and nourishing recipes, focusing on eggs as our main protein. The class will include a pie crust recipe for quiche, variations on each dish for dietary accommodations and tips on how to prepare meals ahead that can be frozen for quick meals later on. All recipes will be included to take home with local produce and egg options for you to and make again and again!
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Chef’s Needed
for July-Dec 2025!
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Do you like to cook? Would you like to demonstrate how to prepare something delicious from the garden? Share a family favorite recipe and keep it simply! We are especially interested in any of the following topics:
Picnic Favorites
Spring Rolls and/or Collard Wraps
Eggscellent Egg Entrees
Cooking with Lemongrass
Spiralizing Summer Squash
Reinventing Greens
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We are looking for food enthusiasts to demonstrate how to prepare and/or preserve in-season foods that promote healthy eating and financial savings. Contact Executive Director at jcfarmcollectiveinfo@gmail.com to learn more. Stipends are available for presenters.
Womens Retreat
with Connecting With Your Food Workshop
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Join us with Healing Mama Wellness for this all day gentle nature immersion retreat for women 18+ in the Rogue-River Siskiyou National Forest. Come relax next to the creek, rest under the canopy of an Oregon Heritage Tree, while listening to the soundtrack of nature. Designed to revitalize and restore your energy through gentle nature immersion with Guided Forest Therapy, EcoNIDRA, nurturing nutrition, and creative nature art workshops. Rested & Rooted retreat is inclusive for women, including those with most physical limitations. Ages 18+
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Join us for a day of gentle nature immersion and self care as we gather in the forest for guided forest therapy, nature art workshop, EcoNIDRA, Connecting with your Food Workshop and free time to rest, plat in the creek and follow your wild heart. A True Women’s Retreat!
In this class series, we will explore easy techniques home gardeners can employ to increase their gardening success to grow your own food. These classes are for anyone interested in exploring gardening with alternatives for all housing spaces. No matter whether it's a patio container, a raised bed in your backyard, or a back yard garden, we welcome your questions. No experience is necessary. Bring a friend or meet someone new with a common interest.
Home Gardening
Companion Planting
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Josh from Barking Moon Farm will demonstrate how companion planting can increase beneficial insects, repel unwanted pests and increase biodiversity in a garden.
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Item description
Farm to School
We believe in experiential hands-on learning!
Download our NEW 2024 Farm to School Curriculum Catalog and submit the program interest form to discuss how we can help support your student’s education.
Our curriculum ranges widely connecting many disciplines and skill building with agriculture. Let us know what you are looking for!
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Available October - March
Each visit provides a short instructional lesson followed by a hands on activity and/or tasting opportunity in the classroom or school garden if available. Some lessons have multiple activity options to build a customized experience for each class. Lessons may be used stand alone to introduce a new unit or provide enrichment to an ongoing project.
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Available April - May 2025
Farm Tours provide an engaging combination of physical exercise, sensory stimulation and hands on learning while students rotate through activity stations presented by our educators. With plenty of time for discovery, students will breathe in a snapshot of life on the farm. Use our catalog to select topics of interest for your class to learn during their farm tour visit. We will do our best to accommodate your request or make seasonally appropriate recommendations.
All farms tours are held at Daily Blessings Farm, aka Josephine County Farm Collective's food hub. We are located 8 miles west of Grants Pass off highway 199.
Busses drop students off at Bonnie Lane for a easy 1/4 mile walk to Daily Blessings Farm.
Packed lunches may be stored in our walk in cooler. An outhouse and handwashing stations are provided.
Grow Your Own
Video Recording Archive
Cooking from the
Garden
Great on the Grill
Zucchini Boats
with Jamie Talarico
Great on the Grill
Cutting Up a Whole Chicken
with Jamie Talarico
Grilled Cauliflower
& Beet Salad
Crock Pot Roasted Garlic
Tomato Bruschetta
Ginger Miso Salad Dressing
Basil Pesto
Strawberry Vinaigrette Salad
Dressing
Nourishing Teas
Video Coming Soon!
Soups & Stews
Video Coming Soon!
Eggscellent Eggs
Quiche - Frittata - Puff Pastry Baked Eggs
