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Update on the MOVE!
The Washington County Extension office will be closed June 23 - 28 as we move from the Public Services Building in Hillsboro to the new location in Twin Oaks Technology Center off Cornell Road and 169th in Beaverton. We are very excited to set up and begin serving you from our new
OSU Extension Service Education Center
(ESEC). Our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause during our closure.
ESEC will be a hub of learning and educational activity in the county with four conference rooms, a horticulture diagnostic clinic and ample off-street parking. The Center will expand OSU outreach and engagement and will continue to support Extension programming in:
- 4-H Youth Development
- Field Crops
- Urban & Community Horticulture
- Master Gardeners
- Family & Community Health
- Nutrition
- Forestry
- Environmental and Marine Sciences
NOTE OF OUR NEW ADDRESS as of June 27th.
OSU Extension Service Education Center
1815 NW 169th Place, Suite 1000
Beaverton, OR 97006
503-
821-1150
(Our
phone numbers remain th
e same.)
In addition, please note that effective July 1, Extension will no longer administrator the Washington County Citizen Participation Organization Program (CPO). Washington County will be managing and administering the program. It will remain housed in the Public Services Building, 155 N. First Ave., Hillsboro.
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Matilde Rodriguez a Vital Part of Extension's Nutrition Education Team
Many of her students
are juggling jobs and home life and have no time to cook. That's why OSU Extension Service Nutrition Educator Matilde Rodriguez tells them over and over again to practice cooking their new recipes at home.
This is the focus of the class -- teaching participants to take what they've learned home where they can apply it in a way that works for their skill level, budget, schedule and family situation.
Rodriguez teaches families how to eat well on a tight spending plan.
Eating Smart, Being Active classes are held in
Washington County at various partner agencies such as schools, churches, community organizations and businesses. Matilde also teaches Spanish language
Cooking Matters classes using the curriculum provided by the
Oregon Food Bank.
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OSU Extension Staff and Master Gardeners Step in to Help Handle Soil Contaminants
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| Oh his radio show, Weston Miller discussed the pollutants in Portland soil. |
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Officials at the Department of Environmental Quality and numerous public health agencies were shocked earlier this year
when the US Forest Service released preliminary data from a new research method that uses moss to track air pollution from heavy metals.
Oregon State University staff and volunteers jumped in to deal with the aftermath of the discovery, too.
OSU Extension Service Associate Professor of Consumer Horticulture Weston Miller has been working with the Extension's Master Gardener volunteers, educating them on how to answer the public's questions and address their concerns about polluted garden soil.
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Time to try lavender!
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| OSU Extension Service 4-H Youth Development faculty Pat Willis doubles as a lavender farmer. |
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It's beautiful, fragrant, tasty, low maintenance, deer resistant, frost hardy and drought tolerant. It's lavender.
Pat Willis has dedicated his career to educating the public about the wonders of the natural world. Currently, he teaches youth through the OSU Extension Service's 4-H program and visitors to his Sauvie Island Lavender Farm about the joys of the fragrant flower.
Spring is the time to plant new lavender bushes - whether that's in a pot for the patio or full fields intended for bulk cuttings.
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| OCDC class participants learn about nutrition and shopping for healthy foods on a budget with help from OSU Extension staff. |
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Instead of treating the kids to chicken nuggets and fries on a rare free evening, a handful of Washington and Multnomah county residents are taking them to learn about cutting out salt and sugar. Forgoing a date night out to the movies with buttery popcorn and soda, many couples have also found themselves cooking healthy meals together instead.
That's because the Cooking Matters classes OSU Extension Service staff members teach at Oregon Child Development Coalition locations are actually really enjoyable, participants say.
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Can You Help Us? Office volunteers needed
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Washington County Extension support staff is looking for friendly, customer-service oriented office volunteers willing to assist with occasional general office administrative work, including front office greeting and answering phones, special projects, making files, labels, and copying. Will train and work with your schedule. Try it out, we would love to get to know more community members! If interested contact Vicki Campbell at
503-821-1127 or
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Sign up for our 4-H Wildlife Stewards Summer Camp Tuesday, July 26 to Friday, July 30.
Sign up here.
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OSU Extension in the news
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Plant greens now for an early harvest.
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It's time to plant salad ingredients: Broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, lettuce and radishes. Read the full article on
Oregonlive.com
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Congratulations to Weston Miller,
OSU Extension Service Associate Professor of Consumer Horticulture, on being selected as a National Finalist in the National Association of County Agricultural Agents' 2016 Communications Contest. Miller won recognition in the Audio Recording category of the contest for his radio show Grow PDX.
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OSU Extension Service agent Nicole Anderson discusses disrupting the lifecycle of red clover caseb
earer moths in
Oregon clover seed fields. Read the whole article in the
Capital Press
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Oregon State University's Food Innovation Center gains new director. Read the whole article in the
Capital Press.
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the research magazine for Oregon State University Agricultural Experiment Station.
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Check out
Food Hero
website, your go-to for quick, tasty, healthy recipes and helpful tips. Discover more about Food Hero and sign up for the Food Hero Monthly magazine.
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Have Questions, Comments or Suggestions?
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