Page 32 RAIN June/July 1983 market manager and a bigger warehouse. Large-capacity coolers in their warehouse, can consistently supply a higher volume of produce to local grocery stores, nursing homes, and restaurants. Food clubs and households can also buy wholesale a wider variety of fresh vegetables. The co-op's innovative Market Gardeners Program complements the work of larger volume farmers. Typically, low-demand vegetables—radishes, scallions, parsely, and some greens—go unsupplied by rural growers who produce high demand varieties. With twelve urban gardeners committed to providing these low demand vegetables. Organically Grown expects to reach more wholesale outlets this season. As Keith Watson, Information Coordinator, notes, "The Urban Gardeners assist the co-op by buying vegetables they can't produce themselves." The business is considering another producer-consumer project: adding a freezer to hold berries and foods that normally spoil. It would enable additional growers to reduce losses due to market gluts and rotting. Consumers could then purchase quality, local produce. Organically Grown, Inc., PO BOX 1082, Eugene, OR 97401. 503/683-6447 Recycling Swells in Bellingham A citizen's group brought together in 1981 by members of Whatcom Solar Association's Master Energy Conserver program has initiated a neighborhood curbside collection of recyclables program in Bellingham. Now, a year-and-a-half after the program started, students and volunteers conduct monthly pick-ups in three different neighborhoods, with over 500 households participating. The Recycle Center of Western Washington University provides trucks and drivers; the neighborhoods supply the rest of the labor needed for pick-ups. City government has also gotten into the act. Faced with major decisions on future waste disposal and in response to a proposal made by the neighborhood recycling organizations, the city allocated $40,000 last fall to hire a City Recycling Coordinator. A citizen advisory committee, with representatives from local businesses and community organizations, assists in developing a recycling plan for the city. The final draft of the plan is to be submitted to Bellingham's mayor and city council by July 1. Philip Morley, Recycling Coordinator, Dept, of Community Development, 210 Lottie St., Bellingham, WA 98225. —Lance Regan Farmers Market to Open Doors in Portland A farmers market is starting up this summer in North Portland. The project is funded through Portland's Office of Housing and Community Development and is being jointly administered by the Rain Community Resource Center and Responsible Urban Neighborhood Technology (RUNT). The market is scheduled to begin in early July and continue once a week through October, with plans being made to extend it for years to come. Volunteers are needed to help get things underway. For more information, contact Kris Altucker, Farmers Market, 3116 N Williams, Portland, OR 97227. 503/ 284-7881 Northwest Publications Mountain in the Clouds Bruce Brown Simon and Schuster 1230 Avenue of Americas New York, NY 10020 $12.95,1982,239 pp. Mountain in the Clouds is about the role fish play in the Northwest economy—specifically salmon, the native fish, as well as the newer invader culture, the hatchery fish. Several chapters of the book provide a detailed history about the politics of the fishing industry in the Northwest. Interspersed with these detailed chapters. Brown weaves his own tale about searching up and down the rivers of western Washington. He From: Mountain in the Clouds
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