NEHALEM — Would you like to learn about community investment? Are you looking for capital to start an agricultural- or food-related business? Are you a new farmer seeking access to land, or a landowner who hopes to lease or sell property to an aspiring farmer?

Are you interested in the economic potential of agritourism?

Join farmers, entrepreneurs and educators to discuss ways to build a robust future for farming in Clatsop and Tillamook Counties at Food For the Local Soul, an event to facilitate ideas to grow the local coastal farm economy.

The event takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17 at White Clover Grange.

Enjoy a soul food lunch featuring fried chicken, collard greens, beans and cornbread (with as many local ingredients as possible). Lunch will be prepared by LaNicia Williams of Coastal Soul. For lunch, RSVP to Trav Williams at info@nvft.org or 330-822-2656, or contact Emily Vollmer at northcoastgrown@foodrootsnw.org or 503-815-2800.

Facilitators at Food for the Local Soul will include:

• Community investment: Jared Garner, beef farmer and access-to-capital consultant;

• Access to land: Trav Williams, chair of Nehalem Valley Farm Trust; and

• Agritourism: Ginger Edwards, farmer and entrepreneur .

There is a suggested donation $15, or whatever you can afford.

White Clover Grange is located at 36585 Highway 53, two miles east of U.S. Highway 101, about a mile past the Mohler Co-op Store.

The event is presented by the Nehalem Valley Farm Trust and Food Roots of Tillamook County. We are not-for-profits working to support a healthy productive food system for Oregon’s North Coast.