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Archive Home > 2009 > April > 12 > Living off the land while taking care of it

Living off the land while taking care of it

A community outside Coquille teaches rural skills with an eye toward the environment

By Jo Rafferty / The Bulletin
April 12, 2009

COQUILLE — Alon Zeev Ish-Shalom held a tiny sprig of green leaves in his hand.

“It’s a Chilean nut tree,” he said of the seedling on the hillside in the Walker Creek Valley.

The tree is one of 28 nut tree species planted by members of the Mountain....

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