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I'm going to be posting some short articles on Adelante Mujeres' blog if you'd like to read them.  It's also a good place to learn more about the organization.

The Forest Grove Farmers Market went well this week and hopefully as the weather begins to warm up the vendor and buyer attendance at the market will continue to improve.  In addition to market, I've been working on trying to finalize a budget for Esperanza Distributor supplies, creating a post-harvest handling crop specifics guide for La Esperanza farmers, and have roped my dad into helping build a produce washing station at the farm.

Photos from market on the 24th (there aren't a ton of people because it was before the market had actually opened).  As usual you can click on any photo to enlarge it.

Adelante Mujeres' market truck

Market sign: pardon my imperfect Spanish.

Amaro's Produce, graduates of Adelante Agricultura's sustainable agriculture class.

The importance of determining the moisture content of the soil for agriculture

Soil consists of three phases , namely : liquid , gas and solids . Liquid phase is ground water that fills the parts or the whole of the empty space between the particles - solid particles.

One of the role of soil in agriculture is as a water storage area which is very important in relation to the cation , weathering of organic matter and micro activities of the bodies . This can only take place when both available water and air are sufficient .