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The Grange is a grass roots organization that began in 1867. Rising from the fields and farmlands, we built halls across the rural landscape of America, inviting family, friends and neighbors to share the harvest.

Website: http://www.californiagrange.org/
Group Type: Partnering Organizations
Members: 14
Latest Activity: Jul 29, 2011

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Welcome to the California State Grange

The Grange is a grass roots organization that began in 1867, in the aftermath of the destructive and divisive Civil War. Rising from the fields and farmlands, we gathered on common ground to heal and support each other, work together, and honor traditional values.

A quote from Rob Hopkins, the founder of the Transition Movement:

"I believe that a lower-energy, more localized future, in which we move from being consumers to being producer /consumers, where food, energy and other essentials are locally produced, local economies are strengthened and we have learned to live more within our means is a step towards something extraordinary, not a step away from something inherently irreplaceable.”

GREENING THE GRANGE

Why “Green” the Grange? Walk into a Grange anywhere in the USA & you will find a long term social network that may contain only a few old tyme members who are an average age of 80 years old. They may not even want new members because it will upset the dynamics & relationships. The problem with this is obvious - no new members, and soon - the building will have to be closed, they send back their keys to the State Grange who sells the building, and the Charter is dissolved. All so unnecessary! The local community needs that building, & Transition needs the opportunity to steward the Grange organization into becoming a support group for sustainable future. Your job - then - is first, to make friends & enjoy new relationships with folks you ordinarily don’t hang with. After awhile, you can see where you can make yourself useful. That is the core of the Grange creed and is fun! Help bus tables at the Pancake breakfast, or clean up after a rental event. Soon, you’ll be asked to be an officer & can begin to suggest measures to “Green” the breakfast - such as replacing the margarine with butter, buying local eggs instead of supermarket eggs, and so on… One thing - I suggest that the term “Green Grange” or “Progressive Grange” not be used - as it may cause opposition & is not creating inclusion with the Traditionalists, who - after all - kept the building intact & their Charter active just for this time and for your arrival!
California State Grange is beginning to look back to their early roots as a local family farm "guild"...it's not "Green", it's just the way things used to be!

RENAISSANCE GRANGES

A Renaissance Grange is bringing the old & new together - see some examples in the California State Grange Newsletter

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Comment by Les Squires on July 29, 2011 at 4:52am

Grange - TRANSITION U.S. SOCIAL NETWORK

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The Grange is also all about food and farms, and as many of us have identified - that is square one of the Transition Movement. ...
Grange - TRANSITION U.S. SOCIAL NETWORK

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27 Aug 2010 – Annie and the other current Transition movement people who are so central to Little Lake Grange did a tremendous job of bringing older ...
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Annie and the other current Transition movement people who are so central to Little LakeGrange did a tremendous job of bringing older members along, ...
Your Local Grange & Intercommunity Support for Our Food Future ...

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22 Jan 2009 – Here in Willits, Ca - many of us in the Transition movement ...

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16 Mar 2010 – A big follower of the transition movement. New Economics Foundation, Global Love .... It takes some time to grasp what this movement is ...
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22 Feb 2011 – President of the East Lake Grange. In what ways do you personally identify with the Transition movement? Why are you interested? ...
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30 Mar 2010 – Tags: Community Mapping Project, Transition Movement, ... Please come to the Grange on April 11th from 3-4pm to share in a free community ...
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26 Nov 2010 – The emergence of the Transition movement in the last four years or so is one... Where: Sebastopol Grange Hall 6000 Sebastopol Road / Hwy 12 ...

Comment by Les Squires on July 29, 2011 at 4:47am: Hi Ann. I've just added a DAILY SCAN OF THE INTERNET FOR MENTIONS OF GRANGE & TRANSITION to this GRANGE group. Two interesting articles have appeared. One originating from TSV and the other from Heritage Garden. Congrats, your group has grown to 14 members.

Comment by Margaret Beers Oliver on September 15, 2010 at 10:21am: I haven't been to a grange hall meeting in 20 years. I have moved a few times since then. I think I am going to have to research where the local grange hall is now. I used to go to one in Boulder County, Colorado. It is still there. I am however hours away in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Comment by Bob McFarland on September 2, 2010 at 5:57am: Les - on the Elder Talk and Reflection folks, those from Pleasant Valley are not computer literate. We've already lost one of our mentors. But the program should continue. I had an opportunity recently to interview and video tape Ann Burows, the oldest living Granger (105) at the oldest Grange hall in the country - Bennett Valley near Santa Rosa (1873).
What a magical match-up. The written story will be on the CSG website soon at www.californiagrange.org. It is worth a read. - B.

Comment by Ann Brigit Waters on September 1, 2010 at 12:59pm: I am moved by this flurry of possibilities for our future! Thanks to poets all...now, to the work...

Comment by Lanny Cotler on September 1, 2010 at 10:33am: Trying to move someone, even an organization, in a wiser direction?

"He drew a circle that shut me out-
Heretic , rebel, a thing to flout.
But love and I had the wit to win:
We drew a circle and took him In !

From the poem " Outwitted"
— Edwin Markham

Comment by Les Squires on September 1, 2010 at 8:28am: "... I so admire the Elder Talks that Little Lake does, and we have a similar prgram we call Reflections at Pleasant Valley..." Bob, would it seem appropriate to you to invite these two groups to participate with us as Groups on this site? Hopefully these groups can teach us more about the dynamics of elders in our work. Let me know what you think.

Comment by Bob McFarland on September 1, 2010 at 7:00am: Annie & Michael - Your comments are giving me great ideas that I will take with me to Boulder. Thanks. I'm glad you understood the message in my comments and weren't put off. We must all work together, for Transition, for the Grange and especially for those who are not yet a part of it all. This is where the challenges of stewardship really come into play. Not convincing ourselves, but convincing unsuspecting others that we are talking about our survival.
Panckae breakfasts, oh yes. They really are not about raising money. They are about raising awareness, and providing a safe, friendly, comfortable place for the community to come together, have a conversation, share local gossip, and be in the same place together. Sadly, for many folks that attend our breakfats in Pleasant Valley, they tell me it is the one time during the month they get out from in front of their TVs and mingle with other human beings. What have we come to? That is why I so admire the Elder Talks that Little Lake does, and we have a similar prgram we call Reflections at Pleasant Valley.
We're on the right path. - Bob

Comment by Ann Brigit Waters on August 31, 2010 at 10:16am: Yes, yes to Bob & Michael, I do hope this discussion goes beyond the few of us here & also is framed by Bob's deeper understanding of how a new organization can come into relationship with this venerable organization. I - as a new Granger & an old activist have been careful in all that I do, and encourage anyone who sees the potential to have great patience.
The pancake breakfast is a key to it all, as I have seen the need for helpful, quiet, strong & able volunteers who can carry plates, clean tables, do the needed grunt work and not offer suggestions or get in the limelight until asked by the "boss". More ideas later. Bob - I am so excited by your presentation! I believe the presence of Granges in other states who have decided to go back to their roots will create a wave that we can all ride on -

Comment by Michael Foley on August 31, 2010 at 8:53am: I think Bob's cautions about avoiding the appearance of "taking over" existing Granges is an important one. Annie and the other current Transition movement people who are so central to Little Lake Grange did a tremendous job of bringing older members along, participating whole-heartedly for years in the pancake breakfast, embracing the ritual, refusing to manipulate elections in their favor. And there are still tensions. Working with a community organization with a history and an older, conservative membership is a tremendous challenge, but it also presents tremendous opportunities for reaching people who would not otherwise be reached. It takes patience, real involvement and, as Bob says, you have to leave your ego at the door.