The sold-out Reimagine the River conference, hosted by the 1803 Fund, Ecotrust and the Willamette Falls Trust, brought together civic, tribal, nonprofit and business leaders to discuss the region’s connection to the Willamette River.
Ecotrust’s Mariculture Catalyst Maranda Hamme was part of a small group that visited Juneau for a day-long mariculture workshop organized by Alaska Sea Grant and the Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska. Hamme discusses the challenges she experiences as an Indigenous mariculture farmer.
Members of Ecotrust’s Tending the Tides production team join Ocean Science Radio to share more about how Oregon is building regenerative ocean farming that honors Indigenous stewardship, avoids parachute science, and redefines what sustainable food systems look like.
Itanna and Yosafe Murphy of Sheba Farm are working to use agrivoltaics–co-locating solar PV energy production with agricultural activities on their 160-acre farm–to provide healthy, fresh and tasty food to their community, along with STEM education and energy resilience.
In addition to agrivoltaics, the project, located in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, will integrate vertical farming and hydroponics. Oregon State University, Ecotrust, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and others have joined the effort as technical partners.
“Ecotrust CDE’s placement of NMTCs in Cairnspring Mills’ Blue Mountain Mill is an exemplar use of our allocation authority, wholly consistent with our mission and purpose to provide financial support for economic development projects on tribal lands and building triple bottom line benefit.”
Angela Hedstrom, Senior Manager of Community Food Systems at Ecotrust, is a guest on this episode of the Farm to School podcast, focusing on the magic of Farm to Early Care and Education — a movement planting real food, real connections, and lifelong curiosity in our youngest learners.