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A look at food hubs, including the Redd on Salmon Street, across the Pacific Northwest, the benefits they provide local food systems, and the challenges they've navigated during the COVID-19 pandemic
Capital Press
Sustainable Southeast Partnership's (SSP) program director, Ralph Wolfe, Góos’k’, discusses the potential and limits of a $20 million dollar fund, with a mention to a study done by Ecotrust showing the impact of dollars invested in SSP.
Juneau Empire
A USDA Regional Food Systems Partnerships grant has been awarded to a collaborative of partners: OSU Center for Small Farms & Community Food Systems, Oregon Food Hub Network, which is part of the Oregon Community Food Systems Network; Black Food Sovereignty Coalition; Ecotrust; Oregon Climate & Agriculture Network; Oregon Economic Development Districts; Market of Choice and the Oregon Department of Agriculture.
Cascade Business News
One of the three examples examined in this article is the partnership between the Swinomish Indian tribe and Ecotrust in developing a new forest management plan. The resulting Swinomish Forest Bank illustrates how ecosystem markets can be inaccessible to Indigenous peoples due to histories of land fractionation and presents a strategy that respects and acknowledges this history, while also creating new legal structures to enable that access.
Conservation Finance Network
Nikeisah Newton, chef and owner of Meals 4 Heels, recounts designing her food delivery business for BIPOC sex workers in Portland and pivoting during the pandemic to support sex workers and the larger community in other ways. A partnership with Ecotrust has brought Newton's cooking, centering Black American dishes, to the Powerhouse at the Redd on Salmon Street.
Mic
Four leaders will be celebrated for their tireless contributions to uplifting Indigenous communities and food sovereignty.
Native leaders to speak on ensuring a future for Indigenous people, culture, and land
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Sixteen leaders of color selected for contributions, potential in food systems change