Betting on the (Mid-Sized) Farm
In the era of Big Food, regional farms are disappearing. The “Ag of the Middle” program is trying to change that
Eater
In the news
Mid-sized farms are disappearing. This program could reverse the trend.
Civil Eats offers a deep dive on our Ag of the Middle Accelerator, a program the article says is worth replicating wherever there are producers seeking to scale.
Civil Eats
Where the forest has no name
North America’s temperate rainforest extends some 2,500 miles from California to the Gulf of Alaska, providing important habitat for many species and playing a big role in global carbon sequestration. However, despite its uniqueness, there is no officially recognized name for the whole of the forest.
Mongabay
New guide helps Alaska commercial fishermen find markets for their fish
A new publication is targeting Alaska commercial fishermen and processors who want to find markets for their fish.
Sitka Local Foods Network
Fire, drought & high anxiety
This spring's dry conditions have put many in Northwest Washington on edge, reports Rural Reporting Fellow Ashley Ahearn.
Methow Valley News
Amanda Oborne: Helping the “Ag of the Middle” Thrive
Amanda Oborne, Vice President of Food & Farms at Ecotrust, talks about what nearly nine years spent working toward an equitable, prosperous, climate-smart future at this organization has taught her.
Rootstock Radio
Organic Noodles Go To School
Former Ecotrust, Lola Milholland brings her Umi Organic yakisoba noodles to school.
Good Stuff NW
Learning to ask for help
Ashley Ahearn, Ecotrust Rural Reporting Fellow, explores the rural-urban divide in approaches to mental health as climate change impacts get personal.
Methow Valley News
What It’s Like to Work in the Environmental Nonprofit World w/ Jeremy Barnicle, Ecotrust
A conversation with Jeremy Barnicle, Executive Director of Ecotrust, an Oregon-based nonprofit that fosters economic opportunity, social equity, and environmental well-being.
Time4Coffee
Food Hub: Helping to bridge urban-rural divide
A look behind the scenes at the Redd on Salmon Street
The Other Oregon
How a local food hub brings unique, small-batch products to New Seasons Market’s shelves
By partnering with services housed within the Redd on Salmon Street, the process is easier–and more affordable–for small vendors.
New Hope Network
A letter from Australian Hill Country
Ecotrust Rural Reporting Fellow Ashley Ahearn talks with Australian ranchers facing a changing climate head-on.
Methow Valley News
The Redd: New urban food hub helps small farmers sell into urban market
A comprehensive look at the new campus that "may turn out to be a model" for food system change.
Capital Press
Publisher’s Notebook: The link between mass timber, forest management & carbon
Treesource.org, a site dedicated to forest journalism for a sustainable future, highlights our study about increased carbon storage capacity in alternatively managed forests
Treesource
Redd East officially opens its doors in Southeast
The new Redd branch will bring its farm-to-table ethos to the general public
Portland Monthly
2019 TopProjects finalists enter judging phase
The Daily Journal of Commerce has named 97 finalists for the 2019 TopProjects awards competition recognizing the most outstanding projects completed last year in Oregon and Southwest Washington.
Daily Journal of Commerce
What does local food need to thrive? Portland’s answer is the Redd
First in an occasional series on Salmon Nation success stories, Alaska to California.
The Tyee
Food hub’s other half set to open
The Redd on Salmon Street opens completely on March 2
Portland Tribune
New Green Deal aims to boost the Restoration Economy. But what IS the Restoration Economy?
An Ecotrust study found that Oregon's 7,000-plus watershed restoration projects generated nearly 6,500 jobs from 2001 through 2010. Many of those jobs went to unemployed loggers.
Ecosystem Marketplace
A promising partnership
Methow Valley News receives a Rural Reporting Fellowship from Ecotrust to do substantive reporting of climate change issues on a local basis.
Methow Valley News
What does climate change mean for you?
Methow Valley News reporter Ashley Ahearn publishes her first article through the Ecotrust Rural Reporting Fellowship. In 2019, she will explore the local impacts of global climate change.
Methow Valley News
How an Oregon rancher is building soil health — and a robust regional food system
Fourth-generation rancher Cory Carman holistically manages 5,000 acres, which serve as a model for sustainable meat operations in the Pacific Northwest
Civil Eats
Bits and Pieces
Here are some notes on this and that and the other thing - including The Redd, Meals on Wheels People, 'Bumblebee' and 'Stars on Ice'
Portland Tribune
Ecotrust opens its Central Eastside foodie campus
The renovated buildings are already serving more than 170 food businesses
Portland Business Journal
The fish crisis: businesses called on to do more to conserve stocks
Our Food & Fish Program Manager, Tyson Rasor, introduces two ways community fishermen are contributing to conservation efforts while supporting their businesses.
Oregon Business
119 Organizations Shaking Up the Food System in 2019
Our work to create a more restorative, equitable, and delicious food system was included in this round up of ground-breaking organizations working across the nation.
FoodTank
Our nine favorite new coffee shops
La Perlita, a Latinx-owned coffee shop on Ecotrust's first floor, is featured in the Willamette Week
Willamette Week
Doctoral Student Contributes to Carbon Storage Study
Earlier this month, Ecotrust, in partnership with the University of Washington, published “Tradeoffs in Timber, Carbon and Cash Flow under Alternative Management Systems for Douglas-Fir in the Pacific Northwest,” a peer-reviewed study that looks at the carbon storage in Washington and Oregon forests.
Offshoots
America’s Small-Boat Fisheries: Making Sustainable Seafood More Traceable & Delicious
To test the quality of frozen fish and consumer perceptions about seafood, several small-boat fisheries/CSFs teamed up with Oregon State University, Seafood Analytics, and Ecotrust.
Marine Fish Conservation Network
Peer-Reviewed Study Finds FSC Stores More Carbon
In partnership with the University of Washington, Ecotrust recently published a peer-reviewed study titled “Tradeoffs in Timber, Carbon and Cash Flow under Alternative Management Systems for Douglas-Fir in the Pacific Northwest,” which analyzes the carbon storage potential of FSC-certified forests in Washington and Oregon.
FSC United States Newsletter
The Russell Family Foundation moved most of its endowment to impact… and outperformed its benchmark
The Russell Family Foundation’s journey to align its $141 million endowment with its philanthropic mission began with a contradiction: Does an environmental foundation undermine its grants to improve water quality by investing in businesses that pollute local waterways?
ImpactAlpha
Making Steps Sustainable
Visitors to an innovative energy display supported Ecotrust with every step.
Facility Executive
Photos: Work under way for food hub’s next course
The Redd on Salmon Street – a $23 million, two-block Ecotrust adaptive reuse development in Portland’s Central Eastside – is nearing completion
Daily Journal of Commerce
Hoonah’s second annual culture camp weaves tradition into everyday life
For four days, participants of Hoonah’s second annual culture camp traveled to this site at Freshwater Bay and immersed themselves in Tlingit culture, language and traditional activities.
Juneau Empire
A Walk in The Woods: How Forests Grow Solid Returns
In a twist on the old adage: “It’s seeing the forest for the trees,” EFM, a privately-held forestland investment and management company, is making a positive environmental, social and financial impact through its sustainable, climate-smart strategies.
Real Leaders
‘The Four Top’: Fernando Divina | Jill Lightner | Amanda Oborne
In this episode, we explore the relationship between food and health, in the contexts of communities, our kitchens, and even the whole planet.
The Four Top
Mid-Atlantic Data Portal Offers Maps and Resources for Ocean Planning
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean (MARCO) continues its work to support regional collaborative efforts through access to ocean data and information via the Mid-Atlantic Portal.
The Two Rivers Times
The Redd’s urban-rural food hub to open by end of year
By year's end, the Redd on Salmon Street will be a major epicenter for Portland's fresh food economy
Portland Tribune
Ballard home to office of global nonprofit dedicated to preserving forests
A profile of Jennifer Whitaker, relationship connector for the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), where she works to inspire change around protecting forests locally and around the world. Ecotrust is proud to be a partner.
Westside Seattle
Milltown cleanup created jobs, boosted economy, Montana official says at conference
The $113 million spent on cleaning up the Milltown area is estimated to have resulted in more than 3,500 jobs, according to a 2009 study by the Montana Department of Labor and Industry.
The Missoulian
Can you really be a conscious carnivore?
Our meat eating habits, no longer a matter of basic sustenance, have become ethically fraught, deeply personal questions: Money. Health. Animal welfare. Environmental impact. Here, five American eaters navigate their way through the messy middle.
New Food Economy
Buying frozen fish isn’t what it used to be here. Here’s what you need to know.
A 2016 study funded by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation that tested consumer preferences for fresh black cod and coho salmon vs. frozen (both bought at retail) found that the frozen fish, simply baked, were both rated superior or equal to their fresh counterparts.
Washington Post
Oregon’s stunning new state park was almost turned into a golf course
Sitka Sedge State Natural Area officially opened last weekend.
Statesman Journal
Movement to eat locally grown food in full swing in Clark County
The national food trend of eating locally has come to Clark County.
The Columbian
Guest Essay: What Does Real Change in Our Food System Look Like?
Lyf Gildersleeve, owner of Flying Fish Company, a sustainable seafood retailer in Providore Fine Foods, wrote this guest post for the Marine Fish Conservation Network, a coalition of fishermen, conservationists, scientists and citizens around a mission to conserve and revitalize wild ocean fisheries.
Good Stuff Northwest
Want to support Domestic Apparel Production? Mapping the Future of Fiber
More and more, conscious consumers and businesses owners are looking for ethical, environmentally responsible, locally made products and services, all of which are increasingly hard to find as domestic production shrinks.
Inside Fashion Design
Highly Rated Charities to Consider for Earth Day
One way to mark Earth Day is with a credit card, by making donations to charities involved in environmental protection throughout the year.
Forbes
Off the lamb: how to eat with a low carbon footprint
A WWF report has named the British meals with the highest carbon footprints, with lamb cawl topping the list. So which foods are more sustainable?
The Guardian
Guest Opinion: Wood skyscrapers are coming. Let’s build them right.
Mark Edlen and Denis Hayes contend that Portland can demonstrate how wood skyscrapers and responsible forestry can be natural allies.
OregonLive
Marion Acres Raises Pastured Meats
In 2012, two families began a big adventure by starting small. John and Rachelle Mathia wanted to buy a small farm so they could feed their family good clean food.
The Cedar Mill News
One-stop shopping event for CSAs offered
More than 40 farmers and food producers will be on hand Sunday to talk about their Community Supported Agriculture programs.
Pamplin Media Group
Philadelphia-based food hub leader turns 10, is set to go national
Nonprofit Quarterly
Beneficial State Bank Merges with Albina Community Bank
Beneficial State Bank announced that it will merger with Albina Community Bank, affirming the vitality of triple-bottom-line banking committed to meaningful social justice outcomes and environmental well-being.
The Skanner
Can Food Hubs Scale Nationally and Stay True to the Cause?
Philadelphia's Common Market is expanding to Atlanta, Houston, and beyond, connecting more farmers to eaters and scaling a model that has long remained local
Civil Eats
Art show to defend DACA program held by local ‘dreamer’
Local graphic designer and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient Heldáy de la Cruz made a big statement through his artwork.
KPTV
7 ecological charities to support on Giving Tuesday and beyond
Ecotrust joins six earth-focused nonprofits in Inhabit's charitable giving guide that features high-impact organizations making the most of every dollar they raise.
Inhabit
Resistance Events for the Week of November 29-December 5
Artist Heldáy de la Cruz will showcase 10 portraits of DACA recipients and raise money for three immigrant rights organizations at 'We the Dreamers: An Art Show to Defend DACA.'
Portland Mercury
Meyer Trust Awards $22.7 Million to Oregon Nonprofits
Portland-based Meyer Memorial Trust has announced that it awarded a hundred and ninety-three grants totaling $22.7 million in 2017 to nonprofit organizations working to create and support vibrant, equitable communities in Oregon.
Philanthropy News Digest
Outdoor maven: Food and farming leader launches camper van rental business
How Deborah Kane, a pioneer in Oregon’s sustainable food scene, left a high-profile public policy role for a career in the sharing economy.
Oregon Business
America’s Food System Is a Mirror for Our Society and Culture
Amanda Oborne is Vice President of Food & Farms at Portland, Oregon-based Ecotrust, “a catalyst for radical, practical change.”
Medium
Fresh seafood? Group touts benefits of freezing
A Sitka fishermen's group has set a course to counteract that stereotype, and prove that properly frozen fish has clear advantages over the "fresh" fish sold to consumers.
Homer Tribune
Fish Factor: Frozen Fish Image Boost, Mighty Alaska, Seafood Favorites, Upcoming Meetings
Alaskans pull home packs of fish from their freezers all year round and know it will cook up nutritious and delicious. Yet there is still a perception that fresh seafood is always better than frozen.
Seward City News
‘Plywood on steroids’ can benefit climate, forests
Buildings made with cross-laminated timber account for less than half the carbon emissions of structures using steel and concrete
Pamplin Media Group
The Importance of Regenerative Agriculture in a Warming World
Sustainably meeting the demands of immense population growth will be one of the defining challenges of this century.
SOCAP
Frozen seafood gets a bad rap, but a Sitka fishermen’s group is trying to change that
Alaskans pull home-packs of fish from their freezers all year round and know it will cook up nutritious and delicious. Yet there is still a perception that fresh seafood is always better than frozen.
Alaska Dispatch News
Community-supported agriculture systems make locally-grown food more accessible in Bloomington
Less than 1 percent of U.S. farms use subscription programs, according to a 2015 study by Ecotrust and the Economics for Equity and Environment Network.
Indiana Daily Student
As Northwest salmon economy teeters on brink, Trump gives it a push
Northwest salmon fisheries are in trouble, impacted by warming oceans and overdeveloped, dammed and silted spawning rivers and streams.
Mongabay
It’s Time to Invest in Negative Carbon
A conference panel entitled, “Forget Net Zero: It’s Time to Invest in Negative Carbon,” highlighted several solutions.
Triple Pundit
Contemplative Creek: Remembering Bruce Hill
Terrace Standard
Another Lummi totem goes on tour, this time to highlight environmental threats
The Bellingham Herald
USDA grants will aid rural Alaska economies
The Cordova Times
19 Unique and Innovative Farm-to-School Programs
October is national Farm-to-School Month in the United States. It’s a time to celebrate the connections between schools, farmers, and locally and regionally produced foods.
FoodTank
How “Speed Dating” Socials Strengthen Local Food Economies
Modern Farmer
Guest column: It’s time to celebrate Oregon’s product makers
Consumer products made locally embody the spirit of Oregon, says Built Oregon's Mitch Daugherty
Portland Business Journal
Building Portland’s local food economy at the Redd
A year after opening, the Oregon food hub and business incubator is building connections and helping small and medium food producers grow their businesses.
Civil Eats
Ten Things You Need to Know About the Restoration Economy
HuffPost
Tall Wood Buildings
The benefits of CLT reach well beyond the construction industry.
Green Living Journal
In Spite of Setbacks, Drawdown can help us meet our Paris climate targets
We can look to grassroots efforts for inspiration and tools to help us move toward the sustainable future we want.
Hundredgivers
5 Ways Schools Can Boost the Local Food Economy
Schools have tremendous purchasing power and influence when it comes to local food. Here are some ways they are sourcing closer to home.
Civil Eats
Western Innovator: Helping the next generation
Drawing from her own experience, Nellie McAdams urges aging farmers to make succession plans.
Capital Press
Tangled up in Wool
How an effort to green the textile market turned into a referendum on animal welfare, national monuments and an iconic outdoor trade show.
Oregon Business
Food for Thought: The Do’s, Don’ts and Donut’s of Food Investing.
Food and beverage startups in Oregon are proliferating, and making money, bringing in $1B in financing in 2015 alone. So, where are the returns across the food value chain?
Medium
Whetting young appetites
Should schools be required to serve meals low in sodium, rich in whole grains, and with fat-free milk? The U.S. Department of Agriculture under the Trump administration doesn't think so.
Portland Tribune
The plan to save the world from climate change
‘Drawdown’ lays out the top 80 solutions already underway
Street Roots
Green Loop exhibit at Design Week Portland
The Portland Green Loop project is a proposed six-mile pedestrian and bike promenade linking the city’s east and west sides. This exhibit is inviting the community to come together to learn, react and discuss the project’s potential.
KGW.com
Coastal Edge Rainforest Reserve Largest Conservation Initiative in North Coast Land Conservancy History
In November 2016 North Coast Land Conservancy took the first steps toward the acquisition of approximately 3,500 acres of timberland between Arch Cape and Manzanita, Oregon, marking the single largest conservation initiative in the Conservancy’s history.
Tillamook County Pioneer
‘The Four Top’: Restaurateurs Under Trump | Whence The Midsize American Farm? | Institutional Eating
The current administration's impact on the restaurant industry, the future of midsize farming, and the status of prison and hospital food.
OPB
‘Drawdown’ offers climate action solutions
Paul Hawkens' playbook ranks 100 initiatives, from eco-roofs to mass transit, to avert dramatic global warming.
Portland Tribune
The Redd on Salmon Street
The Redd on Salmon Street—located in the Central Eastside industrial district of Portland-Oregon—is a food project of an entirely different order, with a much more inclusive and wildly ambitious mission: to make regeneratively produced, locally sourced food a mainstay of the regional diet.
The Field Guide
How green really are tall timber buildings?
Organizers of this week’s International Mass Timber Conference in Portland devoted a whole track of their three-day event to environmental and sustainability aspects of the mass timber sector.
Oregon Business
Make Your Plans for ‘Design Week Portland’ Now (video)
An overview of all things Design Week Portland.
KGW
Seafood Analytics’ CQR Shifting Industry to Objective Quality
Seafood Analytics also recently collaborated with Ecotrust, Oregon State University and three small fleet fisheries on the west coast to address questions of frozen seafood freshness.
Food Logistics
A first look at 2017’s ambitious Design Week Portland’s programs (photos)
The Redd, an Ecotrust development, will serve as a conduit for the April 21-April 29 program that's expected to draw 5,000 participants.
Portland Business Journal
Cutting-edge mapping and forest modeling technologies for all forest landowners
In 2014, Ecotrust launched a free web application, Forest Planner, to enable landowners in Oregon and Washington to visualize and compare trade-offs of different forest management approaches customized to their property, including carbon sequestration, timber production and economics, fire hazards, and more.
Forks Forum
Farm to School program champions more healthy eating
Burton Elementary School expands its farm to school programming.
The Columbian
Get inside creative studios: Design Week Portland (photos)
Design Week Portland, which opens closed-to-the-public creative studios, returns April 21-29 with events in all corners of the city.
OregonLive
How Trump’s Environmental Policies Can Kill 220,000 Jobs And Eradicate Dozens of Species
The restoration economy is already providing jobs for loggers across Oregon, and even some coal miners in Virginia, but it could disappear if the GOP environmental rollback continues.
The Huffington Post
Patagonia leaving its longtime Ecotrust home for a prominent new location
The outdoor retailer is moving into a highly visible spot along West Burnside this spring.
Portland Business Journal
The Green Loop is gaining momentum
21st century public engagement for a 21st century public works project.
The Intertwine
The Future of Our Food: Building Infrastructure for a Regional Food System
An interview with Ecotrust VP of Food and Farms, Amanda Oborne.
Good Stuff NW
Trump Can Save 220,000 Rural Jobs And Conserve Nature. Will He?
President Donald Trump and many Congressional Republicans say they’ll create jobs by rolling back environmental regulation, but their current trajectory could have the opposite effect.
Ecosystem Marketplace
Congress rolls back protecting streams from coal mining
Alaska’s congressional delegation has voted with the Republican majority to overturn a rule that blocks coal mines from discharging waste into streams.
The Cordova Times
Ecotrust food-system innovators make Fast Company’s ‘Most Creative’ list
From salt to crickets(and probably salt on crickets), Oregon's food scene is famously inventive.
Portland Business Journal
Be inspired by these creative leaders who are changing the world
The new members of our Most Creative People in Business community are impacting industries ranging from fashion to finance.
Fast Company
Millenial Weddings Defy Disruption
Some of the millennial value system is trickling down to the nuptial exchange. Couples are seeking edgier, urban venues like warehouses (as opposed to churches and hotel ballrooms).
Oregon Business
Amplifying impact with mission investments
How foundations can reimagine a proven philanthropic tool to more effectively address today’s social and environmental challenges.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
6 questions with Portland author, and fishing industry expert, Lee van der Voo
A conversation with an Ecotruster about catch shares led Lee van der Voo to research her book "The Fish Market"
Portland Business Journal
News roundtable | Elliott State Forest | solitary confinement in Oregon
Only one company put in a bid to purchase Elliott State Forest.
Oregon Public Broadcasting
A Portland start-up delivers local, organic, plant-based groceries to your door
Is it time to say goodbye to Whole Foods Market and hello to New Foods Market?
Portland Monthly
Oregon, with Legislature’s help, must re-examine its priorities on Elliott State Forest: editorial
The terrain near Coos Bay, in Oregon's Coast Range, is steeply sloped, densely forested, and abundant in fish-bearing rivers and other wildlife.
The Oregonian
3,300 acres to be conserved near Oswald West State Park
On Nov. 18, North Coast Land Conservancy took the first steps toward the acquisition of approximately 3,300 acres of timberland between Arch Cape and Manzanita, Ore.
Tillamook Headlight Herald
Oregon’s Elliott State Forest sale attracts 1 bid
Oregon’s attempt to sell off the Elliott State Forest has drawn only one bid.
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Big things are cooking at Central Eastside food hub
Portland’s Ecotrust aims to scale sustainable agriculture and help set the table for hundreds, even thousands of Oregonians.
Crain's Portland
Nut milk, grains to your door
A new business in Southeast Portland is taking the concept of fresh, local grocery shopping to the digital era.
Portland Tribune
The Redd seafood hub lands with big splash
Ecotrust opens first of two food-based business spaces
Portland Tribune
Why farm-to-institution sourcing is the sleeping giant of local food
Strategists are following the money to schools, corporate cafeterias, and hospitals in hopes of rebuilding local economies and bringing healthy food access—literally in through the back door.
Civil Eats
Ironworks to food hub: an early glimpse inside The Redd
While many of the Central Eastside's buildings are unremarkable from the outside—largely windowless and made from utilitarian materials—I've long enjoyed getting small glimpses through warehouses' doors that reveal beehives of human and industrial activity inside.
Portland Architecture
Ecotrust’s Jeremy Barnicle on sustainability and economic success
Celebrate Ecotrust's 25th anniversary!
kinkfm
Huge local food hub opens in Portland, Oregon
Ecotrust, a non-profit based in Portland, Ore., opened phase one of a $23 million, 80,000-square-foot campus that is part food hall, part food hub, designed to connect small- and mid-size farms and ranches with their customers, Fast Company says.
Fern's Ag Insider
Portland’s first food hub brings the farm to a bigger table
The Redd on Salmon Street is an 80,000-square-foot campus complete with a cold-storage warehouse and local food vendors.
Fast Company
Ecotrust, national labor group tout clean energy jobs potential in new study
Proposals to turn the Northwest into a busy corridor for the processing and transportation of fossil fuels have roiled the region.
Portland Business Journal
Scaling up local food
A new facility in Portland, Ore., aims to solve critical infrastructure problems that thwart the growth of midsize farms and ranches.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
Ecotrust lands national food nonprofit at The Redd
National nonprofit FoodCorps is moving its headquarters to The Redd on Salmon Street in Southeast Portland.
Portland Business Journal
You should be eating more amazing Oregon fish
Oregon’s coastal waters teem with unique seafood. So why isn’t it ending up in our restaurants?
Portland Monthly Magazine
Ecotrust sells food magazine to Seattle publisher
Ecotrust has sold its food magazine to a like-minded publisher in Seattle.
Portland Business Journal
Portland meet-up experts plan first startup conference
The duo behind the popular monthly meetup NewTech PDX will dramatically up their networking ante.
Portland Business Journal
The Redd: Portland’s first ‘food hub’ under construction
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Portland already has a lock on great chefs and food.
KGW
Inside the NW Food Buyers’ Alliance
This issue of In Good Tilth highlights the power of institutions to support a healthier, more resilient food system and how they can help communities take responsibility for sustainable practices.
In Good Tilth
Urban rooftop wedding
Although Jade and Nick currently live in Rhode Island for work, they both grew up in the Pacific Northwest and knew they wanted to tie the knot in Portland.
Oregon Bride
Elizabeth Woody, Oregon’s voice
The state's new poet laureate talks about writing, poverty, salmon, dams, race, family, and the keeping of a way of life
Oregon Artswatch
Ten questions with Amanda Oborne, Vice President of Food and Farms at Ecotrust
Food Tank had the chance to speak with Amanda Oborne, the Vice President of Food and Farms at Ecotrust, who will be speaking at this year's Food Tank Summit in Washington, D.C.
Food Tank
Ecotrust and the Better Angels Society Get New Leaders
Jeremy Barnicle, former chief development and communications officer at Mercy Corps, was named executive director of Ecotrust.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Ecotrust hires leader to shape next 25 years
When former Ecotrust President Astrid Scholz left the organization in 2014, the nonprofit found itself at something of a crossroads.
Portland Business Journal
Ecotrust hires a nonprofit vet as its new director
Ecotrust has named a new executive director to lead the environmental nonprofit.
Portland Business Journal
Ecotrust hires new executive director
Ecotrust has named Mercy Corps veteran Jeremy Barnicle as its new executive director.
Portland Tribune
CSA Share Fair happens March 19 in Portland
PORTLAND — About 40 food vendors are taking part March 19 in a CSA Share Fair, at which customers will be able to hook up with Community Supported Agriculture operations that deliver in Portland neighborhoods.
Capital Press
Sitka Sedge: A look at Oregon’s newest state park
TILLAMOOK COUNTY, Ore. (KOIN) — Plans are in motion for Oregon’s newest state park, Sitka Sedge State Natural Area, located in south Tillamook County.
KOIN
Ecotrust looks to get more healthy food to hungry students
Ecotrust is creating a new web tool to track the effectiveness of a program aimed at providing low-income students food from local farms.
Portland Business Journal
Wildlife habitat and water quality on Desolation Creek timberland
Responsible harvesting creates community benefit
Oregon Lands at Work
Food and agriculture’s leading experts to speak at Food Tank Summit
Washington, DC - Food Tank, in partnership with American University, will hold a two-day summit, Wednesday, April 20, 2016 and Thursday, April 21, 2016 from 9AM-5PM.
Imperial Valley News
Community-supported agriculture fair helps households find their farmer
Those looking to join community-supported agriculture programs now have an easy path to get there.
Portland Business Journal
Elwha efforts get $1M grant
The work to conserve and restore public access along the Elwha River delta shoreline just got a big boost.
Sequim Gazette
Public access in works for new beaches on east side of Elwha River mouth
PORT ANGELES — Public access to the new beaches on the east side of the Elwha River mouth is expected to be available by the summer of 2018.
Peninsula Daily News
World’s biggest temperate rainforest: much of British Columbia coast protected
An agreement covering a vast swath of British Columbia's coast -- twice the size of Vancouver Island -- preserves and protects 85 percent of what is the largest old-growth temperate rain forest on Earth.
Seattle PI
The Marble holds first pop-up market with Carman Ranch this weekend
The Redd on Salmon Street shapes up to connect Portlanders with local agriculture.
Eater
Corporate cafes offer an expanding market for producers
Providing food to corporate cafes could be a significant niche market for Oregon producers.
Capital Press
Swinomish Tribe explores ‘forest bank’ to battle climate change
The Swinomish Tribe is exploring ways to manage its forestland sustainably by placing a value on trees beyond the price of lumber.
Northwest Treaty Tribes
Here’s plastic that won’t pollute
This holiday season, consider a charge card that matches your green values
Sustainable Life
Portland nonprofit helps Chevrolet reduce its carbon footprint by 8M tons
Bonneville Environmental Foundation has retired more than eight million tons of carbon credits on behalf of Chevrolet.
Portland Business Journal
Chelsea Clinton touts her book, calls on kids to eat right
Chelsea Clinton said people interested in her mom's farm and food system views should check her website.Hillary Clinton has been spending some time in Iowa, a key farm and primary state, the candidate's daughter said.
Capital Press
Collecting oral histories of food
The producers of Underground Airwaves, a podcast supported by Ecotrust, have created bilingual “interactive exhibits and pop-up story booths” in order to collect oral histories featuring Latino voices, with a special emphasis on farming and food.
OPB
Chelsea Clinton visits Portland to discuss food system issues
She will join a panel to discuss topics such as reforming the food system, food security and the farm to school program.
Capital Press
Chelsea Clinton comes to town to stump for new book
Former First Daughter Chelsea Clinton is now an author, coming to Portland this week to promote her new book about youth activism.
Portland Tribune
The food pod grows up
Oregon's first generation of food entrepreneurs created a brand based on quality and craftsmanship. Can the second generation sustain it?
Oregon Business
The Redd hosts Potlatch on Friday
The Redd on Salmon Street is having a party, and wants everyone to come visit.
Portland Tribune
Get into a chef-approved podcast
Amid a sea of options, it can be hard to tell which food podcasts are the best.
Food & Wine
Interactive exhibits highlights food traditions of Oregon’s Latino community through storytelling
Naureen Khan didn't want to share her story at first. Her teacher, Oscár Fernández, had brought his Portland State class "Immigration, Migrations and Belonging" to an interactive exhibit focused on how food traditions evolve and adapt for Latin American immigrants and their children.
The Oregonian
Uniting the built & natural environments
In Portland, Ecotrust builds a hub for sustainable food
The Dirt: A publication of American Society of Landscape Architects
Portland Mercado hosts oral history project
On the last day of the Inheritance Stories exhibit at the Portland Mercado, the organizers set up a mic to record more stories for the next showing.
OregonLive
Redd on Salmon wins SXSW design award for resilience (renderings)
Leading design minds at SXSW Eco this week awarded The Redd on Salmon Street the Place by Design Award for resilience.
Portland Business Journal
Keiser pulls plug on Bandon Links
BANDON — Bandon Dunes owner Mike Keiser pulled the plug Sept. 30 on the proposed Bandon Links golf project south of town.
The World Link
Mayor Hales wraps up Portland Creative Conference
Mayor Hales wraps up the Portland Creative Conference, discussing creativity through Nike shoe design, "Grimm" storylines, Decemberists lyrics, LucidEnergy power generation, Ranger chocolate, ADX makerspace, Nutcase helmets, and Redd on Salmon.
cre8con
Inner eastside ‘maker space’ ready to launch
Two vacant, sprawling buildings in inner Southeast Portland soon will be shining examples of modern food “maker space” in Portland.
Portland Tribune
Tulalip, Swinomish preserve forest and salmon habitat with two significant initiatives
Two significant environmental initiatives were implemented within the last three weeks—opening prime salmon habitat on the Tulalip Reservation and, on Swinomish land, setting the stage for forest preservation.
Indian Country Today
Swinomish, Ecotrust receive federal funding for forest conservation, carbon sequestration
Joint grant could establish a new 'forest bank'
Native American Times
Peek inside Ecotrust’s sprawling Portland food hub, now looking for tenants
Ecotrust is ready to open the doors on its new food center.
Portland Business Journal
Food incubator in Central Eastside looks for tenants
A new food business incubator is ready to accept tenants. The 20,000-square-foot building in Portland's Central Eastside is part of a larger project by Ecotrust, a regional nonprofit that focuses on environmental and food issues.
The Oregonian/OregonLive
Global platform launched to promote positive plagiarism among foundations
A group of leading foundations and NGOs, including the Rockefeller Foundation, Oxfam and the Skoll Foundation have launched a peer-to-peer platform to make solving pressing social issues easier.
Pioneers Post
The truth about ‘sustainable’ chicken is that it doesn’t really exist
Diners want it. Chefs want it. Farmers want it. So why is organic, pasture-raised chicken so hard to find?
Portland Monthly
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack announces the 2015 National Urban and Community Forestry Challenge Grants
WASHINGTON - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the 2015 USDA Forest Service's National Urban and Community Forestry Challenge grant recipients.
WHO Radio
Top 10 picks for the dog days of summer
Before it’s too late, we recommend you get your barely clad booty out to some of these uniquely Portland outdoor happenings.
Portland Pedal Power The Blog
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack announces the 2015 National Urban and Community Forestry Challenge Grants
WASHINGTON, August 13, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the 2015 USDA Forest Service's National Urban and Community Forestry Challenge grant recipients.
USDA: News Release
Oregon cold storage plant announces expansion
Expansion of SnoTemp's cold storage plant in Albany is seen as a sign of the continued economic health of Oregon's food manufacturing sector.
Capital Press
Land trust, others acquire ridge top Chimacum forest to avoid clearcut
CHIMACUM— An 850-acre parcel that was slated for clearcutting is now protected in a partnership that includes the Jefferson Land Trust, which plans to explore its recreational and economic potential.
Peninsula Daily News
Farming Creativity
Amanda Oborne joins Rendered for their segment on Farming Creativity
Rendered
New Oregon bill earmarks $4.5M for farm to school
Stacey Sobell joins KBOO Community Radio to talk about latest legislation (HB 2721-1) to support farm to school purchasing and activities across the state.
KBOO Community Radio
Institutions like hospitals can help local mid-size farms
At Oregon Health & Science University recently, the lunch offerings included sandwiches made with organic chicken breast — locally sourced — on focaccia bread, baked locally and delivered daily. Plus salad made from local greens. Not a pre-packaged, mass-produced item in sight.
SFGate
Institutions like hospitals can help local mid-size farms
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — At Oregon Health & Science University recently, the lunch offerings included sandwiches made with organic chicken breast — locally sourced — on focaccia bread, baked locally and delivered daily. Plus salad made from local greens. Not a pre-packaged, mass-produced item in sight.
San Francisco Chronicle
Institutions like hospitals can help local mid-size farms
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — At Oregon Health & Science University recently, the lunch offerings included sandwiches made with organic chicken breast — locally sourced — on focaccia bread, baked locally and delivered daily. Plus salad made from local greens. Not a pre-packaged, mass-produced item in sight.
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Increased institutional food buying could bolster local farms
Because of their buying power and the millions of meals they serve, institutions such as hospitals, prisons and retirement centers could have a dramatic ripple effect on Oregon food growers and processors if they bought local products.
Capital Press
Ecotrust Forest: making the math work for sustainable timber in the Northwest
Ecotrust Forest Management has gone where most other sustainable timber funds fear to tread: the Pacific Northwest.
Impact Alpha
Coquille Tribe regains 3,200 acres of forested ancestral homeland in Oregon
Coquille Indian Tribe lands have been returned with help from Ecotrust
Indian Country Today
Portland food project to assist ‘ag of the middle’
Research by a Portland non-profit says medium size producers scramble to jump gaps in the market infrastructure
Capital Press
Coquille Tribe gets back ancestral land in Curry County
The Coquille Indian Tribe has purchased thousands of acres of culturally-rich land in Curry County and regained a piece of its ancestral heritage
Oregon Public Broadcasting
The unique challenges facing medium-sized farms
Ecotrust's Amanda Oborne is interviewed on Think Out Loud about a new report that examines the unique challenges facing “Ag of the Middle.”
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Coquille tribe regains cultural lands in Curry County
The Coquille Indian Tribe has regained another piece of its ancestral heritage with a significant purchase of culturally-rich forestland in Curry County
The World
Ecotrust report calls for investment in ‘Ag of the Middle’
A study by Ecotrust, a Portland nonprofit, says a more cohesive regional food system will support middle-size producers
The Daily Astorian
Ecotrust forest deal returns an Oregon tribe to its ancestral lands
The transaction is a rare opportunity for an Oregon tribe to reclaim access to the lands where ancestors hunted, gathered and lived.
Portland Business Journal
Report calls for investment in ‘Ag of the Middle’
A study by Ecotrust, a Portland non-profit, says a more cohesive regional food system will support middle-size producers
Capital Press
B-Line delivery joins Ecotrust’s ‘The Redd’ food processor development in Central Eastside
Besides deliveries, B-Line employees are also going to manage the warehouse and cold storage for the companies who work in The Redd
OregonLive
Ecotrust lands anchor tenant, bike delivery service at new food hub
Behind the quirky charm of a Portland tricycle delivery service beats the heart of a sophisticated logistics and distribution business
Portland Business Journal
Oregon lacking ‘ag in the middle’ — mid-sized companies that could make companies like Burgerville more local
According to a study by the Ecotrust nonprofit, there is a gap between farmers markets and mainstream food purveyors that could be profitable
OregonLive
Why Ecotrust is building a food hub in Portland’s Central Eastside
Ecotrust is tackling the primary challenge to Oregon’s mid-sized food producers: Lack of processing, storage and distribution infrastructure
Sustainable Business Oregon
Can carbon markets help Oregon’s small forests?
When cancer comes calling, what if owners of small forest plots had another choice but to sell or to cut?
Investigate West
The future is now for three small forests
Some of Oregon’s forest owners are seeking innovative ways to make a living off their land without logging it hard
InvestigateWest
Fair Trade, free markets, and the bitter fight behind your morning cup of coffee
Today, thousands of Americans will choose to pay a premium for a cup of fair trade-certified coffee. And chances are, few of them have any real idea what that means.
Vice News
Can the Bullitt Center prove that it pays for buildings to go ‘deep green’?
There’s no question they save water, energy, waste and emissions – but proving the greenest buildings also save money is tricky
The Guardian
Portland’s forestland investment company Ecotrust named best for the world
Nonprofit company B Lab, has officially named the Portland based forestland investment company, Ecotrust, a “B Corp Best for the World.”
GoLocalPDX
Search for antibiotic-free chicken a struggle for schools
Two businesses and two local school districts are teaming up, all in the name of chicken
KGW.com
Are CSA subscriptions earning farmers a living wage?
New research says the CSA model has caught on like wildfire in recent years. But it might not be the silver bullet for small farm survival
Civil Eats
The central question: Ecotrust’s The Redd to bring small food-makers together with social justice bent
The 1918 building was purchased by Ecotrust and will be transformed into a food-related business hub supporting local growers and sellers
OregonLive
Ecotrust seals the deal on food center expansion
Ecotrust has closed on a real estate deal that will double the size of its Redd on Salmon food campus
Portland Business Journal
Find your farming soulmate at the CSA share fair
The free fete includes chef demos, cookbook swaps, tastings, kids’ games, and 30+ farms to choose from
Portland Monthly Magazine
What’s the true impact of the alternative economy? Researchers decide it’s time to find out
And they found that successful initiatives are investing in human relationships, not faceless call centers or centralized headquarters
Yes! Magazine
Craigslist saved 5M tons of stuff from landfills—and 4 other new stats on local economies
Exactly how much difference do “new economy” organizations make? Economists looked into it, and here are a few of their results
Yes! Magazine
How an Oregon forest is helping Chevy meet its carbon goals
Ecotrust Forest Management Inc. has closed on an agreement to sell the carbon credits for a 980-acre forest to General Motors' Chevrolet brand
Sustainable Business Oregon
Creative Mornings: Spencer Beebe
Spencer Beebe on climate change, farming and food systems
Creative Mornings
Wendy Culverwell: A big prize for a conservation legend
Spencer Beebe was honored last month with the National Audubon Society’s Dan W. Lufkin Prize for Environmental Leadership
Portland Business Journal
Ecotrust’s Beebe lands $100k worth of environmental plaudits
A much-respected Portland sustainable business champion has landed a hefty prize for his body of work
Sustainable Business Oregon
Portland’s Ecotrust founder wins prestigious environmental prize
The founder of Ecotrust, a Portland-based conservation group, has been picked to win one of the world's most prestigious environmental prizes
OregonLive
As Oregon’s food industry flourishes, Ecotrust stands ready to help it grow
Ecotrust announced in September it would create a food business hub in Portland's Central Eastside Industrial District
Sustainable Business Oregon
This majestically decayed warehouse is incubating new ideas in food and business
Could Ecotrust’s new project be a new asset for Portland’s gastro-entrepreneurs and an example of enlightened capitalism?
Portland Monthly
Declaration of interdependence
Food hubs strengthen rural communities and ag markets.
The Furrow
Ecotrust named one of Oregon’s Most Admired Companies
CEOs rate the organization No. 7 among nonprofits in the state, in the Portland Business Journal's annual rankings.
Portland Business Journal
Meet Oregon’s 10 most admired nonprofits
It's been nearly a week, but the town's still buzzing about the Portland Business Journal's Oregon's 2014 Most Admired Companies awards
Portland Business Journal
Navigating a confluence of technology and sustainability
It’s a three-way marriage, if you will, among techies, data geeks, and conservationists
Built Oregon
Portland City Club: Is cultural revitalization the key to Native Americans’ economic prosperity?
Ecotrust and NAYA are co-hosting the event as part of a day-long celebration of Native successes
OregonLive
Timberland herbicide spraying sickens a community
Companies deposit thousands of pounds of herbicides each year on Oregon forests
High Country News
Ecotrust honors five indigenous standouts for environmental vision
Latest indigenous visionaries show extraordinary dedication to improving the economy and ecology of their respective homelands
Indian Country
Cities are the greatest hope for our planet
If we design cities like ecosystems, they would have the potential to address many of our most pressing issues
Ensia
Roberta Reyes Cordero, Indigenous Leadership Awardee
For nearly twenty years, she has helped the Chumash Nation reestablish a connection to its canoeing and seafaring roots, while actively pursuing ways to give tribal people a voice in marine planning in California.
News from native California
Report highlights fund managers with social impact
ImpactAssets has released its fourth annual online guide highlighting fund managers that deliver social or environmental impact benefits
Private Wealth
Ecotrust names honorees for Indigenous Leadership Award
Ecotrust today announced the honorees of the 12th annual Indigenous Leadership Award
Native American Times
Eco Rover: It’s hard to pin down Spencer Beebe
In another man’s biography, Spencer Beebe’s backcountry exploits might warrant some celebrity. For Beebe '74 M.F.S., they warrant footnotes
Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
See Portland the way landscape architects see Portland
The Ecotrust/Jean Vollum Natural Capital Center in the Pearl District is one of the stops on the American Society of Landscape Architects Guide to Portland
Portland Business Journal
Little eaters grow in the garden, seeding the future of the food movement
The story on the growing farm to preschool movement.
Civil Eats
Ecotrust president leaving to run wide-reaching social impact group
Astrid Scholz will resign to run the Resilience Exchange, a “global initiative to accelerate the pace of social change” that she actually started
Sustainable Business Oregon
State Parks and Recreation officially acquires Beltz property
The property consists of woodlands, dunes, oceanfront and both fresh- and saltwater marshes
Tillamook Headlight Herald
Portland’s Redd building will incubate food businesses
Ecotrust intends the former warehouse and stamping building to become a start-up place for food-related businesses
Capital Press
Portland’s Redd building will incubate food businesses
In foodie Portland, another business will help rural producers market to urban consumers.
Capital Press
Portland’s ‘foodpreneurs’ get their own accelerator
Forge Portland, a community-based accelerator and coworking space in downtown Portland, is launching a food accelerator program
Portland Business Journal
Ecotrust buys building in inner Portland to create food business hub
Portland Business Journal/ Sustainable Business Oregon
Ecotrust buys Central Eastside warehouse, plans manufacturing-focused redevelopment
The Oregonian
Tillamook County’s Sand Lake becomes state natural area
The 900-acre Sand Lake is a gorgeous, mysterious, wild-salmon laden and relatively undeveloped natural area
Crag Law Center
Tillamook County’s Sand Lake site of new 357-acre state park natural area
Oregon will add a significant piece of Tillamook County to its state park system when 357 acres, including one mile of Pacific Ocean shoreline, comes into public ownership next week
Oregonian
A good leap forward
Can local be global?
Oregon Business
Oregon’s newest state park was almost a golf course
Just a few minutes of walking onto the 357-acre Beltz Property brings you into one of the largest intact estuaries on the Oregon Coast
Statesman Journal
Portland and Beaverton school districts struggle to get chicken raised without antibiotics
The key word here is chicken raised without antibiotics
Oregonian
Tonight in music: Tycho, Alela Diane, the Doubleclicks
For the past few Thursdays, Ecotrust has been celebrating summer with their Sundown events, which offer free live music
Portland Mercury
John Lennon said it best: ‘Living is easy with eyes closed’
Entrepreneurs are busy at work all around the world helping drive the transition to more regenerative economies
Huffington Post
Preschoolers taste summer
Whether fresh berries or snappy green beans, children at Oregon preschools are tasting more local food bounty this summer than ever before
Chinook Observer
Students go whole hog with farm-to-cafeteria cooking
The program breaks the normal bounds of food in school and has created a whole new arena for students to learn
Civil Eats
Tonight at Ecotrust’s free Sundown concert: the Builders and the Butchers
The third installation in Ecotrust's free Sundown Concert Series takes place this evening in the courtyard of the organization's Pearl District headquarters
Oregonian
Water at Sundown
A Portland environmental organization is helping restore crucial watersheds by investing in projects that have the greatest chance of success
Chinook Observer
Spencer Beebe on the moment in history he wishes he’d witnessed
The Ecotrust founder was the recipient of the National Audubon Society's Dan W. Lufkin Prize for Environmental Leadership.
Sustainable Business Oregon
An estuary preserved: 6 things to know about Oregon’s next park
The deal helps the state meet its goal of securing sites that offer a unique glimpse into Oregon’s environmental culture
Sustainable Business Oregon
Oregon Parks and Recreation moves to purchase new coastal parklands in Tillamook County
Classified as a relatively pristine estuary, Sand Lake is the only remaining estuary of its size on the Oregon coast that is dominated by a diverse set of native plant associations, due to very little agricultural or commercial development.
Oregonian
‘Pristine’ Oregon property sale could lead to the coast’s next state park
The 357 acres, at the county’s south end, is billed as “an unparalleled stretch of coastal open space.”
Portland Business Journal
Two Portland organizations reap $90 million in New Markets tax credits
A subsidiary of Ecotrust this month was awarded $90 million in New Markets Tax Credits, which it will use to invest in redevelopment projects
Oregonian
Oregon groups land $90M to spur rural investment
Ecotrust CDE, a division of Ecotrust, received a $35 million allocation, bringing its total since 2005 to more than $200 million
Sustainable Business Oregon
Ecotrust continues impressive charity rating streak
Ecotrust's streak earned praise from Ken Berger, Charity Navigator’s president and CEO
Portland Business Journal
Vote for standouts in Portland food scene
Ecotrust’s seventh annual Local Hero Awards is once again asking the public to vote for their favorite food and beverage entrepreneurs
Portland Tribune
Timber town
What’s happening at the Illinois Valley mill signals a shift in timber management in Oregon
Oregon Business
Calling out the climate delayers
With the impacts of climate change all too real, delay and denial are indistinguishable.
Miami Herald
Celebrate socially responsible food with BBQ (and beer!)
Edible Portland and Ecotrust will host their 7th annual Local Hero Awards
Portland Monthly
Where should the divestors invest?
We need to direct capital to disruptive innovations that can fundamentally transform our economy and deliver broadly shared benefits.
Common Dreams
Conserving landscapes and ecosystems with private investment
Private investors are finding new opportunities to invest in large-scale conservation efforts intended to protect biodiversity and boost "ecosystem services" such as clean water, clean air and carbon storage.
Huffington Post
Sandy River project hopes to hook salmon
The Upper Sandy River Basin Habitat Restoration Project's goal is to recover the salmon and steelhead populations that have diminished since a 1964 flood
Portland Tribune
Portland restaurant and bar events — Week of 5/14 – 5/20
On June 12, Edible Portland and Ecotrust will be holding the 7th annual Local Hero Awards to celebrate local food heroes
Oregonian
Scaling up conservation finance: takeaways and videos from the practitioners workshop
The focus was on ideas that are scalable and repeatable and that generate returns for investors.
Impact Alpha
Fresh Thinking with Ecotrust
We have all been in buildings that seem to have a certain vibe, a soul even - teeming with positive energy
Portland Radio Project
Women of Influence 2014: meet Ecotrust’s Astrid Scholz
Some thoughts from Astrid J. Scholz, Ecotrust's president
Portland Business Journal
Study tallies economic risks of Oregon coal export project
A study released Thursday by coal export opponents tallies the economic risks of barging coal down the Columbia River
Jefferson Public Radio
Which 3 Portland B Corps are ‘Best for the World’?
Three Portland-area companies are among the best in the world for social and environmental impact, according to the 2014 "B Corp Best for the World" list
Portland Business Journal
The best businesses for the world in 2014, according to B Lab
B Lab's alternative "Fortune 500 list" highlights 92 businesses that have the biggest social bottom lines
Fast Company
Sawmill brought back to life
Phillippi says the mill plans to reopen this summer, thanks to some federal tax credits and a state business loan.
750 KXL
With 67 jobs in tow, Cave Junction sawmill reopens
With backing from an Ecotrust subsidiary, a 92-year-old Southern Oregon sawmill is back in business after a year off.
Sustainable Business Oregon
Oregon governor announces funding to reopen sawmill
The governor has announced a $5 million funding package made up of tax credits and a state loan that will allow Josephine County’s last sawmill to reopen by converting to cutting small logs from forest thinning and ecological restoration projects
The Herald/ HeraldNet
State, federal funds will re-open Rough & Ready
Southern Oregon's withered timber industry receives a boost.
Medford Mail-Tribune
Governor announces funding to reopen sawmill
The Rough & Ready mill is upgrading equipment to mill small logs that are available from thinning and forest restoration projects.
San Francisco Chronicle/ SFGate
Nearly a year after ‘heartbreaking’ closure, Cave Junction sawmill will reopen, retool with $5 million in government backing
Rough & Ready sawmill will reopen nearly a year after it closed, adding back dozens of jobs to a pocket of rural Oregon where one in 10 are out of work.
The Oregonian/ OregonLive
Southern Oregon Sawmill To Reopen Thanks to State Help
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber announced a $5 million finance package that will allow a Southern Oregon county's last sawmill to re-open.
Jefferson Public Radio
Rough & Ready Lumber opens their doors this summer
Creative financing and government support enabled the Phillippi’s to reopen the mill, which has been closed for nearly a year now and was the last sawmill in Josephine County.
KAJO
Oregon will help reopen lumber mill
Owner Link Phillippi says the upgraded mill will be more automated, employ 67 people, and process about the same amount of timber.
The Columbian
Governor announces funding to reopen sawmill
The governor announced Friday a $5 million funding package made up of tax credits and a state loan that will allow Josephine County’s last sawmill to reopen.
Washington Times
Governor announces funding to reopen sawmill
The governor has announced a $5 million funding package made up of tax credits and a state loan that will allow Josephine County's last sawmill to reopen by converting to cutting small logs from forest thinning and ecological restoration projects.
Corvallis Gazette-Times
Kitzhaber: Funding for Rough & Ready mill to reopen
The governor announced a $5 million package that will allow Josephine County's last mill to reopen.
The Daily Courier
Rough and Ready Timber Mill to Reopen
Bulldozers are hard at work at the Rough and Ready mill in Cave Junction to prepare for what will become a newer, more efficient operation.
KDRV Channel 12
Rough & Ready Lumber Co. will reopen with state loan
Southern Oregon's withered timber industry got a boost Friday when Gov. John Kitzhaber announced the reopening of Rough & Ready Lumber Co. in Cave Junction.
Hispanic Business
Kitzhaber announces strategy to reopen a shuttered sawmill
The governor announced Friday a $5 million funding package made up of tax credits and a state loan that will allow a Josephine County sawmill to reopen.
The Bulletin
Kitzhaber announces funding to reopen sawmill, saying it is vital to healthy forests
The governor announced Friday a $5 million funding package made up of tax credits and a state loan that will allow Josephine County's last sawmill to reopen.
The Tribune
Governor announces funding to reopen Josephine County sawmill
The governor announced today a $5 million funding package made up of tax credits and a state loan that will allow Josephine County’s last sawmill to reopen.
The Register Guard
Governor announces funding to reopen sawmill
The governor announced Friday a $5 million funding package made up of tax credits and a state loan that will allow Josephine County's last sawmill to reopen.
Houston Chronicle
Governor announces funding to reopen sawmill
The governor announced Friday a $5 million funding package made up of tax credits and a state loan that will allow Josephine County's last sawmill to reopen.
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Network your philanthropy: Dynamic relationships are the future of philanthropy
An international coalition of partners, including Ecotrust, is co-designing an online tool to distill complex social solutions into shareable building blocks that span various contexts.
Philanthropy Impact
Ecotrust’s Kristen Sheeran talks climate change and resilience with Al Jazeera
What would it take to create a truly resilient solution to climate change? E3 Economist Kristen Sheeran discusses the long-standing implications of global climate change.
Al Jazeera
Fixing old water and gas pipelines would create far more jobs than building Keystone XL
It seems as if we’re collectively out on the street and Keystone XL is the only offer to come along. Not true.
Grist
Our Misplaced, Undemocratic Budget Priorities: The Case of Keystone XL
Wouldn't it be better to have a jobs program that created things we really need, rather than things we don't?
truthout
How To Build A Local Food System, To Make Local Food Actually Work
If good, local food is going to compete with industrial giants, it's going to have to do more than just have people making small batches by themselves.
Fast CoExist
Ecotrust’s newest forest fund off to a good start
Ecotrust’s forest management arm has raised about one-third of its funding goal.
Sustainable Business Oregon
Ecotrust receives USDA farm to school grant
Ecotrust has received a nearly $100,000 federal grant to develop a statewide online tracking system for the farm to school program.
Capital Press
Fair fish on San Francisco Fisherman’s Wharf
San Francisco Community Fishing Association leads the West Coast in fair and sustainable fishing.
Earth Island Journal
Spencer Beebe on using nature as an example
Why save temperate rain forests? Spencer Beebe discusses the importance of saving our temperate rain forests and why we need to be more radical in our environmental approaches.
Forces of Nature
Edible Portland’s Underground Airwaves takes to the air
In "Portland News to Chew," Portland Monthly's Eat Beat covers the launch of Edible Portland's new podcast.
Portland Monthly Magazine
Age of disruption
Ecotrust Food & Farms director Amanda Oborne discusses China, climate change, and food system issues.
Oregon Business
How to get your nonprofit board on board with your for-profit venture
Staying operational when donations and grant funds are down is a common hardship many nonprofit organizations (NPOs) face.
The Able Altruist
Wyden measure could boost ecological forestry
Sen. Ron Wyden has taken a positive step toward reimagining how we manage our forests.
Sustainable Business Oregon
Upgrading existing pipelines would create more Jobs than building Keystone XL, report argues
Replacing infrastructure on existing water and natural gas pipelines could provide more short- and long-term jobs than building Keystone XL would, according to a new report.
Climate Progress
Mobile apps: a path back to traditional fishing knowledge
Over time, informed harvest decisions can chart a persistent and balanced approach to managing dwindling resources that people depend on for food and economic security.
National Geographic Society
How some chefs have stopped cooking so much Salmon and learned to love trash fish
The Chef’s Collaborative message is simple: Expand the palate.
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Meet SBO’s 2013 Innovation in Sustainability Award winners (Photos)
Ecotrust wins local Innovation in Sustainability Award
Sustainable Business Oregon
Feasting on ‘trash fish’ for sustainability
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Ecotrust’s spinoff of for-profit Point 97 reflects national diversification of non-profits
When Portland's Ecotrust, the environmentally and socially focused non-profit, this month spun out Point 97 as a for-profit subsidiary, it contributed to the increasing hybridization of the non-profit world.
Oregonian
From farm to table
Building local infrastructure to support local food
Orion Magazine
With farm to preschool program, kids get a head start on healthy eating
This offshoot of the farm to school movement helps shape good eating habits before kids even reach elementary school.
Mother Nature Network
Sustainable Alpha: Ecotrust’s long-term forest vision
Here's Wrenn's conversation with Amrita Vijay Kumar and Bettina von Hagen of Ecotrust Forest Management.
Sustainable Business Oregon
When can impact investing create real impact?
Although it is possible for impact investors to achieve social impact along with market rate returns, it's not easy to do and doesn't happen nearly as often as many boosters would have you believe.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
Oregon to help World Bank fix nation’s ocean issues
A World Bank panel is calling for public-private partnerships to improve the health of the world's oceans.
Sustainable Business Oregon
Marine core: Ecotrust hits the open water with new for-profit venture
Ecotrust revealed this morning it will spin out its marine consulting group into a company called Point 97. The entity will be a wholly owned subsidiary of Ecotrust.
Sustainable Business Oregon
A new kind of forestry fund
Most investment funds that own woodlands make their money when the trees are cut down and carted off. Ecotrust Forest Management, based in Portland, Ore., also profits from the natural habitat left untouched in the forest.
Barron's
School food success: Oregon lawmakers pledge to spend +$1M on local Ingredients
Oregon had major cause to celebrate this past July, when after years of advocacy and education on the part of school districts, food producers, and community partners, state lawmakers voted unanimously to allocate over $1 million in funding to farm to school and school garden programs.
Civil Eats
Oregon’s first tea crop goes to market
An article in the latest issue of Edible Portland tells the story of Minto Island Growers, a farm outside of Salem that started Oregon’s first tea plot in 1989.
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Q&A: Ecotrust’s Jeanne Kubal – the connection between ‘music, green living, and community.’
Ecotrust's Jeanne Kubal discusses the Sundown Concert Series
Oregon Music News
Oregon farm to school funding balloons to $1.2 Million
Funding for Oregon’s Farm to School and School Gardens programs is on track to reach $1.2 million in state funding in the 2013-15 biennium.
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Ecotrust’s Astrid Scholz on competition, hiking and Mars
Astrid Scholz is the subject of the Executive Profile feature which runs Friday in the Portland Business Journal.
Sustainable Business Oregon
Tonight in music: The Oblivians, Sundown at Ecotrust, Kepi Ghoulie & more
Tonight in Music: Sundown at Ecotrust
Portland Mercury
Ecotrust concert series in Pearl District opens with Onuinu, Adventure Galley
Ecotrust's fourth annual Sundown at Ecotrust concert series begins this evening with Onuinu -- disco-pop, disco-hop, electronic-groove -- at Ecotrust's Jean Vollum Natural Capital Center.
Oregonian
Berry pie to berry barbecue sauce at Oregon Berry Festival in the Pearl District
The third annual Oregon Berry Festival returns to the Ecotrust Building in the Pearl District this weekend, featuring pies, cobblers and jams, as well as children's activities and live entertainment.
Oregonian
Sundown at Ecotrust concert series | free, outdoor concerts, Wednesdays in July
Sundown celebrates the intersection of music, green living and community.
PDX Pipeline
Spoils of the sea elude many in an Alaska antipoverty plan
Ed Backus, from Ecotrust, discusses the Community Development Quota Program in Alaska.
The New York Times
Holy Mackerel! Fish could come back to Fisherman’s Wharf
With the help of a $250,000 grant from the Ocean Protection Council and support from environmental nonprofit Ecotrust, SFCFA also has been able to lease a warehouse on Pier 45 to store its catch, as well as invest in a hoist, freezers and fork trucks.
San Francisco Business Times
Fair Fish: San Francisco fishermen shake up the docks with community model
Northern California’s salmon season is in full swing and on San Francisco’s Pier 45, a two-year-old fishermen’s cooperative, the San Francisco Community Fishing Association, is upending a fishing industry dominated by 800-pound gorillas and consolidation.
National Geographic
Save the dates: Ecotrust summer Sundown concert series
Ecotrust Summer Sundown Concert Series
Green Hammer
1st Thursday: Makers & Shakers atop Ecotrust building
On a very sunny First Thursday in June Ecotrust and Edible Portland invited Portlanders to meet the makers and shakers behind our city's world-class food scene.
byronbeck.com
Ecotrust announces lineup for Sundown concerts
Ecotrust has announced the lineup for their summer event series, Sundown, which is a sort of street-fair/concert to celebrate and raise awareness for green living.
Portland Mercury
Best businesses for the planet? See who tops B Lab’s list
Ecotrust Forest Management named top Micro-Enterprise.
Good.is
Brightworks, Ecotrust, Joinery among B Lab enviro honorees
Four Oregon companies have received kudos from the nonprofit B Lab for their environmental acumen.
Sustainable Business Oregon
B Corp best for environmental impact honorees
Ecotrust Forest Management named B Corp Best for Environmental Impact honoree
B Lab
Win tickets ($40): Makers & Shakers summer kickoff @ Ecotrust | cocktail samples, bites, music, rooftop views
We are giving away a pair of tickets to the Makers & Shakers Summer Kickoff at Ecotrust on Thursday, June 6, 2013.
PDX Pipeline
Portland gets to show off its neighborhood growth skills
Representatives from eight cities gathered at Portland’s Ecotrust building Tuesday for a workshop designed to train municipal leaders on the art of neighborhood revitalization.
Sustainable Business Oregon
Edward Norton lauds Ecotrust Forests fund
Edward Norton discusses Ecotrust Forest Management's model
Conservancy Talk
Q-and-A: Ecotrust’s new food chief Amanda Oborne on local eats
Amanda Oborne took over as Ecotrust's new director of food and farms on April 1.
Sustainable Business Oregon
Farm futures: private equity goes organic
Farmland LP, a private equity fund in Oregon, is upending the traditional (some would say dysfunctional) financial model that leads to those nightmares while practicing sustainable, organic and pasture-based farming methods to boot.
Oregon Business
A new future for Oregon forests
How innovative loggers and environmental capitalists are redefining timber.
Portland Monthly
Ecotrust gets $45 million in New Market credits
An Ecotrust subsidiary has landed $45 million in tax credit financing for projects in rural communities.
Sustainable Business Oregon
‘Do The Math’ documentary tackles climate change on Earth Day
Bill McKibben’s “Do the Math” documentary will be shown at Ecotrust.
Portland Tribune
The business model of Ecotrust with Spencer Beebe
Spencer Beebe, Founder and Chairman of Ecotrust, and author of Cache: Creating Natural Economies will speak about the unique business model utilized by Ecotrust.
Stanford Business Alumni Association
67 businesses honored as ‘Best for the World’ for creating most overall positive social and environmental impact
Companies Across 20 Countries and 25 Industries Recognized As Leaders in Redefining Success in Business
CSRwire
Best for the World: the ranking that companies are queuing up to earn
It's not all about money. The number of corporations interested in benefiting society as well as their shareholders is growing
The Guardian
Finding the World’s ‘Best’ Social Entrepreneurs
Today, B Lab is releasing its second annual list of companies that score in the top 10 percent on its assessments, what it calls the “Best for the World” list.
BusinessWeek
The best businesses for the world, according to B Lab
The sustainable certification organization has released a ranking of the companies that do the best on its assessments, from solar power to investment advice to Afghan telecoms.
Fast Company
Ecotrust’s forest team nabs B Lab praise
The Ecotrust outfit’s forest management team has landed a coveted honor from the group that acknowledges sound business practices.
Sustainable Business Oregon
Q&A with Astrid Scholz, President of Ecotrust
Astrid Scholz is interviewed by Sara Horowitz about Ecotrust
Freelancers Union
Oregon delivers local seafood from boat to school
A grant stemming from the 2011 Farm to School & School Garden Bill allowed Bend-area schools to add seafood to the mix of local food offerings for a few months this year.
Oregon Public Broadcasting
A building not just green, but practically self-sustaining
Profile of the Bullitt Center in Seattle
The New York Times
Collaboration key in the future of sustainability
The future of sustainability, as both a commercial and practical concept, depends largely on businesses’ abilities to work with each other.
Sustainable Business Oregon
Struggling to sustain an industry’s identity
Ecotrust, the groundbreaking Portland-based environmental and economic development nonprofit, is in the business of backing disruptive innovations that help the planet.
Sustainable Business Oregon
Who’s hungry? Who’s thirsty? Ecotrust food winners deliver the edible goods
Ecotrust’s quarterly magazine has revealed the six winners of the Edible Portland Local Hero awards.
Sustainable Business Oregon
Ecotrust honors 6 sustainable food heroes
Edible Portland, a magazine published by environmental nonprofit Ecotrust, holds a Local Food Hero contest every year to recognize businesses that go the extra mile for social, environmental and economic sustainability.
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Brats and brews celebration
Ecotrust gets transformed into a beer hall to celebrate the Local Hero Award winners with a feast of sausage and lager.
Portland Mercury
Ecotrust’s ‘food heroes’
Conservation and community development organization Ecotrust will hold a benefit this Thursday, March 21, where they'll present awards to Portland's "Local Food Heroes."
Eater PDX
Ecotrust’s Local Hero Award ceremony
Ecotrust’s Local Hero Award Ceremony will benefit food & farming
Portland Monthly
Ecotrust to be transformed into beer hall for Local Hero Awards
Ecotrust, an agency working to build a robust regional food system, and Edible Portland have teamed up to honor the outstanding farms, restaurants, nonprofits and businesses at the annual event.
Oregonian
Catch shares leave fishermen reeling
Sweeping across the globe is a system that slowly and steadily hands over a $400 billion ocean fishing industry to corporations. The system, called catch shares, in most cases favors large fishing fleets, a review of the systems operating across the United States shows.
The Bay Citizen
Ecotrust considers an expanded Natural Capital Fund
It may not be common for a nonprofit to run its own investment fund, but Spencer Beebe didn’t establish Ecotrust 22 years ago with a goal to fit in.
Sustainable Business Oregon
North Pacific council talks Gulf of Alaska trawl bycatch
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council modified its purpose and need statement regarding Gulf of Alaska trawl fleet bycatch at its Portland meeting, and asked for an expanded discussion paper on those issues.
Alaska Journal of Commerce
Ignoring climate change hurts economy
Knowledge comes from seeing past missteps clearly. But we won't learn the lesson failure offers unless we acknowledge what is going wrong.
Press of Atlantic City
Sheeran: Our economy depends on climate action, hold Barack Obama to his promise
In his inaugural address, Obama promised action on climate change, and we all must hold him to that promise.
Newsday
Centennial School District uses state farm-to-school grant to buy local produce and meat for student meals
A new "from scratch" lunch will be made with locally produced foods in Centennial School District cafeterias.
Oregonian
Super Bowl “Farmers” ad: heartfelt and misleading
Hearing Paul Harvey’s voice and seeing pictures of those incredible farmers and their families struck a chord.
Civil Eats
School grants awards
The Oregon Department of Education has announced it has awarded 11 Oregon school districts $189,140 in grants for farm-to-school and school-garden programs.
Capitalpress.com
Oregon awards farm-to-school grants
Department of Education awarded 11 school districts $189,140 in farm-to-school and school-garden grants.
Oregon Business
Small bites: Blind-Tasting Bingo, more food events and contests
Ecotrust and Edible Portland magazine are bringing back Blind-Tasting Bingo.
Oregonian
More Oregon school districts land farm-to-school grants
Eleven school districts will share $189,140 in state funding to purchase Oregon-grown food and implement garden-based education programs in their schools.
Sustainable Business Oregon
Joseph Stiglitz and the World Economic Forum: Making the Connection Between Climate Change and Economics
On Monday the World Economic Forum (WEF) kicked off in Davos.
Huffington Post
Stiglitz and the WEF: Making the Connection between Climate Change and Economics
The World Economic Forum kicks off in Davos this week.
Common Dreams
A delicious blind date
Ecotrust is bringing back their popular Blind Tasting Bingo events, featuring Portland's top women chefs and a chance to put your senses to the test.
Portland Monthly
Program to put Alaska-grown food into local schools sees success in 2012
Two years ago, Alaska’s Farm to School Program was just getting started. In 2012, the program reached more than 20,000 students.
newsminer.com
Sharecroppers of the sea
As Alaska's deadliest catches become more regulated, "slipper skippers" exploit those who actually fish.
Seattle Weekly
Ecotrust: conservation through community economic development
Ecotrust helped Alaska fishermen accomplish a drop in bycatch by partnering with them to create the Alaska Sustainable Fisheries Trust.
National Geographic
Beebe will remain involved at Ecotrust
Spencer Beebe is leaving the job he invented two decades ago, but the father of Portland’s Ecotrust wants everyone to know he’s not going far.
Portland Business Journal
Beebe not going far as Ecotrust plans further growth
Spencer Beebe is leaving the job he invented two decades ago, but the father of Portland’s Ecotrust wants everyone to know he’s not going far.
Sustainable Business Oregon
Best of 2012: top voices blog posts from the year
This year, some of our top news stories of the year led to our most-read Voices blogs, along with some new ideas.
Sustainable Business Oregon
Spencer Beebe hands over the reins at Ecotrust
Ecotrust announced Thursday that Spencer Beebe, the organization's founder and president, would assume the role of board chairman.
Portland Business Journal
Ecotrust founder Spencer Beebe moving to board chairman, handing over president’s role
Spencer B. Beebe, Ecotrust's founder and long-time president, has stepped down as president but will become chairman of the organization's board.
Oregonian
Ecotrust to honor indigenous leaders tonight at Portland Art Museum
Ecotrust celebrates distinguished Native national and international leaders working to improve social, economic and environmental condition of their people at the Portland Art Museum tonight.
Oregonian
Social Venture Society raising VC fund, hosting conference
Some 200 entrepreneurial types will gather in Portland for Hacking Social Impact, an event put on by the newly formed Social Venture Society, which is in the midst of raising a venture capital fund to back startups that have social benefit goals.
Sustainable Business Oregon
Farm-to-school program shows off benefits
Farm-to-school and garden programs surpass lawmaker's expectations
Capitalpress.com
Ecotrust partners with donatables to bring social giving to Facebook
Donatables is excited to announce its most recent partnership with Ecotrust
PRWeb
Sherrie Sprenger attends Planting Seeds of Change lunch
Farm to School program takes legislators to lunch
Albany Democrat-Herald
Local foods get a lift through innovative online distribution hub
Portland-Oregon based Ecotrust and Boston-based Organic Renaissance FoodEx are creating an online matchmaking and on-the-ground logistics solution
SustainableBusiness.com
Local food distribution goes bi-coastal with new partnership
New partnership between FoodHub, Ecotrust, and OR FoodEx
treehugger.com
Makah tribal chair honored by Oregon environmental nonprofit
The chairman of the Makah Tribal Council is one of five indigenous tribal leaders from across the Western U.S. recognized by a Portland, OR.-based nonprofit
Peninsula Daily (Port Angeles, WA)
Dauenhauer named State Writer Laureate
Nora Marks Dauenhauer of Juneau has been named Alaska’s State Writer Laureate
JuneauEmpire.com
Foodhub and FoodEx take on industry giants to distribute food sustainably
Collaboration between the two ventures has the power to shake up highly inefficient ways of transporting food
The Guardian
Restoring the forests
Can restoration activities replenish and improve Klamath’s economy?
Herald and News
Ecotrust Forest Management named top impact investment fund
A panel of experts named Ecotrust Forest Management to its annual list of experienced private debt and equity impact investment fund managers.
Sustainable Business Oregon
FoodHub launches joint venture with Boston group
Ecotrust's FoodHub and OR FoodEx of Boston are joining forces to address one of the biggest issues faced by growing regional food networks: distribution.
Portland Business Journal
Watershed restoration, the new job growth sector
Restoration work is providing jobs while improving river habitat
National Geographic
New study: overfishing costs southeast and Gulf Regions millions per year
Overfishing is bad economic policy
Huffington Post
Overfishing has hurt the Gulf’s economy, report says
Decades of overfishing in the Gulf of Mexico have stripped the five-state region of tens of millions of dollars in economic activity
Houston Chronicle
Southeast suffered millions in economic losses from overfishing
The Southeast sustained tens of millions of dollars in economic losses during a five-year period because years of overfishing depleted species
Fly Rod & Reel Magazine
Study says fishing limits working for red snapper
A new environmental study says that overfishing has cost Gulf fishermen millions of dollars in the past five years
Pensacola News Journal
‘Food hubs’ connect school districts with farmers
California-based Ag Link allows school districts to communicate with nearby farmers and buy their produce with the click of a mouse
The Business Journal
‘Food hubs’ connect schools with farmers
California-based Ag Link allows school districts to communicate with nearby farmers and buy their produce with the click of a mouse
The Sentinel
‘Food Hubs’ connect school districts with farmers
California-based Ag Link allows school districts to communicate with nearby farmers and buy their produce with the click of a mouse
Huffington Post
‘Food hubs’ connect school districts with farmers
California-based Ag Link allows school districts to communicate with nearby farmers and buy their produce with the click of a mouse
The Boston Globe
Conservation projects create jobs in Oregon, Ecotrust study shows
In a nation where it seems the line is drawn --jobs vs. environment -- a new study by the conservation group Ecotrust says you can have both.
Oregonian
Human gains from fish restoration
Watershed and fish habitat restoration projects in Oregon generated $977.5 million in economic activity and as many as 6,483 jobs between 2001 and 2010
Fish News EU
Habitat restoration brought Oregon $977M in economic activity, Ecotrust reports
Watershed and fish habitat restoration projects generated $977.5 million in economic activity and created some 6,483 jobs between 2001 and 2010
Sustainable Business Oregon
New cohort chosen for Ecotrust Indigenous Leadership Award
Five tribal leaders from the Pacific Northwest were announced today as finalists for the prestigious Ecotrust Indigenous Leadership Award
Native American Times
Software platform Madrona introduced as planning tool
Madrona essentially is a planning tool that can help decision makers create road maps for navigating complex puzzles
Daily Journal of Commerce
Ecotrust releases open source tool for complex decision makers
Ecotrust released an open source software platform that will be used to support collaborative processes for complex decision making
Sustainable Business Oregon
FoodHub uses online social networking to get farm-fresh food to school cafeterias
Ecotrust launched FoodHub, a social networking tool that revitalizes regional agriculture by helping farmers and buyers find one another online
Civil Eats
Rio: let’s unleash the power of people back home
Ecotrust's Spencer Beebe discusses the Rio Earth Summit
Grist
Marine reserves in Australia, California gather steam
The Australian government announced Thursday that it is creating the world’s largest network of marine reserves
The Washington Post
FoodHub returns to the White House
Director of Ecotrust's FoodHub returns to the White House to emphasize role that the website plays in connecting rural farmers with urban pocketbooks
Sustainable Business Oregon
Portland charities No. 5 in financial integrity
Portland ranked fifth in the nation for the financial strength of its largest charities
Portland Business Journal
Creating value with mobile apps
Astrid Scholz discusses creating value with mobile apps
Oregon Business
And now, the complete Feast Portland lineup, revealed!
Feast Portland unveiled the complete lineup and event schedule for its upcoming Bon App-sponsored food and wine festival
PDX Eater
Zoë Bradbury rallies the new farmers’ movement
Zoë Bradbury left her job at Ecotrust, where she was a regular contributor to Edible Portland, to start farming on Oregon’s southern coast
Civil Eats
River rally rocks the planet
Cathy Kellon and Kate Carone from Ecotrust talked about the Whole Watershed Restoration Initiative
Huffington Post
A look at the new farmers’ movement
Zoë Bradbury talks about her new book and her life at Valley Flora Farm in Langlois
Sustainable Business Oregon
Partnering with Nature: how one city’s growth could be greened
Brent Davies highlights a new report, Partners With Nature, that tallies up the potential for increasing biocarbon
Climate Solutions
Farmers’ markets move online
Online Farmers' markets extend a vital lifeline to local growers and help satisfy the needs of food shoppers who care about the quality of their food
Huffington Post
Farmers markets move online
Regional, web-based services to connect small-time growers to consumers are popping up around the country
Yes!
Ecotrust: Watershed projects bring economic boost
Habitat watershed and fish habitat restoration projects generated $977.5 million in economic activity and created some 6,483 jobs between 2001 and 2010
Portland Business Journal
New national Community Fisheries Network includes Port Clyde group
Fourteen community fishing associations from Maine to Alaska have banded together to start the national Community Fisheries Network
The Free Press
Ecotrust helps launch Community Fisheries Network
Ecotrust announced Wednesday that it helped to launch a new national organization that will promote regional fisheries
Sustainable Business Oregon
National Community Fisheries Network launches promoting “community-caught” seafood brands
Today marks the beginning of a new era in community-based fishing in America
Saving Seafood
Economically, we are what we eat
This is the second installment in a series about the concept of import substitution by Bob Wise
Sustainable Business Oregon
A revolution in the lunch line – changing school lunches
This week’s Whole Food Market’s Consumer Conflict Speaker Series focused on healthy eating in our schools
GoodFood World
Columbia biogas: a great opportunity for Portland
Columbia Biogas has been planning a Northeast Portland facility that will convert commercial food waste into renewable energy and sustainable fertilizer
Sustainable Business Oregon
Marine Stewardship Council certification worth the trouble for Alaska fisheries
Seafood world has been abuzz with the news that the Alaska salmon industry has pulled out of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification process
Alaska Dispatch
FoodHub makes second trip to White House
Amanda Oborne, acting director, participated with some 60 other industry leaders in a conversation about the importance of local food
Sustainable Business Oregon
Triple bottom line thinking (Ed Backus interview)
Ed Backus, Vice President of community ecosystem services discusses Ecotrust and marine initiatives
Future of Fish
Jobs of the future
Ecotrust examines the jobs challenge
Huffington Post
National Ocean Policy: Let’s work together to manage marine resources
Health and resilience of marine environment is crucial to maintaining a diverse suite of economic, social and environmental benefits that we all depend on
Oregonian
Ecotrust 2012 Indigenous Leadership Award Call for nominations
Nominations are open for Ecotrust's 11th annual Indigenous Leadership Award
Native American Times
Deborah Kane lands federal farm-to-school post
Deborah Kane, former Ecotrust vice president was named head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm to School initiative
Sustainable Business Oregon
350 square miles of California water soon to be restricted fishing areas
A plan to protect ocean health by restricting fishing in some areas takes effect in Southern California in just a few days
89.3 FM KPCC
Spotlight Durban: an island nation’s call for gifts to the world
Another in a Triple Crisis and Real Climate Economics Blog series on the Durban Climate Change Conference
Triple Crisis
Editorial: environmentalism is mainstream
Regional and community-based organizations are a growth sector
The Daily Astorian
To advance their cause, foundations buy stocks
A growing number of foundations are using such investments, known as P.R.I.’s, to connect with profit-making ventures that advance their missions
The New York Times
Honoring elders of Salmon Nation
Earlier this month, five outstanding tribal leaders from Salmon Nation were recognized during this year’s Ecotrust Indigenous Leadership Awards
First Peoples
Ecotrust honors NW Native leaders in presence of National Congress of American Indians Convention
Ecotrust celebrated the life and accomplishments of five native leaders chosen by senior tribal leaders for Ecotrust’s 2011 Indigenous Leadership Awards
Indian Country Today
Pigsley receives Indigenous Leadership Award
During the past 34 years, Delores Pigsley has become the most recognized voice of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
South Lincoln County News
Indigenous Leadership Awards from Ecotrust honors Delores Pigsley
Her work to restore the Siletz and its culture, as well as improving health care and job opportunities, earned Pigsley the 2011 Indigenous Leadership Awards
Oregonian
Are green buildings really saving energy?
A leader in the nationwide green building movement, Portland is pushing the envelope when it comes to the use of cutting-edge sustainable building materials
Oregon Business
Too good to fail
Why did ShoreBank fail? And what lessons can be learned from its 37-year record of innovation?
Stanford Social Innovation Review
Ecotrust marks 20, looks beyond the Northwest
Ecotrust celebrates its 20th birthday this week by hosting a delegation of global leaders and presenting a report to Gov. John Kitzhaber
Sustainable Business Oregon
Oregon leverages New Markets Tax Credits
Since 2003, Ecotrust has used $122 million in New Markets Tax Credits to leverage business investments in rural Oregon
Sustainable Business Oregon
Overfishing 101: it ain’t over till it’s over
Everyone loves a good comeback story, but sometimes a storyline emerges prematurely
National Geographic
Ecotrust to host panel discussion in Northwest Portland on resilience
Ecotrust is hosting a panel discussion next week in Northwest Portland about how resilience in social, economic and environmental areas can change the world
Oregonian
Going with the flow
Sucker Creek restoration aims to give native fish a fighting chance
Mail Tribune
Chart: the cost of chronic overfishing vs. the BP oil disaster
Overfishing occurs without much drama. But as the numbers show, its impact on fish is Deepwater Horizon-sized—and then some
The Atlantic
Oregon’s Deborah Kane talks policy with secretary of agriculture, meets President Obama
Deborah Kane, vice president of food and farms for Ecotrust, was one of 18 at the grass-roots roundtable to share and discuss the most pressing rural issues
Oregonian
FoodHub unveils facelift, readies to go national
Ecotrust online website FoodHub took the wraps off new design Tuesday, introducing some new functionality to its growing marketplace for business of food
Sustainable Business Oregon
Faces & visions of the food movement: Helene York
Helene York is educator and coach for Bon Appétit Management Company, the socially responsible food service company operates more than 400 on-site cafés
The Faster Times
Portland’s message: good food connects rural growers to urban eaters and makes both healthy
Deborah Kane is among 19 people invited to talk with the Obama administration about strengthening rural communities and promoting economic growth
Oregonian
Ecotrust VP to talk food at White House
Deborah Kane will be at the White House next week to brief the Obama Administration on how to strengthen rural communities and promote economic growth
Portland Business Journal
New maps seek the best places for wave energy
State planners are developing a series of maps designed to flag the lesser-used places as potential sites for marine renewable energy projects
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Ecotrust manager creates new forest ownership option
Brent Davies: 'The rapid land ownership changes are clear even in my lifetime'
Capital Press
Catch Shares
Ecotrust issued a report with 16 recommendations to strengthen the resilience and prosperity of fishing communities under a new national catch share policy
Fishermen's News Online
Environmental group touts catch shares as fishing suit is heard
Environmental group conducted a conference call with national media, promoting its release of a report supporting the catch share system
South Coast Today Standard-Times
National panel releases recommendations on communities and catch share policy
A national panel on “the Community Dimensions of Fisheries Catch Share Programs” released its recommendations today
Environmental Defense Fund
Ecotrust study lauds carbon storage of Oregon forest
Ecotrust cities the results of a carbon analysis study conducted by the organization for the Oregon office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Sustainable Business Oregon
Oregon farmers and groups win Progress Awards from the state agriculture department
Outstanding Cooperator: Ecotrust and its Food and Farms Program, which links local food producers and consumers
Oregonian
Fishing interests zero in on enviros’ role
Investigations through federal Inspector General's office corroborated concern over way enforcement agents used excessive tactics in penalizing fishermen
Gloucester Times
FoodHub offers free trial membership
FoodHub celebrated first birthday Wednesday by waiving the $100 annual membership fee for anyone who wants to try the service for the next three months
Sustainable Business Oregon
Ecotrust backs new markets
Struggling rural towns got a $60 million boost in 2010 from the federal New Market tax credit program and Portland-based Ecotrust CDE
Oregon Business
It’s time to ditch sustainability
Sustainability as a concept has good intentions, but the term itself has become so co-opted that it now gets in the way of real efforts
Sustainable Business Oregon
ShoreBank acquisition closed by OneCalifornia
Monday morning saw the announcement by OneCalifornia Bank that it completed the acquisition of ShoreBank Pacific from ShoreBank Corporation
Sustainable Business Oregon
Ecotrust helps create jobs
Ecotrust CDE has allocated over $60 million in tax credits to businesses that are creating green jobs in struggling timber communities
Oregon Business
Ecotrust subsidiary funnels $60M in federal tax credits
Ecotrust CDE LLC allocated more than $60 million in New Markets Tax Credits in 2010 to Northwest businesses that are creating "green" jobs in rural areas
Sustainable Business Oregon
Oregon forest-products companies add jobs, restore environment with Ecotrust’s allotment of tax credits
Ecotrust CDE has allocated more than $60 million in new-markets tax credits to Northwest businesses that are creating green jobs
Oregonian
Tijuana River mouth one of 36 new Marine Protected Areas
The California Fish and Game Commission vote nearly doubles the area under the guardianship of the Marine Life Protection Act
Imperial Beach Patch
State doubles size of region’s marine reserves
Underwater state parks to nearly double in size in Southern California under plan approved by California’s Fish and Game Commission to boost ocean health
San Diego Union-Tribune
Demarketing Alberta
In the guise of environmentalism, U.S. foundations are spending millions to stop oil tankers along the B.C. coast
Financial Post
Lawmakers tie NOAA funds to catch hikes
Alliance of Massachusetts' lawmakers asked for help of Congressional leaders to leverage responsive action to raise fishermen's catch limits
Gloucester Times
Ecotrust founder’s book hits shelves
Ecotrust announced Tuesday the availability of "Cache: Creating Natural Economies." Written by Ecotrust founder Spencer Beebe
Sustainable Business Oregon
Google’s new Earth Engine good for NW
Google Earth Engine could help forest managers and researchers in Pacific Northwest get a better handle on how changes are affecting the region's forests
Sustainable Business Oregon
Human/Nature
In a new autobiography, renowned Portland conservationist Spencer Beebe charts his 40 years of balancing civilization and the natural world
Portland Monthly
NOAA affirms catch share push in face of industry fire
The Obama administration Thursday formalized its commitment to a national "catch share policy"
Gloucester Times
NOAA: this way to safe, sustainable fisheries
Today, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced a new commercial fisheries policy: Catch shares for everyone
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Farmer-Chef Connection links chefs to local food producers
The October mixer at the InterContinental Montelucia Resort and Spa drew more than 150 local farmers, distributors, chefs and restaurant owners
The Arizona Republic
Grow food, will travel
How rancher Scot Laney became Oregon’s alternative food taxi service
Willamette Week
Ranchers form food distribution service
Phil Greif and Scot Laney realized they were spending too much money trucking their products to Portland farmers markets, so they formed Eat Oregon First
Oregon Business
Revolutionary road
A Great New American Dream is blooming down the shimmering waters of the Willamette river
Hard News
Indulge? Why Yes, I Did
Getting stuffed for a good cause rules!
KGW Channel 8
How to buy and cook salmon, America’s sweetheart fish
It's among the most ubiquitous seafood, but take a look at different varieties and find incredible flavor
Salon
Oregon nets $1.76 million from USDA
Oregon's specialty crops industry received a healthy dose of financial fertilizer on Friday from the United States Department of Agriculture
Portland Business Journal
Does Healthcare Cash Grow on Trees?
More than a third of US forests are family-owned, and most of those owners want to pass their land on to the next generation
Ecosystem Marketplace
Are we there yet? Track salmon recovery online
Website launched by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Ecotrust is supposed to make it easier for the public to track salmon recovery efforts online
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Oregon fisheries eye community model
What started with the organic food movement has quickly morphed into a deep consumer analysis of what we eat, and why
Sustainable Business Oregon
Community forest more about protecting than cutting
Mayor, Beresford clarify misinformation about logging plans around Whistler
Pique News Magazine
FoodHub is fast becoming the “Facebook of local food”
FoodHub pairs food service professionals who want to buy local food with growers and processors wanting to sell it
Oregonian
Murdock Trust awards more than $7M
M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust in its latest grant distribution has awarded 37 grants totaling more than $7 million to nonprofits
Portland Business Journal
School meals
Agenda's first course should be quality and access
Oregonian
Sitka’s Community Supported Fisheries shortens the distance between local fishermen and local plates
Wild Alaska seafood often travels great distances with a few layovers before arriving at the dinner table of seafood lover
Capital City Weekly
How to Build a Better Climate Policy
Congress has -- once again -- considered a new climate and energy bill, and then blinked, instead of passing it
Oregonian
Food factory
Portland’s schools are cooking up plans for healthier lunches
Portland Monthly
Hopes run high for Portland’s ecoroofs
Hopes ran high for the ecoroof on the Ecotrust building
Oregonian
Cheakamus Community Forest seeking highest certification
Officials with Ecotrust were in Whistler to evaluate the Community Forest's potential for certification under guidelines by the Forest Stewardship Council
Pique News Magazine
Ecoroof redux at Ecotrust
Enviroscapes Northwest completed a 10-day, $68,244 total replacement of the Jean Vollum Natural Capital Building's 6,000-square-foot ecoroof
Sustainable Business Oregon
Resistance on the waterfront
Catch shares proving to be very hard sell
Gloucester Times
The key to salmon (and financial) survival: Diversity
Population diversity within a species is critical to maintaining the long-term health of a fishery
Alaska Dispatch
Obama’s choices on energy and climate
When President Obama addresses the nation he will undoubtedly discuss broader energy challenges facing the nation
The New York Times
News Analysis: NOAA chief inconsistent on Gulf oil, catch shares
Fishing interests say they see inconsistency in the different degrees of scientific skepticism applied on fishing and oil spill issues by Jane Lubchenco
Gloucester Times
NOAA and ‘catch shares’: don’t allow massive handout to fishing industry
In what amounts to the wholesale privatization of the nation's fisheries, NOAA will give set quotas of the catch to private fishing businesses
Oregonian
Catch shares programme takes off amid concerns
Ecotrust's Fair Catch report lays out 10 ways the government can improve its catch share programme
Fish Info & Services
Pew urges thoughtful approach to catch shares in light of new report on west coast trawl fishery proposal
Pew Environment Group commented on a new study by Ecotrust that found design concerns in the proposed West Coast trawl fishery catch share program
PR Newswire
Ecotrust funds restoration projects in Grays River
Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce (CREST) was recently awarded $40,000 to begin conceptual designs for three restoration projects in the Grays River
Wankiakum County Eagle
Jobs watch: the best in green
Adam Lane, CFO and COO of Ecotrust, speaks on mission-based prosperity
Oregon Business
Frank steps up press for fishery changes
Congressman Barney Frank is giving the Commerce Secretary until next week to redress fishing industry grievances
Gloucester Times
Calling Oregon filmmakers: what does whole watershed restoration mean to you.
Call for a short film of 10 minutes or less that focuses "on the human, ecological and economic benefits of whole watershed restoration in the Northwest"
Oregonian
Ecotrust launches film contest
The Stories From Our Watersheds Contest is offering prizes for film shorts that capture how watershed restoration is helping communities in the PNW
Willamette Week
Enviro group launches input sessions on catch shares
Ecotrust announces plans to undertake its own national research study of the controversial Obama administration policy
Gloucester Times
Visualizing Earth’s shared assets
Andrew Revkin discusses the need to test new ways of conveying information revealing the growing human influence on the Earth, for better or worse
The New York Times
New Ecotrust tool provides path to carbon markets for forest owners
Ecotrust created the first certified methodology for London-based Voluntary Carbon Standard that will provide forest managers with a new tool
Sustainable Business Oregon
An algae comic and resources for watersheds and climate change impacts
Looking back one, two and five years ago today on Worldchanging
Worldchanging
The catch share gain that wasn’t
Writer with EDF ties clouds figures
Gloucester Times
Fishing for answers
Is hatchery fishing a good thing or not?
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Oregon experts discuss protecting wild salmon
Biologist Rich Lincoln worries that the fragile balance of endangered salmon runs are threatened by an outdated hatchery system
KGW Channel 8
Scientists in Oregon to discuss salmon safeguards
Hundreds of scientists from the Pacific Northwest, Russia and Japan are meeting to discuss how to manage salmon hatcheries
KREM 2
Northwest conference discusses protecting wild salmon
Hundreds of scientists from the Pacific Northwest, Russia and Japan are meeting in Portland this week to discuss how to manage salmon hatcheries
KOZE 950 AM
Oregon conference discusses protecting wild salmon
Biologist Rich Lincoln worries that the fragile balance of endangered salmon runs are threatened by an outdated hatchery system
The Seattle Times
The state of Pacific salmon? Not so wild
It is undeniable that salmon are much less abundant in the Pacific Northwest compared to what the region supported prior to European contact
Oregonian
Scientists gather to discuss ‘State Of The Salmon’
Hundreds of scientists from all around the Pacific Ocean are headed to Portland this week to discuss salmon hatcheries
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Portland: farm-fresh food
In February, Portland welcomed a new high-tech tool to bring large-scale, farm-fresh foods to city hospitals, public schools, corporate cafeterias
Fast Company
Food gets Portland on the Fast Cities list
Fast Company magazine continued its love affair with Portland's food scene by naming the city to its Fast Cities 2010 list for focus on farm-to-table food
Sustainable Business Oregon
‘A living classroom’ at Seven Oak
Kathryn Quanbeck, program specialist with the Western Regional Office of the USDA, visited as part of a “farm-to-school” tour this week
Albany Democrat-Herald
Mapping efforts lure rec anglers
Efforts to accurately map prime fishing grounds along the Oregon coast are now extending from commercial fishing to the recreational side of the equation
News Times
Mapping a vision for their lands
Does a place exist if it isn't on a map?
The Globe and Mail
Putting a price tag on the melting ice caps
Reports about the melting ice caps are distressing, but for the most part climate change remains abstract
Time Magazine
Whose ocean is this?
Marine issues were the topic at Siuslaw Watershed Council’s Ocean Issues Forum held March 31 at the Florence Events Center
Siuslaw News
Economists warn against setting price for carbon too low
In its first attempts to regulate carbon emissions, the U.S. government is hindering its own efforts by using flawed economic models
Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire
Study: US setting cost of carbon perilously low
The US government is hurting its efforts to regulate carbon dioxide emissions by using flawed economic models
Greenbang
Economist network speaks up on carbon pricing
Environmentally concerned economists released a report warning Obama Administration may be working with a theoretical price for carbon that is too low
Sustainable Business Oregon
Oregon company taps California protocol to earn more by logging less
Ecotrust aims to reverse that trend of Industrial logging, tree farming, and clear-cutting altering some of North America’s most prized forests
Ecosystem Marketplace
Congressional panel wades into ‘catch share’ debate
Congressional subcommittee called for first public airing before federal lawmakers of the Obama administration
Gloucester Times
Eat-onomics with Deborah Kane of FoodHub, a Match.com for locavores
Think of it as the Match.com for the locavore movement: FoodHub connects small and regional producers with food buyers
Fast Company
Eat-onomics: the ten most inspiring people in sustainable food
The way America eats has to change, that's no secret. Thanks to the efforts of these ten trailblazers, that change might be closer than we think
Fast Company
Food Hub will connect local farmers with customers
A U.S. Department of Agriculture’s top official came to Portland to check out network meant to connect Northwest farmers and customers who love their food
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Online ‘Food Hub’ connects farmers with buyers
Federal agriculture official helped launch a web site in Portland this week to connect Northwest farmers with markets looking for locally grown food
Oregon Public Broadcasting
FoodHub links Northwest fresh food buyers with producers
Portlanders love their food and their farmers, and Ann Wright sees it as more than a passing crush
Oregonian
The “nature state” approach to reliable prosperity
Reliable peace and prosperity will elude humankind unless we embrace a fundamental shift in our relations with each other and the natural world
Sustainable Business Oregon
The best fish for the environment? frozen
It's actually better than fresh, he said, because it's flash frozen as soon as it's caught and then vacuum-sealed to preserve the flavor
Simple, Good and Tasty
Coming out of Copenhagen
Friday marks the last day of two weeks of the international climate change meeting that’s now become known by the city in which it’s being held: Copenhagen.
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Earth-friendly dining: eat frozen salmon
If the motivation is to truly make our diets more Earth-friendly, then perhaps we need a new mantra: buy frozen
Oregonian
NOAA steps up push for catch shares
Obama administration announced a full-speed-ahead commitment to converting the nation's fisheries to the "catch share" economic and regulatory system
Gloucester Times
Capitalists outline investment options for ‘catch shares’
Investment capital is almost certain to find role in conversion of fisheries from essentially common resources to privately managed fishermen's cooperatives
Gloucester Times
Ecotrust launches site that links food buyers and farmers
Ecotrust rolled out a long-awaited program that will hook up Oregon farmers, fishermen or food manufacturers with commercial buyers
Oregonian
Catch of the freezer
If the motivation is to truly make our diets more earth-friendly, then perhaps we need a new mantra: buy frozen
The New York Times
New global study: not all salmon are created equal
Food production, in aggregate, is considered to be the single largest source of environmental degradation globally
Triple Pundit
Wallace recognized for tribal leadership
Brian Wallace of the Washoe tribe was recognized by Ecotrust as one of the West's most innovative indigenous leaders
Lake Tahoe News
New report debunks the fresh fish fetish
The most important thing to know about that salmon on your plate is whether it's fresh or was frozen out at sea
The Seattle Times
Eat frozen food and avoid line-caught fish, says eco study
Enviro-profs studying the ecological impact of food production have come out with some counter-intuitive results
The Register
Fish sticks for everyone?
Why carbon pricing is easier than grocery shopping
Sightline Daily
Debunking our ‘fetish of the fresh’
You choose the fresh filets because buying local adds up to a bigger environmental and sustainable bang for your buck, right?
The Globe and Mail
New report takes aim at food ‘sustainability myths’
Preliminary results from a new study co-authored by Dalhousie University flip the idea of sustainable food on its head
Metro News Canada
InvestigateWest: frozen salmon have smaller carbon footprint than fresh
Eat your frozen salmon. Preferably wild, frozen salmon
Seattle PostGlobe
Frozen salmon better for environment, study says
Eating frozen fish instead of fresh is better for the environment. That's according to a new Portland based study
KGW Channel 8
Frozen salmon over fresh? Why, it’s better for the planet that way
Frozen salmon is better for the planet than fresh, because it takes so much less energy to make it safely to your dinner plate
Oregonian
Ecotrust studies salmon as a food commodity
We're going to talk next about the problem of feeding a growing population
Oregon Public Broadcasting
B.Y.O.G.
What we do need is myriad more ways to forge links between the growers and the eaters
Huffington Post
Ecotrust lands tax credits to benefit jobs and environment in Northwest’s rural, struggling communities
Rural and disadvantaged communities in the NW could receive economic boost thanks to $30 million in new markets tax credits allocated to Ecotrust
Oregonian
Northwest US receives $30m to innovate economic, social and environmental change
US Treasury has selected Ecotrust to allocate $30m in federal tax credits to innovative initiatives
NewEnergyWorldNetwork.com
Political “climate” must change to achieve a climate treaty
YES, the international negotiating climate must change dramatically if the Copenhagen Summit has to achieve a comprehensive climate change treaty
The Daily Star
Groups serving low-income and developing communities receive $130M in tax credits
Two Portland institutions and a SW Washington bank have been allocated $130 million to spur investments in low-income and developing communities
Portland Business Journal
Climate change: addressing a problem we can afford to solve
News on the climate front
Oregonian
Reducing carbon emissions even more remains economically viable
News on the climate front
The Washington Post
Marine protection plan will curtail S.D. catches
Task force meeting this week on proposed revisions
San Diego Union-Tribune
Healthy eating and America’s youth
USDA announced new national initiative to teach children where food comes from and create opportunities for local farmers to provide harvest to schools
City Club of Portland
The economics of 350
There is good news on the climate policy front
Grist
New report details costs of cutting greenhouse gas emissions
With enough technological advances, the world could dramatically lower level of greenhouse gas emissions
The Washington Post
Climate costs: can the world really afford to roll back carbon emissions?
By and large, even in Oklahoma, the debate over how to tackle climate change boils down to a simple question: How much is this going to cost?
Wall Street Journal
New report urges quick, aggressive action to stem carbon emissions
A group of economists have come up with a simple formula for climate stabilization: Pay now, or pay a whole lot more later.
Oregonian
The economics of climate stabilization
A group of eight leading climate economists has a message for United States senators now considering a bill to cap emissions
The New York Times
Climate change issue takes center stage
Political and business leaders from the Northwest to Washington, D.C. stepped into the spotlight Thursday on the issue of climate change
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Catch-share rejections cloud talks
A move is afoot within the federal fishery management system to increase the protection of cod and pollock from the majority of the groundfishing fleet
Gloucester Times
Catch-share rejections cloud talks
A move is afoot within the federal fishery management system to increase the protection of cod and pollock from the majority of the groundfishing fleet
Gloucester Times
‘Healthy oceans matter’ to this Administration says NOAA head
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration head, Jane Lubchenco emphasized the importance of putting a new ocean council in the White House
Oregonian
Venturing forth
John Haines disucusses how steering Mercy Corps’ efforts to prove loans work better than handouts to lift the destitute out of poverty
Portland Monthly
Oil fields and arctic ecology
Oil development in America's Arctic
The New York Times
Portland fermented
They are here to share information, troubleshoot and generally geek out at all things pickled here at Portland's first ever Fermentation Festival
Willamette Week
Pacific NW landowners team up to market forest offsets
Owners of forestland in the Pacific NW could benefit more under a national carbon offsets system
Grist
Quotas on the way to Oregon fisheries, bolstering stocks
It will be the first time the system - called catch shares or individual transferable quotas - has been tried on the West Coast outside of Alaska
Oregonian
Carbon offsets a wild card as environmental markets converge
A voluntary market for carbon offsets is even taking root in the absence of a national emissions cap
The New York Times
School lunch brings home the bacon
An experiment in subsidizing school lunches to use locally raised commodities pays off both in the cafeteria and in the regional economy, one study finds
Miller-McCune
Work begins to remove dam in Washington’s Wind River Watershed
The Hemlock Dam on Trout Creek will be removed this summer, restoring the stream's natural flow and improving habitat for native fish
Oregonian
Legislature should add fresh food to school lunches
While most school cafeterias are closed for summer break, House Bill 2800, Oregon's farm-to-school and school garden bill, is still cooking in Salem
Mail Tribune
Add fresh food to school lunches
While most school cafeterias are closed for summer break, House Bill 2800, Oregon's Farm to School and School Garden bill, is still cooking in Salem
Oregonian
Climate change: Answering the economic challenge
RealClimateEconomics.org makes a powerful case that "there is rigorous economic support for immediate, large-scale policy responses to the climate crisis"
Oregonian
Can the US afford cap-and-trade?
U.S. states vary only modestly in average incomes, but have widely differing per capita emissions
Renewable Energy World
Climate bill too critical to water down
Moving to a new, low-carbon society will be good for business, create more jobs, spur the kind of innovation that made American industry great
Columbia Daily Tribune
Navigating the fog of climate policy
Andrew Revkin discusses climate policy
The New York Times
Everybody talks about climate change, but what can we do about it?
Rob Manning reports on a new study from the Economics for Equity and the Environment Network, a team of Oregon-led scientists
Oregon Public Broadcasting
New web site reports greenhouse gas emissions
Economists on Thursday launched RealClimateEconomics.org and issued a new report on national household greenhouse gas emissions
Portland Business Journal
Economists launch website on the effects of climate change
A group of economists today launched RealClimateEconomics.org to support public policy and business responses to climate crisis
Oregonian
Economics for dummies
Ecotrust non-profit has partnered with Economics for Equity and the Enviroment ( the E3 Network) to form a new website: RealClimateEconomics.org
Willamette Week
Schools try local, fresher food
Bill would provide subsidy to help more districts buy from Oregon farms
Statesman Journal
The cost of climate change inaction
Robert J. Samuelson's April 27 op-ed, "Selling the Green Economy," was way off the mark on the economics of tackling climate change
The Washington Post
Green is their color
Umpqua Bank opens an Eco-banking division. Will it work?
Willamette Week
Oregon’s plate is full of sustainable food
What's on the horizon for sustainable food? Plenty
Oregonian
Earth Day: Investing in nature to invest in ourselves
Does the downturn finally present the opportunity to restore our economy based on new principles
Oregonian
Your climate-friendly kitchen
Take some simple steps toward a low-carbon diet
Oregonian
At your (green) service
Especially since Earth Day 1990, it's become good business to help people live greener lives. Here are a few Northwest services promising just that
The Seattle Times
Yuroks seek $20 million state loan for land
The Yurok Tribe has applied for a $20 million no-interest loan from the state that could secure the first part of a two-stage land deal
Eureka Times-Standard
MLPA economic study to be shown
Economic study reiterates the huge gap between fishing and environmental groups over marine protected areas and the wide range of potential economic impacts
San Diego Union-Tribune
School lunch crunch
Local foodies push Salem for lunch money
Portland Mercury
Oregon woodland owners consider selling carbon credits
Peter Hayes is among Oregon forest owners considering selling carbon credits to generate extra revenue from their land
Oregonian
The broccoli pulpit
A kitchen garden at the White House may inspire some to venture beyond corn and iceberg lettuce
Oregonian
Spend a few minutes with this film on growing a new economy
Some young professionals have used their free time and skills along with Ecotrust to produce this open source film about building local living economies
Willamette Week
Friedman, DC leaders hearing Oregon’s ‘green’ pitch
Oregon leaders are pressing hard to get attention for their sustainability efforts
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Tom and Fareed do Portland
After the lecture, Friedman adjourned to a Q&A session hosted by Ecotrust and featuring some 120 VIPs
Oregonian
Slow food moves faster on social activism
The movement once slighted as elitist now allies itself with such groups as farmworkers
Oregonian
Thomas Friedman coming to Portland State; tickets free but going fast
New York Times columnist and three-time Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas Friedman will give a public lecture at noon March 9 at Portland State University
Oregonian
AAAS: Climate-friendly fish
Many intangibles determine how big — or small — the carbon footprint is of that fish you're thinking about eating
Science News
150 books for Oregon’s Sesquicentennial
Including Salmon Nation
Oregon State Library
Anglers’ aid urged in sea-life effort
Goal is expansion of marine reserves
San Diego Union-Tribune
Ecotrust software charts best coastal fishing grounds
The Mellon Foundation has awarded Ecotrust $50,000 in recognition of its mapping software designed to chart the best coastal fishing grounds
Oregon Public Broadcasting
State using new tech device to manage fisheries
Ecotrust staffers examine GIS fishing maps of the northern California coast
San Francisco Chronicle
Spencer Beebe
Ecotrust founder has a plan to save the environment—and our economy
Willamette Week
Ecotrust looks to economics to save environment
Rob Manning reports on one organization’s attempts to rescue salmon, by going beyond traditional battle lines
Oregon Public Broadcasting
How the French boost their local producers
Christopher Delpech’s pig-farm products sell at both the local market and at the Safeway-like Super U
Straight.com
Oregon’s locally grown faces financial challenges
Transit costs force Northwest growers to pursue shipping efficiencies
Oregonian
An unlikely way to save a species: serve it for dinner
Gary Paul Nabhan and his book “Renewing America’s Food Traditions: Saving and Savoring the Continent’s Most Endangered Foods”
The New York Times
Disappearing foods: encouraging a comeback
“Renewing America's Food Traditions” by Gary Paul Nabhan, profiles 93 foods once common in American kitchens but now in danger of disappearing
The New York Times
A cautionary tale
Amid our green-building boom, why neglecting the old in favor of the new just might cost us dearly
Preservation
Ecotrust stirs up a new shade of green
Spencer Beebe's iconoclastic activists mix environmentalism with economic self-interest to create "conservation-based development"
Fast Company
In Chicago, a haven for green enterprise
Baum Development, says it already has commitments for nearly 30 of the 100 Green Exchange spaces
The New York Times
Food processors get together with Oregon school districts
Forging ahead with plans to bring together locally grown and processed foods with kids who receive meals at schools throughout the state
Bend Weekly
PPS seeks local supplies for lunches
Portland Public Schools is turning to local growers and companies to supply food for its lunch programs
Portland Business Journal
OHSU plants meals with local farmers
Oregon Health & Science University steps up its program of supporting Oregon farmers and growers by purchasing more seasonal and local produce and products
Portland Business Journal
Oregon school cafeteria makes it from scratch
The public school's scratch kitchen was the idea of Linda Colwell, a chef and a parent
National Public Radio
Putting your money where your heart lies
Community investing is the fastest-growing segment of socially responsible investing
The New York Times
Why eat locally?
Earthtalk answers the question: why do environmentalists advocate that people "eat locally"?
treehugger.com
Winona Laduke
The green activist takes on wild rice and the White House
Willamette Week
Haida leader to receive award
Guujaaw, president of the Council of the Haida Nation, will receive a $25,000 award for more than 30 years of work to improve the lives of the Haida people
Vancouver Sun
For sale: The West
Pacific Northwest just might hold on to some of its forests — forests that provide clean water, healthy habitat and jobs that allow people to work the land
High Country News
Group buys Tofino fish plant to retain jobs
In an effort to keep jobs and income in this western Vancouver Island community, a consortium of investors purchased a seafood processing plant and store
Vancouver Sun
Ecotrust taps industry vet to lead food, farm program
Nationally recognized sustainability leader Eileen Brady is stepping down from her post at Portland think tank Ecotrust
Portland Business Journal
Meet market
When fishermen and chefs hook up, you get great fish
Seattle Weekly
The greening of Ian Gill
Is Ian Gill the new face of the green movement?
BC Business
Ecotrust sees a forest full of possibilities
A local environmental activist organization wants to save the trees by logging them
Portland Business Journal
In the Northwest, salmon go swoosh
Salmon Nation
High Country News
Building on ideas for urban conservation
Renovation of the Jean Vollum Natural Capital Center
The New York Times
Summit to save the Earth: Rio’s legacy
Despite the squabbles, the Earth Summit could go down in history as a landmark beginning of a serious drive to preserve the planet
Time Magazine
Oregon Governor calls for a ‘Plan B’ for the Elliott State Forest
Gov. Kate Brown on Tuesday sought an new alternative to selling a state forest in southwest Oregon to the only bidder to offer the full asking price.
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Regenerative Qualities of the Redd on Salmon Street
The Redd on Salmon Street is a food project unlike any other, with a much more inclusive and wildly ambitious mission: to make regeneratively produced, locally sourced food a mainstay of the regional diet.
The Field Guide
Meat of the Matter: Rejuvenating Local Processing
Because pasture-raised and grass-fed meat from small farms is in increasingly high demand from consumers who want to know where their food comes from, including how it was raised, slaughtered and processed, it’s critical to the health and vibrancy of Oregon’s food system that small processors survive to serve them.
Good Stuff Northwest
What Does Real Change in Our Food System Look Like?
We have to learn to be conscious consumers, choosing to support local fishermen and community supported fisheries.
Close to Home: Environmental battles lost and won on Highway 101
The author explores the landscape of his youth, documenting the various partnerships that have worked to restore natural systems and support coastal communities.
Coast Weekend