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Three crabs on ice

Food that makes you go (h)mmm

Lola Milholland
September 4, 2012 07 October 2019

A Latino farmer and her children work a booth at the Forest Grove farmers' market

Latino community farmers feasting on new market: school lunch

In 2010, the nonprofit Adelante Mujeres saw a clear challenge when the Latino farmers on its 12-acre La Esperanza Farm in the city of Forest Grove, Ore. continued to struggle selling their abundant harvests. Adelante Mujeres provides courses in sustainable …

Lola Milholland
August 1, 2012 01 October 2014

Author of Change Comes to Dinner, Katherine Gustafson

At the Natural Capital Center: Gustafson brings fresh, hopeful stories to dinner

Katherine Gustafson traveled around the United States seeking working examples of how to build a more sustainable, satisfying, and fair food system. She documented her many stops, the people she met, and the solutions she uncovered in her new book, …

Lola Milholland
May 15, 2012 01 October 2014

Pints of bright red strawberries at a farmers' market

Zoë Bradbury rallies the New Farmers’ Movement

In February 2008, Zoë Bradbury left her job at Ecotrust, where she was a regular contributor to Edible Portland, to start farming on Oregon’s southern coast. Right after leaving us, she wrote, “I pulled up to my new greenhouse on …

Lola Milholland
May 7, 2012 01 October 2014

Indian woman in field.

At the Natural Capital Center: Dr. Vandana Shiva, seed freedom fighter

On May 3, Ecotrust has the distinct honor of hosting a benefit luncheon with Dr. Vandana Shiva, one of the world’s leaders in the fight to save native seeds. At the heart of Dr. Shiva’s work is the connection between …

Lola Milholland
April 23, 2012 01 October 2014

Climate change activists Nelson Kanuk (l), Kelsey Juliana, and John Thiebes. Photo by Sam Beebe

Teenagers taking climate activism lead

Today’s young people don’t care about the environment. That’s the claim from a study of two long-term surveys published this month.

Lola Milholland
March 30, 2012 09 March 2020