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Mushroom fanatics, on film

Three videos exploring the lives of local mushroom fanatics!

Lola Milholland
October 17, 2013 29 July 2016

Nov. 10: “Trash Fish” meet white tablecloths

Experience abundant but unknown seafood with some of Portland's finest chefs.

Amanda Oborne
October 16, 2013 01 October 2014

Feast on this: The local + national scoop on GMOs

Alongside tasting events, chef show-downs, and culinary classes, Feast organizers are hosting a speaker series covering topics from creating a thriving food business to ending childhood hunger. The panel “Transparency and GMOs: The More You Know the Better” will take …

Megan Foucht
September 16, 2013 01 October 2014

High time for tea

Oregon’s newly budding tea industry is showing signs of a hopeful future. With growing enterprises like Tao of Tea interested in localizing their supply chain the demand for tea production in Oregon could reach to new heights and bring pioneering …

Megan Foucht
September 4, 2013 01 October 2014

The mystery meal: Eating blind-folded

We recently hosted our final game of our six-month Blind-Tasting Bingo series. We really went out with a bang. Naomi Pomeroy, fresh on the heels of opening her new joint, Expatriate, came ready to entertain, and the crowd, blind-folded and …

Lola Milholland
August 30, 2013 01 October 2014

Don’t miss our last Sundown concert for the year!

Organically Grown Company and Ecotrust are excited to welcome Radiation City with Genders Wednesday evening (July 31) for our last Sundown concert for the 2013 series. Join us from 5:30pm-8:30pm for some rocking tunes and to learn more about the night’s theme of Honoring …

Emma Deans
July 29, 2013 01 October 2014

Oregon designates $1.2 million for local food in schools

“We envision a day not too far off, when schools across our state will be serving meals sourced primarily from Oregon’s bounty.” In the session concluded on July 8, the Legislature awarded nearly $1.2 million for Farm to School and …

Stacey Sobell
July 12, 2013 01 October 2014

Empowering school food directors to buy local

Four years ago, under the fluorescent lights of the Salem Conference Center, I stood at a table heaped with Oregon apples free for the taking, trying to catch the eyes of some 300 school district food service staff. I found …

Stacey Sobell
June 20, 2013 01 October 2014

Edible Portland: In league with the bees

After reading the cover story in our summer issue, I found myself sitting in my yard, early in the morning, video recording a bumble bee suckling from a purple sage flower. What I had learned from Kerry Newberry’s feature about …

Lola Milholland
June 13, 2013 29 July 2016

Fish farming for our future

Editor’s note: Ecotrust does not currently engage in work related to aquaculture, but we recognize that there is valuable dialogue to be held around this topic. As always, we welcome discussion in the comment section below. By Mark J. Spalding …

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May 20, 2013 01 October 2014