Food and Farms Archives - Page 11 of 15 - Ecotrust

bunches of red radishes piled up on newspaper

Helping farmers write wholesale success stories

Trainings on how to get your produce to market.

Amanda Oborne
February 11, 2014 01 October 2014

This mural, in North Portland's Village Market, was painted by neighbors and community organizers who collaborated on the plans and vision for a vibrant small-scale grocery store offering healthy foods to an underserved neighborhood. It sits above a vegetable case full of fresh produce. The image shows three flowers in bloom.

Say good-bye to “food deserts”

Edible Portland questions the use of the term food deserts among food system advocates.

Lola Milholland
January 14, 2014 01 October 2014

New dollars to help deepen farm to school impact in Oregon

Ecotrust is awarded a new USDA grant to support the Oregon Farm to School program.

Megan Foucht
November 20, 2013 01 October 2014

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