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Carbon action behind enemy lines

By Sarah Pope Lets play the guessing game! If I were to tell you there was a state that had passed legislation establishing a carbon sequestration program granting statutory authority for a state agency to verify carbon sequestration practices over …

guest
May 16, 2013 04 August 2015

Close-up of gourmet pizza.

Local wheat in school pizza? It’s back to class for Oregon farmers

Farm to School typically brings to mind fruits and vegetables — a bowl of bright red apples, or a salad bar station. But for Tom and Sue Hunton, owners of Hunton’s Farm and Camas Country Mill, located southwest of …

Lola Milholland
May 6, 2013 01 October 2014

Side of fishing boat named Helen

Diving out of the ivory tower, fisherman organizes on the docks

Stephanie Mutz was on track to becoming a professor. She earned a bachelor’s degree in marine biology from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a master’s degree in tropical marine biology from James Cook University in Australia. But while …

Emma Deans
May 3, 2013 01 October 2014

Clouds rising above a field.

Documenting culture as it vanishes: The People of Clouds

On April 26th and 27th, Ecotrust and Blue Earth Alliance will co-host Collaborations for Cause, a national gathering of photographers, NGOs, activists, and communications professionals, to discuss the collaborative future of storytelling. Panelists include experts from top-notch firms like Wieden+Kennedy …

Emma Deans
April 15, 2013 29 July 2016

A school of shiny mackerel fish swimming.

True story: How a fish went to school

Enter FoodHub. Mack searched the online directory FoodHub, Ecotrust’s network that connects food buyers and sellers. She found Lyf Gildersleeve of Flying Fish Company. Gildersleeve fishmongers from a 176 square foot shack on Southeast Hawthorne in Portland. He set Mack …

Emma Deans
April 10, 2013 01 October 2014

A crate full of ripe raspberries and blackberries.

Ecotrust names Oborne new Director of Food and Farms

“After a national search that yielded an impressive candidate pool, we were pleased to discover that the best candidate was right here in our midst,” Scholz said. Oborne joined FoodHub as sales and marketing director in 2010 and took over …

Oakley Brooks
March 28, 2013 18 March 2016

A group of fishermen changing boats on a river by a snowy mountain.

Shedding false labels: ThisFish tracking seafood to the source

With close to 30 seafood harvesters, and several large trade groups and retailers now partnering with ThisFish across Canada, the app is now gaining more acceptance. British Columbia officials delivered funding this week to promote it and make it more …

Oakley Brooks
March 14, 2013 29 July 2016

Two children walking towards a lettuce patch.

Urban Farming grows up

Until the recent growth in the popularity of urban farming, it’s unlikely that growing food on a vacant lot in the middle of an American city would be considered a serious urban planning proposal. But at a recent community meeting …

Noah Enelow
February 11, 2013 17 March 2015

Two children walking towards a lettuce patch.

New Farm to School grants put local foods in Oregon students’ lunches

The Oregon Department of Education has announced that eleven school districts are the recipients of competitive Farm to School and School Garden grants totaling $189,140. The majority of the funds (87.5%) will be spent on purchasing Oregon food products, with …

Lola Milholland
January 25, 2013 17 March 2015

Two tractors harvesting crops for biofuel production

Have cellulosic biofuels arrived?

“Our bugs are the best in the business,” Dean Kegler of ZeaChem declares proudly. I’m touring one of the country’s first experiments in cellulosic biofuel production, a demonstration-scale refinery in the small industrial port town of Boardman, Oregon. The bugs …

Noah Enelow
November 30, 2012 01 October 2014