A stronger food system,from soil to sea
PROGRAM UPDATE | Now in its second year, we’re accepting applications for our Ag of the Middle Accelerator, a unique business development program
PROGRAM UPDATE | Now in its second year, we’re accepting applications for our Ag of the Middle Accelerator, a unique business development program
ECOTRUST UPDATE | Our new peer-reviewed study finds additional carbon storage potential through just two components of FSC management.
PROGRAM UPDATE | As the seasons change, the community at the Redd continues to strengthen their connections to one another and build their businesses
PROGRAM UPDATE | New Markets Tax Credits deliver environmental, social, and economic benefits to economically distressed communities when little else can
STAFF VOICES | We sit down for a quick Q&A with our new Communications Director, Doe Hatfield
PARTNER VOICES | Ecotrust’s Events team is proud to announce our 2018 Community Grant Awardees
STAFF VOICES | Amanda Oborne, our VP of Food & Farms, shares lessons she learned on sharing power and privilege while attending a convening of leaders working to create a more equitable and resilient food system
PROGRAM UPDATE | We welcome coffee shop La Perlita to the Natural Capital Center, and prepare to open our newest event space
PROGRAM UPDATE | Ecotrust’s new metrics platform spawns tighter focus in farm to institution programming
PROGRAM UPDATE | Groundbreaking at Redd East signals the green light for the next phase of development on the two-block campus
ECOTRUST UPDATE | In 2014, Ecotrust assisted in securing permanent conservation for one of Oregon’s last intact coastal estuaries. Now, our newest state park.
PARTNER VOICES |Nate Rispler of Wilder Land & Sea reflects on his experience at the Redd and how he helped launch Portland’s signature meat and seafood distribution company.
ECOTRUST UPDATE | Our core values drive our decision-making, inform our strategy and more
PARTNER VOICES | The tidal wave of farmland transition isn’t coming – we’re in the middle of it
FEATURE | Eating responsibly harvested seafood connects us to ocean ecosystems and the people who depend on them.
PARTNER VOICES | Redd tenant Betsy Langton shares her experiences as a first-time businesswoman and the inspiration that launched her product.
ECOTRUST UPDATE | In a time of social unrest, environmental upheaval, and economic uncertainty, our mission matters more now than ever.
STAFF VOICES | There is a growing interest in a regionally-based, responsible fiber economy. And the challenges of scale mirror those in food.
PHOTO ESSAY | Light Up the Redd will go down as a highlight in our journey toward a healthy and equitable food future.
STAFF VOICES | In the latest string of extreme natural disasters, we are all made living witnesses to a new geological epoch.
ECOTRUST UPDATE | Ecotrust joined the OSU Food Innovation Center and Seafood Analytics to test consumer preference and quality of fresh v. frozen fish.
ECOTRUST UPDATE | Everyone wants greener cities and good jobs. But not everyone has access.
PARTNER VOICES | Join us for an inspirational evening at Light Up the Redd on Thursday, October 5 with keynote speaker Ricardo Salvador
ECOTRUST UPDATE | This year, we endorsed the People’s Climate Movement to support the power shift from dominant-culture to frontline community leadership.
IN MEMORIAM | Ray’s legacy at Ecotrust found its roots in the deep caring that he felt for his coworkers.
PARTNER VOICES | On Thursday, April 20, we welcomed best-selling author, environmentalist, entrepreneur, and climate advocate Paul Hawken to present Drawdown
STAFF VOICES | A new report by Ecotrust and PolicyLink shows economic and social benefit of increasing equity in the growing green infrastructure industry.
STAFF VOICES | A closer look at opportunities in the burgeoning Cross Laminated Timber market
STAFF VOICES | We believe the Elliott State Forest is an invaluable cultural and conservation resource that should be in public or tribal ownership
STAFF VOICES | The story of our bioregion is real, immediate, and fundamentally hopeful.
PARTNER VOICES | Oregon Poet Laureate and former Ecotruster, Liz Woody, shared this poem at our 25th anniversary celebration – Roots at the Redd
IN MEMORIAM | Remembering Dave Hatch, a longtime friend, partner, and advocate for Native communities
ECOTRUST UPDATE | FoodCorps moves into the Redd, we tell everyone that Farm to School Counts, and Stanford Social Innovation Review talks about our work
PARTNER VOICES | Elizabeth Woody, formerly of Ecotrust, will focus her tenure as Oregon’s first Native American Poet Laureate on rural communities
PARTNER VOICES | Van Jones speaks at Portland State University on the essential connection between the environment, social justice, and the economy
ECOTRUST UPDATE | This spring, a plan years in the making came to fruition when Ecotrust Forest Management sold 3,200 acres of forestland to the Coquille Tribe
PROGRAM UPDATE | Welcome to the Salem-Keizer School District in Oregon, where 40,000 students are eating more healthy, local food and learning in school gardens
PARTNER VOICES | “That’s who we are. We’re salmon people.”