Defining direction for a regional climate response
October 22, 2018
STAFF VOICES | We’re working hard to shed new light on our regional opportunity to draw carbon out of the atmosphere
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STAFF VOICES | We’re working hard to shed new light on our regional opportunity to draw carbon out of the atmosphere
PORTLAND, Ore. – Sept. 18, 2018 – Calling ranchers, farmers, and fishers! Ecotrust, the Portland-based nonprofit forging new ways of living and doing business, together with a network of supporting
PROGRAM UPDATE | As the seasons change, the community at the Redd continues to strengthen their connections to one another and build their businesses
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
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.
STAFF VOICES | Our head of Food and Farms reports on what she learned this year at EcoFarm, the Ecological Farming Association conference that has flowered annually in California since
ECOTRUST UPDATE | In a time of social unrest, environmental upheaval, and economic uncertainty, our mission matters more now than ever.
Portland, Ore., Wednesday, December 6, 2017 – Starting this month, a group of 14 farmers, ranchers, and fishermen will participate in a newly-formed business accelerator pilot program developed by Ecotrust
STAFF VOICES | There is a growing interest in a regionally-based, responsible fiber economy. And the challenges of scale mirror those in food.
PARTNER VOICES | Ricardo Salvador challenges us to consider the colonial, racist, and extractive underpinnings of our current food system. And to act.
ECOTRUST UPDATE | Ecotrust joined the OSU Food Innovation Center and Seafood Analytics to test consumer preference and quality of fresh v. frozen fish.
Megan Kemple, Oregon Farm to School and School Garden Network 541-344-4329 (office) 541-225-8807 (cell) megan@oregonfarmtoschool.org Leah Harrison, FoodCorps 503-558-6413 mailto:leah.harrison@foodcorps.org Salem, Ore., Friday, July 7, 2017 – A bill supporting Farm
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.
STAFF VOICES | A closer look at opportunities in the burgeoning Cross Laminated Timber market
Contact: Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians (CTSI) Mike Kennedy, Natural Resources Manager 541.444.8232 mikek@ctsi.nsn.us McKenzie River Trust (MRT) Liz Lawrence, Associate Director 541.844.9334 (cell) 541.345.2799 (office) llawrence@mckenzieriver.org Ecotrust Forest Management
PARTNER VOICES | Oregon Poet Laureate and former Ecotruster, Liz Woody, shared this poem at our 25th anniversary celebration – Roots at the Redd
PORTLAND, Ore. — Ecotrust Forest Management (EFM) announced today their receipt of a $150,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for its innovative approach to forestland investing and management.
PORTLAND, Ore, August 25, 2016 — On September 20, Portland nonprofit Ecotrust will celebrate their 25th anniversary with a birthday party at the Redd on Salmon Street. The event will
CONTACT: Jerusha Klemperer, FoodCorps 212-596-7045 x105 jerusha.klemperer@foodcorps.org June 1, 2016, Portland, Oregon — Ecotrust announced today that national service organization and AmeriCorps partner, FoodCorps, will be moving its headquarters to
Alex Corcoran Free Range Media 206.605.9005 alex@edibleportland.com PORTLAND, Ore. – April 21, 2016 – Edible Portland, published by Ecotrust for the past eight years and one of 90 Edible magazines
PORTLAND, Ore, March 22, 2016 — Ecotrust Founder and Executive Chair Spencer Beebe today named Jeremy Barnicle as the organization’s new Executive Director. “Ecotrust’s board and staff could not be
WHAT: Inner southeast Portland neighbors and businesses and Oregon food innovators will join foresters, fishermen, musicians, and community organizers for a rain-or-shine celebration of the season and its natural bounty
PORTLAND, Ore. — September 17, 2015 — The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community and Ecotrust have been jointly awarded federal funding to explore the establishment of a “forest bank” on the
Inheritance Stories: Latino Voices on Farming, Culture, and Ecology is an interactive exhibit popping up in Portland and Woodburn. The exhibit will include immersive listening stations featuring stories in English and
PORTLAND, Ore. – September 1, 2015 – Ecotrust, which is developing a new urban campus in Portland’s Central Eastside dedicated to nurturing a robust regional food economy, today announced availability
Ecotrust announces the line-up for the sixth edition of the Sundown Concerts, showcasing some of Portland’s most outstanding bands playing free, public shows in the heart of the city. Portland
PORTLAND, ORE., May 14, 2015 – Before food ever reaches the table, it’s gone through an elaborate system of producers, brokers, distributors and other intermediaries, all of whom have a
PORTLAND, Oregon – You’re in the heart of the city on a warm, sun-filled evening. It’s First Thursday, and you’ve taken in arts and culture throughout downtown and the Pearl.
WHAT: Food lands on our plates via a complex and often invisible web. On May 14th, Ecotrust opens the “black box” of this web, presenting findings from a one-and-a-half-year study
WHAT: Old arguments about animal management practices needed to “feed a nation” are giving way to bold moves like the bill under consideration in the Oregon legislature that would limit
Ecotrust today purchased a 26,000-square-foot warehouse and showroom at 1140 SE 7th Avenue in Portland. The property sits adjacent to its recent property acquisition at 831 SE Salmon Street. Together,
March 2, 2015, Portland, OR – On the spring equinox, the Portland Area CSA Coalition and Ecotrust are teaming up to throw Portland’s first-ever public fair to celebrate Community Supported
February 17, 2015, Portland, Oregon — Couchsurfing. CSAs. Neighborhood energy. Local food clusters. Coops. Promising alternative business models are cropping up all around the country. Do they constitute the new
February 4, 2015, Portland, Oregon – The Pacific Northwest has made leaps and bounds toward creating a robust, responsible regional food system, but some of our greatest hurdles still lie
The Native American Youth and Family Center, Ecotrust, and City Club of Portland, present two events on Nov. 14 to celebrate outstanding indigenous leadership during Native American Heritage Month.
October 9, 2014, Portland, Oregon — Ecotrust today announced the honorees of the 12th annual Indigenous Leadership Award. They are: Annita McPhee (Tahltan), Arthur William Sterritt (Gitga’at), Eric J. Quaempts
September 16, 2014, Portland, Oregon —Oregon State Parks on Friday completed its purchase of the Beltz Farm property at the south end of Tillamook County’s Sand Lake, permanently protecting an