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
Portland, Oregon — Ecotrust has taken ownership of a former machine stamping building and warehouse at 831 SE Salmon Street in Portland’s Central Eastside industrial district, with the intention of restoring
June 26, Portland, Oregon —An unparalleled stretch of coastal open space at the south end of Tillamook County’s Sand Lake is one step closer to permanent protection today, after the
NEW YORK (June 18, 2014) – The National Audubon Society announced today that Spencer B. Beebe, founder and chairman of Ecotrust and Ecotrust Forest Management will be the third
June 16, 2014, Portland, Oregon —Ecotrust CDE, a subsidiary of Ecotrust, has received $35 million in federal New Markets Tax Credits to support employment and innovation in distressed communities throughout
June 13, 2014; Portland, Oregon — Last night, Edible Portland, a quarterly magazine of the nonprofit Ecotrust, honored six businesses and nonprofits with its annual Local Hero Awards at the Ecotrust Natural
Whitehorse, Yukon, June 09, 2014 – Ecotrust and the Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council (YRITWC) are excited to announce the launch of a new joint project to improve water quality
Portland, Ore. June 5, 2014 — Ecotrust announced today that it has earned a twelfth consecutive four-star rating from Charity Navigator, the nation’s leading charity evaluator and most trusted information source for responsible
Portland, Ore., May 13, 2014– Ecotrust is pleased to announce the launch of a new project that will strengthen connections between preschool-aged children and healthy, local foods. The Farm
Portland, Ore., May 1, 2014 – On June 12, Edible Portland and Ecotrust are holding their 7th annual Local Hero Awards, with a keynote by Nell Newman, to honor outstanding
PORTLAND, Ore. – Last night, Edible Portland, a quarterly magazine of the nonprofit Ecotrust, honored six businesses and nonprofits with its annual Local Hero Award. More than 250 people gathered at Ecotrust to
Portland, Ore. — Ecotrust is pleased to announce that it will receive new federal support through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm to School Program, an effort to better connect
Portland, Ore. – Starting February 7, Ecotrust and Edible Portland are bringing back Blind-Tasting Bingo, a game of sensory deprivation and heightened exploration that first premiered at the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art’s Time-Based
White City, Ore., — Rough & Ready Lumber, a family-run, 92-year-old company, announced today that it is reopening its small-diameter log mill, bringing 67 much-needed jobs back to Southern Oregon. Ecotrust