BOSTON, Mass. – Starting this month, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – which oversees U.S. fisheries – has kicked into high gear its program to fundamentally alter the way

PORTLAND, Ore. – Ecotrust today announced the approval of a methodology for launching forest carbon projects that will make it much easier for forest managers around the globe to participate

PORTLAND, Ore. – A collaborative managed by Portland-based Ecotrust seeks submissions of short films that focus on the human, ecological and economic benefits of whole watershed restoration in the Northwest.

PORTLAND, Ore. – Ecotrust today opened nominations for the annual Ecotrust Indigenous Leadership Award, a recognition program for individuals who demonstrate durable qualities of leadership for improvement of social, economic,

PORTLAND, Ore. – A recent raffle and for-benefit fundraising effort by the Willamette Valley Wineries Association raised $2,500 for Ecotrust, a Portland-based non-profit. The proceeds benefit Ecotrust’s Farm to School

PORTLAND, Ore – A unique public-private collaborative effort to restore watersheds in the Northwest has received a national award from the U.S. Forest Service. The Whole Watershed Restoration Initiative (WWRI) has

PORTLAND, Ore. – This growing season, Northwest food producers and food buyers will begin utilizing FoodHub, a new online resource that simplifies the process of making connections with each other. Today,

Portland, Ore. – Northwest food and farm leaders will welcome US Department of Agriculture Deputy Undersecretary Ann Wright to Oregon to learn more about the region’s innovative efforts in the

PORTLAND, Ore. – Ecotrust today recognized five of the West’s most innovative indigenous leaders for their efforts to improve conditions in their communities. The recipients were selected by a panel

PORTLAND, Ore. – Now through the end of the year, Food Services of America (FSA) is offering all of its restaurant and K-8 school customers throughout Oregon an incentive to

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, PORTLAND, Ore., GOTHENBURG, Sweden – Popular thinking about how to improve food systems for the better often misses the point, according to the results of a three-year global

PORTLAND, Ore. – The U.S. Treasury has selected Ecotrust to allocate $30 million in new markets tax credits to innovative initiatives that create economic, social and environmental benefit in the

PORTLAND, OR – Somewhere in the Pacific Northwest, there is a food buyer trying to find the perfect parsnip and a farmer looking for a home for his cranberries. Beginning today,

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Willamette Valley’s 150 Days of Wine in the Willamette Valley promotion continues throughout the summer, featuring a new event, Red, White & True Oregon Wines. Participating wineries and tasting

PORTLAND, Ore. – In recent times, junk economics has replaced junk science as the cause of inaction on climate change issues. The case for inaction is no longer argued on the

WHO: School food professionals, food manufacturers, students and farm to school experts will gather in Salem Tuesday afternoon to urge the Oregon Legislature to take full advantage of the school

ST. LUCIA, Queensland, Australia and PORTLAND, Ore. — Conservation planners often work in a black and white world: they are asked to determine whether an area should be set aside

PORTLAND, Ore. — Farm to school and school garden education programs are one step closer to blossoming throughout Oregon following a hearing yesterday of HB 2800 in front of the House

WHO: Farmers, school food professionals, food manufacturers, health professionals and economists will gather in Salem on Thursday to urge the Oregon Legislature to invest in farm to school and school

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Farm to School and School Garden Network, a statewide coalition of more than 100 organizations and individuals representing government, community-based, non-profit, and for-profit sectors, is championing

PORTLAND, Ore. — As state lawmakers search for ways to immediately stimulate Oregon’s malnourished economy, a new economic impact analysis proves that investing in locally produced foods for the school lunchroom

PORTLAND, Ore. – In the battle over the care and use of the world’s oceans, one voice is often lost in the debate: that of the fisherman. A technology now exists

PORTLAND, OR – The first school assembly of the new academic year will take place today at 10 a.m. at Atkinson Elementary in Southeast Portland, where school food and education leaders

SALEM, Ore. – The Farm-to-School and School Garden Legislative Concept, LC 79, introduced yesterday to the House Education Committee, won unanimous approval to move forward to the Oregon State Legislature’s 2008

What: Hearing on a farm-to-school and school garden legislative concept When: January 23rd, 9:00 a.m. (check legislative schedule for changes) Where: Oregon State House, House Education Committee Room PORTLAND, Ore. –

PORTLAND, Ore. — Just in time for the New Year, the expanded, revised and visually stunning 2007-2008 Guide to Local and Seasonal Products is here to motivate the region’s chefs and food buyers to

PORTLAND, Ore. — The nonprofit conservation organization Ecotrust and Portland-based film company Potter Productions, Inc., today announced a partnership to bring sustainability-focused food and farming stories to life through Potter Production’s

PORTLAND, Ore. — Ecotrust’s Food and Farms Program welcomes Oregon writer Ann Vileisis, Author of “Kitchen Literacy: How We Lost Knowledge of Where Food Comes from and Why We Need to

PORTLAND, Ore. – As a means to support community-based food systems, strengthen family farms and improve student health by reducing childhood obesity, the National Farm to School Network launched its new

PORTLAND, Ore. — Ecotrust’s Forestry Program will receive $400,000 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to restore important fish habitat in Washington and Oregon. This project is the result of

PORTLAND, Ore. – Ecotrust Food & Farms Program has been selected to serve as the Regional Lead Agency (RLA) for the National Farm to School Network. As RLA, Ecotrust is charged

PORTLAND, Ore. – Ecotrust’s Food & Farms program has added Michelle Markesteyn Ratcliffe, Ph.D. to its team charged with bolstering the local food economy. As the new Farm to School manager,

PORTLAND, Ore. – In the recipe for creating food and farm networks, Ecotrust is proving that there may not be such a thing as “too many cooks in the kitchen.” The

PORTLAND, Ore. — Viewing the cafeteria as a classroom, and locally sourced food as a vital subject of study, the Portland Public School district announces two requests for proposals (RFPs) from

PORTLAND, Ore. — Earning unanimous support from the House Education Subcommittee on Education Innovation during a public hearing on Tuesday, the trio of complementary farm-to-school bills, HB 3476 (Kotek), HB 3307

PORTLAND, Ore. — A trio of bills, which address two important issues at once — adequately funding school lunch programs and bolstering the Oregon agricultural economy — are scheduled for their

PORTLAND, Ore. — A table set with contemporary Indian food infused with Pacific Northwest ingredients will be the backdrop for the Ecotrust Food & Farms Program springtime fundraiser held at Vindalho

PORTLAND, Ore. — Author Daniel Imhoff paints a picture of a new American agrarian movement that promises healthier food and healthier ecosystems when he presents the keynote speech at the seventh

PORTLAND, Ore. — In cafeteria kitchens throughout the Portland Public School (PPS) district, paring knives will be sharpened and roasting pans will be pulled out of storage as foodservice staff gets

SEATTLE, WA – Washington farmers, food purveyors, chefs and foodservice professionals will gather at the second annual Seattle Farmer-Chef Connection on Monday, February 5, for a daylong conference designed to link