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

COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Thomas Jefferson Agricultural Institute is pleased to announce Deborah Kane has been awarded a national Food & Society Policy Fellowship for 2007–2008. This prestigious fellowship program is

PORTLAND, Ore. – Following a year spent observing students in the cafeteria and chefs in the kitchen at SE Portland’s Abernethy Elementary kitchen, Ecotrust today announced the Scratch Kitchen pilot program

PORTLAND, Ore. — Lead shot can still be carved out of the massive 19th century wooden posts of the ShoreBank Pacific offices in the Pearl District. Warehouse graffiti still covers crossbeams

PORTLAND, Ore. – Reserve your place at the table for “Reading, Writing and Radicchio” — a three-part series presented by Ecotrust’s Food and Farms program in partnership with Portland Public Schools

PORTLAND, Ore. – In the height of the Northwest growing season, the 2006 Guide to Local and Seasonal Products is now ready for the picking. This annual directory, published by Ecotrust’s Food and Farms program,

Woodinville, Wash. — On Saturday, October 21st, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m., Slow Food Seattle and Columbia Winery will celebrate Washington State’s ecologically sound farmers with the first annual Fall

PORTLAND, Ore. —  Diamonds are expensive. Water is cheap. Yet as environmental challenges grow, those price signals seem faultier than ever. Now, the game is changing. New markets for water, carbon

PORTLAND, Ore. — On Thursday September 22nd, the autumnal equinox, the Portland Chapter of the Chefs Collaborative and Ecotrust will host the “Autumn Graze,” our second annual fundraiser. The Autumn Graze