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Ecotrust Forest Management, Equator, and New Forests announce first of its kind forest carbon transaction

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  • Leading Northwest forest landowners poised to tap new environmental market

Federal public-private Whole Watershed Restoration project receiving national spotlight

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Northwest bakery ISO local, organic peaches

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  • FoodHub rolls out a matchmaker between farmers, food producers, and buyers

USDA Undersecretary Ann Wright to visit Oregon to promote agency’s “Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food” Initiative

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  • Three-day visit will include tours of innovative agriculture programs and celebrate the launch of Ecotrust’s new online marketplace, FoodHub

Native village of Eyak celebrates land donation

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Ecotrust awards $45,000 to Indigenous leaders

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  • Five innovative Northwest leaders recognized by the annual Ecotrust Indigenous Leadership Award

Food Services of America encourages Oregon restaurants and schools to become members of FoodHub and resolve to source local in the new year

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  • FSA to subsidize cost of membership in FoodHub for its Oregon customers

Global study of salmon from Dalhousie University, Ecotrust, and the Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnology shows: “sustainable” food production isn’t so sustainable

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  • Multi-year study points the way to sustainable salmon production and debunks food sustainability myths along the way; mode matters more than miles

Northwest receives millions in federal tax credits

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  • Ecotrust will allocate $30 million in New Markets Tax Credits from the U.S. Treasury to innovative projects in rural and distressed communities. Senators and Congressmen advocate for quick action

New website aims to transform the Northwest food economy

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  • Ecotrust turns to technology to expand and simplify the connection between food producers and food buyers of all scale

Economists join to say: we can afford a world climate policy

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  • Large network of economists issues report ahead of Copenhagen talks

Oregon School Board Association endorses Farm to School Bill

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  • Latest in a series of endorsements for HB 2800 reinforces Oregonians’ support for farm to school funding this biennium

Enjoy a wine country 4th of July in the Willamette Valley and benefit Ecotrust’s Farm to School program

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  • Red, White and True Oregon Wines kicks off summer wine touring in the Willamette Valley wine region with nostalgic Americana – from lawn games and sparklers to live Bluegrass and BBQ picnics

More than 100 economists band together to fight climate change skeptics

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  • Economists launch RealClimateEconomics.org and issue a new report on national household greenhouse gas emissions

Oregon Farm to School and School Garden Bill (HB 2800) heads to Ways and Means Subcommittee

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  • Public hearing set for 3 p.m., Tuesday, May 12. School food investment will create hundreds of new jobs and generate millions of dollars for Oregon economy

A new era of conservation planning

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  • Just in time for Earth Day, the world’s most widely-used conservation planning tool evolves toward more scientific rigor, social pragmatism