Resilient Food Futures Microgrants
November 11, 2025
Microgrants to support small farm businesses in the Portland metropolitan area
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Microgrants to support small farm businesses in the Portland metropolitan area
PARTNER VOICES | Learn more about the Tribal Marine Stewards Network, the 2025 Indigenous Leadership group awardee
PARTNER VOICES | Reeba Daniel, founder of Keep Growing Seeds, reflects on their journey in the farm to school movement
PARTNER VOICES | Speaking with Tara Violetta, farmer and founder of Sun Moon Fields
A podcast exploring how mariculture on the Oregon coast can build community wealth, an equitable economy, and climate resilience.
PHOTO ESSAY | A look back at last year’s Indigenous Agroforestry Network Gathering
PHOTO ESSAY | A look at the rising problem of American shad in the Columbia River
PARTNER VOICES | Leilani Mroczkowski and Jihelah Greenwald, founders of Kasama Farm, speak about their roots in community organizing and farming.
A bioregional fellowship for Black, Indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC) working at the intersections of food, land, culture, and climate.
Connecting land stewards, traditional gatherers, agroforestry and partners across the Northwest to uphold Indigenous agroforestry practices by Indigenous communities
Partnering with tribes throughout the region to help market tribal wood products and support data-driven decision-making.
STAFF VOICES | Jamese Kwele shares insights on Ecotrust’s food equity work at the participated in the USDA Regional Equity Convening for the Pacific Northwest.
ECOTRUST UPDATE | Check out these four ways to celebrate Earth Month with Ecotrust and Earth Day Oregon!
Strengthening networks, investing in producer leadership, and expanding food system participation
ECOTRUST UPDATES | A $1.5M cooperative agreement will support utilization of USDA programs among farmers historically underserved or discriminated against by the agency.
FEATURE | Indigenous storytelling fellow, Jessica Douglas, reflects on a visit with Ecotrust partners at the Kalispel Tribe.
We explore how community-centered management, operationalized by a unique financial model, can lead the way toward climate resilience.
Cities are an integral part of nature. The Bullitt Center demonstrates this principle by blurring the lines between buildings and nature, and giving back more of nature’s benefits than it consumes.
Mobilizing New Markets Tax Credits for projects that strengthen climate resilience, intergenerational wealth-building, and lands and waters stewardship.
PROGRAM UPDATE | A look inside a growing body of work in partnership with the Hoopa Valley Tribe
Actionable data to facilitate market connections for climate-smart wood producers
A paid opportunity for Black, Native, and people of color in Portland who want to learn more about jobs in the green economy.
Cataloging, sharing, and visualizing ocean data and trends on the West Coast
Supporting Alaska Native sovereignty through the development of sustainable ocean farming
Partnering with Tribes to improve the digital continuity of Indigenous Traditional Knowledge
A cohort-based program designed for aspiring and experienced leaders of color working to build equitable, climate-resilient food systems
ECOTRUST UPDATE | A reflection and programmatic update from our Interim Executive Director, Olivia M. Rebanal
PROGRAM UPDATE | Sustainable Northwest wins significant funding on a proposal to build the Climate Smart Wood Economy. We are excited to join a group of nonprofit and tribal partners in the Pacific Northwest on this effort
INTERVIEW | An interview with Cody Desautel about the impacts of climate change on the Tribes’ forest and economy and how they are responding to threats
INTERVIEW | Learn more about two of our board members, Jaime Arredondo and Alexandria McBride
PROGRAM UPDATE | The employers and partner organizations who enrich participants’ experience are critical to the success of the Green Workforce Academy
INTERVIEW | An interview with Gabe Sheoships, the Executive Director of the Friends of Tryon Creek
PARTNER VOICES | An interview with Mike Durglo, Jr., the Tribal Historic Preservation Office director for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.
PROGRAM UPDATE | Charting timelines of timber output and carbon sequestration for every county in the Northwest US
PARTNER VOICES | Rural Reporting Fellow Bethany Goodrich shares how community care, reciprocity, and centering Indigenous voices guide her storytelling.
ECOTRUST UPDATE | In humble collaboration, the Ecotrust team embarked on a strategic planning process.
PROGRAM UPDATE | David Diaz connects the dots between carbon recapture in forests and the benefit to green builders who invest in climate-smart wood products.
PROGRAM UPDATE | In reviewing the plans put forward by the incoming Biden administration, several elements align with work already underway
STAFF VOICES | Ecotrust team members discuss what’s at stake in the upcoming election