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FoodHub spreads the love of local food across the Pacific Northwest

For those of us who live here, the oft-celebrated agricultural productivity in the Pacific Northwest provides residents with some of the best fruits, vegetables, meats and dairy to hit our plates and palates. In Portland, legions of adventurous eaters flock …

Adrien Schless-Meier
August 8, 2012 01 October 2014

A Latino farmer and her children work a booth at the Forest Grove farmers' market

Latino community farmers feasting on new market: school lunch

In 2010, the nonprofit Adelante Mujeres saw a clear challenge when the Latino farmers on its 12-acre La Esperanza Farm in the city of Forest Grove, Ore. continued to struggle selling their abundant harvests. Adelante Mujeres provides courses in sustainable …

Lola Milholland
August 1, 2012 01 October 2014

FoodHub meet market buttons

FoodHub builds a bridge over the urban-rural divide

“We are out on the farm; we’re out in the country. It’s really helpful to have technology that connects us to the cities to be able to sell.” That’s how folks at Unger Farms explained the benefit of using FoodHub …

Carolyn Holland
June 13, 2012 01 October 2014

Author of Change Comes to Dinner, Katherine Gustafson

At the Natural Capital Center: Gustafson brings fresh, hopeful stories to dinner

Katherine Gustafson traveled around the United States seeking working examples of how to build a more sustainable, satisfying, and fair food system. She documented her many stops, the people she met, and the solutions she uncovered in her new book, …

Lola Milholland
May 15, 2012 01 October 2014

FoodHub’s popularity surging

Oakley Brooks
January 20, 2012 14 January 2020