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Fresh connections, new opportunities

More than 100 producers, food businesses, advocates, and buyers came together to discuss diversity and dig into the delicious details at the

Aaron Vargas
December 11, 2019 19 December 2019

A woman wearing a white blouse with floral embroidery holds two plates of tamales, smiling toward the camera

Oregon schools get a taste for local tamales

New connections bring Tortillería y Tienda De León’s legacy of traditional Mexican food to school lunch trays throughout Oregon.

Megan Foucht
October 10, 2019 30 October 2019

Angel Food Conference & Food Fair

In partnership with Food Northwest, the OSU Food Innovation Center, and Season to Taste, OEN is presenting the first-ever Angel Food Conference and Food Fair on June 19. The Angel Food Conference is the first-ever investment fund specifically designed to support the dynamic food and beverage sector and will showcase scaling food & beverage companies from Oregon and SW Washington, and connect them with vital funding.

Olivia Bartruff
June 19, 2019 11 June 2019

Jesse Beers (wearing a woven hat and dark blue sweatshirt) of the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians walks on a floating island on Tahkenitch Lake.

A legacy of restoration, in living color

After more than 20 years of working to restore their watershed, the Siuslaw Watershed Council enlists our team to help share their story.

Megan Foucht
May 23, 2019 09 January 2020

School children gather at tables in a cafeteria

Umi noodles go to lunch

Lola Milholland of Umi Organics shares the story of how she made her organic yakisoba noodles school lunchroom-ready.

guest
May 8, 2019 27 June 2019

White man in baseball cap sits next to a cow laying down in a field with another cow looking on

Community and capital: An Ag of the Middle case study in cash flow

Our Ag of the Middle Program Manager, Maia Hardy, interviews rancher and Accelerator participant, Jared Gartner.

Maia Hardy
April 16, 2019 10 September 2019

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Tipping the balance to more carbon storage in Pacific Northwest forests

Our new peer-reviewed study finds additional carbon storage potential through just two components of FSC management.

Brent Davies
September 17, 2018 06 August 2019

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The uncertain future of Oregon’s farmland

Nellie McAdams from Rogue Farm Corps joins us for a post on land succession and the next generation of farmers.

guest
March 22, 2018 22 March 2018

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What happened to Oregon’s oysters?

A weeklong series of events will bring together farmers, chefs, and activists to create a swell of support for wild oyster restoration.

guest
January 25, 2018 28 January 2018

Older woman with white hair shears a black and white goat with long shaggy hair.

New connections in our fibershed

There is a growing interest in a regionally-based, responsible fiber economy. And the challenges of scale mirror those in food.

Jocelyn Tutak
November 25, 2017 30 November 2017