We’re a few days into 2010, and it’s time to start taking stock of just how exactly we’ll all hold true to our New Year’s resolutions. Maybe you swore to cook more foods from scratch. Maybe you resolved to raise a larger garden this year. Whatever new food promises you made, it’s always helpful to [...]

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Kathy teaches transplants. Photo: Oregon Tilth.

You might be thinking that it’s too early to planning for next year’s harvest, but Oregon Tilth is already booking out their gardening classes for 2010! Each year, Oregon Tilth hosts a broad lineup of courses for beginning and advanced gardeners alike. Their workshops cover subjects including year-round gardening, intensive [...]

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James McWilliams, food movement skeptic and author of the new book, Just Food: Where Locavores Get it Wrong and How We Can Truly Eat Responsibly, recently took his argument to the New York Times, where he blogged about his feeling that local eating might be elitist. In [...]

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Even after two straight weeks of Pedalpalooza “bike fun,” you can still count on Portlanders to hop on the bikes and come out for an early morning ride. Last Sunday, with a group of 30 cyclists, Slow Food Portland hit the streets of Northeast to see what was growing in our neighbor’s backyards. And, if [...]

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This urgent call-to-action comes from Deborah Kane and our partners at Ecotrust Food & Farms
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There is a bill pending in the Oregon legislature that would make is possible for us to get better food into public schools across the state - HB 2800. You can read all about the bill and on-going advocacy efforts here: [...]

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Recently, as I’ve been searching for soil and amendments for planter pots, I’ve heard a similar refrain from feed stores and garden centers: we just ran out. More people, it seems, are starting home gardens this season than any other year in recent memory. Perhaps it’s the economy. Perhaps it’s the Obama’s influence. Whatever the [...]

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Updated 5/15 - Steve Cohen of the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability gives credit to the many volunteers involved
Updated 5/5 - Portland Mercury reports on the planting ceremony with photos

All around town, gardeners’ spring sprouts are pushing through the soil and, as first reported in last week’s Oregonian, Portland City Hall will be joining in [...]

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Straight-up inspiring. That’s how it was to witness Bryant Terry work the stage last Wednesday for a sold-out crowd at the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center. Between the food, the spoken-word poets, and Terry’s deeply personal story of food and health, it brought the house down.
We kicked off the event with some food-focused spoken-word poetry, courtesy [...]

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Updated: Video from the Washington Post added below.

Photo: Whitehouse.gov
It certainly has a different ring to it than “Rose garden press conference,” doesn’t it? As reported in the New York Times, First Lady Michelle Obama will be breaking ground Friday morning on a White House vegetable garden.
The Obamas will feed their love of Mexican food with [...]

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On Sunday evening, 60 Minutes featured a lengthy segment on Alice Waters and her role as major advocate for Slow Food. To be sure, it is a big step for the mainstream recognition of the food movement, but it hasn’t come without a lot of debate in response. Within hours of the episode airing on [...]

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