Last Thursday, June 23, at the Harvesting Hope screening, the Farmworker Housing Development Corporation (FHDC) honored Slow Food Portland with their 2011 Community Partner Award.
Jaime Arredondo, FHDC Director of Fund Development, mentioned how the partnership began when Slow Food Portland members toured farmworker housing, including on-farm camps and FHDC communities in May of 2009, and [...]
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Slow Food Portland receives Community Partner Award
June 25th, 2011 · No Comments
Food for Thought Conference
April 12th, 2011 · 1 Comment
The Food For Thought conference is happening in Portland this weekend at the University of Portland campus. Topics range from meat production to social justice and sustainability. The conference ends with a keynote address by Michael Polan.
Stop by the Slow Food table and say hi on Saturday night on your way to Polan’s talk.
Hope to [...]
ACTION ALERT: Last Metro Hearing on Rural Reserves
February 23rd, 2010 · No Comments
Over the past two years, we’ve tried to keep you up-to-date on the Urban and Rural Reserves process for the Metro region, which will determine how rural lands are protected at the edges of our Urban Growth Boundary. As the final votes on Washington County Reserves quickly approach, we share this message from our partners [...]
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