Reporter Sarah Mirk of the Portland Mercury had a chance to follow along on some of the events and tours held during the recent Farm to Cafeteria Conference. Her write-up on the Mercury blog shares her experiences visiting the Food Innovation Center, a farmer who supplies public school cafeterias in Kaiser, and the Truitt Brothers [...]

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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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Last Monday evening, author Woody Tasch regaled a packed house at Ecotrust with jokes, musings and some pretty heavy insight into the future of our planet. If you weren’t there for his talk, the subject might surprise you: investment. As the chairman of the sustainably-minded Investor’s Circle, Tasch already has a history of treating investment [...]

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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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If you’re near your radio or computer on Wednesday morning, make sure to tune in to KBOO at 11am for this month’s episode of their Food Show, which will feature Bryant Terry. He’ll be on the program to share his new cookbook, Vegan Soul Kitchen, and to talk potatoes with the hosts. Plus, if you’re [...]

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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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Portland rightly has a reputation across the country for it sustainable programs and civic engagement. With chef Cory Schreiber as our state-appointed farm-to-school coordinator, and with excellent organizations like Ecotrust Food & Farms working on The Farmer Chef Connection and their many farm-to-school programs, it’s clear that the local food community forms a cornerstone of [...]

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Patrick Alan Coleman, Food Editor for the Portland Mercury, had a chance this week to interview Bryant Terry about his work and upcoming Slow Food Portland event.
At 35, Terry has fond memories of growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, with grandparents from rural Mississippi who “practically converted their backyard garden into an urban farm—every bit of [...]

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Today’s Oregonian ran a feature article on Slow Food Portland and the gradual evolution of the Slow Food Movement! Including interviews with the Oregon Food Bank, the Community Food Security Coalition, and PCUN, the story outlines a bit of Slow Food’s increasing attention to food justice and our local efforts to partner with the organizations [...]

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Over the years, Slow Food Portland has been really lucky to have been able to bring so many great speakers to Portland. Still, I don’t think we’ve ever had the chance before to bring someone who’s been compared to Melvin Van Peebles and Alice Waters in the same sentence! That’s just part of why we’re [...]

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