In last week’s Oregonian FOODday section, writer Leslie Cole ran an even-handed article entitled, “Which price is right?” The piece ran a simple price comparison between the same set of groceries purchased from a farmer’s market, through a CSA, at the progressive Portland-area grocer New Seasons, and at the employee-owned discount chain Costco. Her results? [...]

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Peanuts. Pistachios. Popcorn seasoning. Cookie Dough. Greens. Beef. Beef. Beef. Wide-scale outbreaks of foodborne illness of slammed our country this year, leaving legislators scrambling to come up with an appropriate response. Over the last month or so, we’ve begun to see the first steps towards new regulations and laws, but real change has yet to [...]

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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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