Oregon is a great place for farming, with rich soils and a (mostly!) benevolent climate, and visitors and residents enjoy the resulting bounty of local food, other farm products, farmers markets, and agritourism. However, development and other pressures threaten our farming communities and make it harder for those who don’t already own land to continue this legacy.

In 2023 Slow Food Portland set out to host a range of social and educational events in order to re-engage with our community, to help promote local small businesses and to raise awareness about important sustainable food systems work being done by other organizations.