Endorsed Organizations

L.A. Green Grounds – Working to bring fresh fruits and vegetables to people living in the “food desert” of South Central Lost Angeles.

Common Vision – Bringing fruit trees, drumming and a deeper connection to the earth to schools across California.

Deconstructing Dinner – Providing the public with stories and reports about a wide variety of food related topics from where our food comes from, to how to raise chickens in your backyard. A very diverse library of food related topics and information.

Willamette Farm and Food Coalition – Publish the Locally Grown Guide for the Eugene/Springfield area of the Willamette Valley. Connect consumers with farmers.

Farm to School of Eugene – Educating children in schools with high usage of the “free and reduced lunch” program about where their food comes from. This program takes classrooms of students to local farms, exposes them to the wide variety of flavors found in fresh vegetables on a farm, shows them how to cook and enjoy fresh, local, and organic produce.

Eugene Local Foods – Year-long on-line local farmer’s market. Consumers can place orders for locally grown and produced food items Wednesday – Monday and pick up their order at a convenient-to-them location in Eugene.

Sprout Food Hub – Springfield, Oregon. Year-long indoor farmer’s market. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Matching program. Commercial Kitchen available for rent. Local food producer business start-up support. Venue for food related community gathering.

 

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