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Willamette Farm and Food Coalition
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Aprovecho Research Center www.aprovecho.net
Aprovecho is a non-profit research and education center located outside of Cottage Grove, Oregon. Our 40 acre rural campus is the classroom for our ongoing educational programs. At Aprovecho you will experience live, working examples of appropriate technology, sustainable forestry, organic agriculture, permaculture, and the incerconnectedness that is shared by these systems and with the land.
Cascadia Food Not Lawns www.foodnotlawns.com
Food Not Lawns is a loosely affiliated cluster of grassroots gardeners in and around the Willamette Valley, just west of the Oregon Cascades. We work together toward an ecologically, socially, and perpetually thriving bioregion, using theories and techniques derived from permaculture, kinship gardening, ecological design, and biodynamics. We also develop and test our own ideas, and offer a wide range of educational, organizational, and hands-on services
City of Eugene Community Gardens www.eugene-or.gov/parks
The Community Gardens’ mission is to provide a rewarding gardening experience for all who rent a garden plot and join the community gardens family. The rental comes with access to a plot, water, and tools. Each gardener then decides what to plant in his or her plot and how to cultivate it.
City of Eugene Composting Resources www.eugenerecycles.org/Composting
The Solid Waste and Recycling Program actively promotes composting at home and at commercial businesses. We have a variety of programs which provide education and the technical assistance necessary to help you get started if you are new to composting, or supplement your current composting efforts. This page provides tips for backyard and worm composting. It also has links to other resources for composting information.
Eugene Permaculture Guild www.eugenepermacultureguild.org
The Eugene Permaculture Guild seeks to educate the community and ourselves in the principles of sustainable living. We offer presentations, potlucks, an annual Plant and Seed Swap and Bio-Regional Gathering. Another goal is to create and maintain living examples of permaculture designs which incorporate efficient and productive integration of plants, animals, structures, and people.
Eugene Veg Education Network www.eugeneveg.org
Eugene Veg Education Network is devoted to educating the general public about the impact of their food choices. We believe the right information in the hands of caring people lets them make compassionate, intelligent and informed choices for themselves, the animals, and the planet. Even hopes to serve as a resource to provide factual information about the benefits of a plant-based diet, acting as a conduit to connect the person asking the question with an informed answer.
FOOD for Lane County Gardens www.foodforlanecounty.org/Programs/Gardens
The FOOD for Lane County Gardens Program provides a multi-faceted approach to reduce hunger and fulfill the basic need for nutritious food in our community through a unique combination of services. The Churchill Community Garden, GrassRoots Garden and Youth Farm provide opportunities for limited-income adults to work with others to grow food for themselves and the food bank; education, job training and mentoring of limited-income and at-risk youth; and the creation and distribution of healthy, nutritious emergency and supplemental food to Lane County families, individuals and children.
Helios Resource Network www.heliosnetwork.org
Helios Resource Network is a nonprofit organization promoting community livability by empowering local groups and businesses working toward sustainability.
Lane County Extension Service http://extension.oregonstate.edu/lane
The OSU Extension Service of Lane County provides Oregonians with research-based knowledge and education to strengthen communities and economies, sustain natural resources, and promote healthy families and individuals.
Lost Valley Educational Center www.lostvalley.org
The mission of Lost Valley Educational Center is to create and foster mutually beneficial relations between humans and all parts of the web of existence. We believe that these relationships provide a means to well-being as well as survival. In fulfilling this mission, our purpose is to create and maintain an intentional community, including affordable housing, and an educational center dedicated to three goals which guide us in all activities.
Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides (NCAP) www.pesticide.org
The Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides protects the health of people and the environment by advancing alternatives to pesticides.
School Garden Project of Lane County http://www.schoolgardenproject.org
A grassroots, non-profit organization dedicated to fostering hands-on, schoolyard-based learning experiences for children by creating vibrant and sustainable school gardens and habitats.
Slow Food – Eugene Convivium www.slowfoodeugene.org
Slow Food is an international movement dedicated to Taste, Tradition, and the Honest Pleasures of Food. Based in New York City, Slow Food USA provides support and promotion to local chapters, each called a "convivium," that carry out the Slow Food mission on a local level. Each convivium advocates sustainability and bio-diversity through educational events and public outreach that promote the appreciation and consumption of seasonal and local foods and the support of those who produce them.
Willamette Valley Sustainable Food Alliance http://www.wvsfalliance.org
A regional business association that promotes and supports natural food businesses in Lane County through relationships, education and sustainable business practices.
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Ecotrust www.ecotrust.org
a conservation organization committed to strengthening communities and the environment from Alaska to California. We work with Native peoples and in the fisheries, forestry, and food sectors to build a regional economy based on social and ecological opportunities.
Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon Interfaith Food and Farms Partnership
www.emoregon.org/food_farms.php
The Interfaith Food and Farms Partnership (IFFP) strives to increase access to fresh, local food for all—especially people with low incomes—and encourages congregations to support small, new and immigrant farmers through innovative market relationships. Our mission is to empower faith communities, farmers and neighborhoods to build urban-rural alliances and create innovative partnerships for just and sustainable food systems.
Oregon Farmers’ Markets www.oregonfarmersmarkets.org
Oregon farmers’ markets are a unique partnership between city residents and farmers. The Oregon Farmers' Markets Association seeks to promote, support and develop this partnership for the benefit of Oregon farmers and Oregon communities.
Oregon Food Bank www.oregonfoodbank.org
Recovers food from farmers, manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, individuals and government sources and then distributes that food to 20 regional food banks across Oregon. This food assists programs which help low-income individuals in Clackamas, Clark, Multnomah, Washington, Tillamook, Malheur and Harney counties. OFB also works to eliminate the root causes of hunger through advocacy, nutrition education, learning gardens and public education.
Oregon State University Extension Small Farms Program http://smallfarms.oregonstate.edu
The OSU Extension hosts the Small Farms Program, which provides information for the commercial small farmer as well as the small acreage landowner.
Oregon Sustainable Agriculture Land Trust www.osalt.org
The Oregon Sustainable Agriculture Land Trust holds urban and rural agricultural lands in trust, keeping them in agricultural use by successive generations of growers and stewards, and serves to restore an appreciation of agriculture and to actively participate in developing sustainable agricultural practices and systems through research and education.
Oregon Tilth www.tilth.org
Oregon Tilth is a nonprofit research and education membership organization dedicated to biologically sound and socially equitable agriculture. Primarily an organization of organic farmers, gardeners and consumers, Tilth offers educational events throughout the state of Oregon, and provides organic certification services to organic growers, processors, and handlers internationally.
Ten Rivers Food Web http://www.tenriversfoodweb.org
A non-profit providing strategic leadership to build an economically and environmentally sustainable local food system in Benton, Linn and Lincoln Counties.
Chefs Collaborative www.chefscollaborative.org
a national network of chefs, producers, educators, and food lovers working to celebrate local foods and foster a more sustainable food supply. The Collaborative inspires action by translating information about our food into tools for making knowledgeable purchasing decisions. Through these actions, our members embrace seasonality, preserve diversity and traditional practices, and support local economies.
Community Food Security Coalition www.foodsecurity.org
A non-profit, North American organization dedicated to building strong, sustainable, local and regional food systems that ensure access to affordable, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food for all people at all times. We seek to develop self-reliance among all communities in obtaining their food and to create a system of growing, manufacturing, processing, making available, and selling food that is regionally based and grounded in the principles of justice, democracy, and sustainability.
Farm Aid www.farmaid.org
Working to keep family farmers on their land, Farm Aid brings together family farmers and citizens to guarantee family farm food is available to you. Together we can restore family farm-centered agriculture that ensures safe, healthful food, protects natural resources, and strengthens local economies.
Food Alliance www.foodalliance.org
A nonprofit organization that promotes sustainable agriculture by recognizing and rewarding farmers who produce food in environmentally friendly and socially responsible ways, and educating consumers and others in the food system about the benefits of sustainable agriculture. Food Alliance operates the most comprehensive third-party certification program in North America for sustainably produced food.
Food News www.foodnews.org
A shoppers guide to pesticides in produce, and it is a service of the Environmental Working Group. At EWG, our team of scientists, engineers, policy experts, lawyers and computer programmers pores over government data, legal documents, scientific studies and our own laboratory tests to expose threats to your health and the environment, and to find solutions. Our research brings to light unsettling facts that you have a right to know.
Food Routes www.foodroutes.org
A national nonprofit organization that provides communications tools, technical support, networking and information resources to organizations nationwide that are working to rebuild local, community-based food systems. FRN is dedicated to reintroducing Americans to their food – the seeds it grows from, the farmers who produce it, and the routes that carry it from the fields to their tables.
The Land Institute www.landinstitute.org
20 years addressing agricultural issues. Our purpose is to develop an agricultural system with the ecological stability of the prairie and a grain yield comparable to that from annual crops. When people, land, and community are as one, all three members prosper; when they relate not as members but as competing interests, all three are exploited. By consulting Nature as the source and measure of that membership, The Land Institute seeks to develop an agriculture that will save soil from being lost or poisoned while promoting a community life at once prosperous and enduring.
Local Harvest www.localharvest.org
America's #1 organic and local food website. We maintain a definitive and reliable "living" public nationwide directory of small farms, farmers markets, and other local food sources. Our search engine helps people find products from family farms, local sources of sustainably grown food, and encourages them to establish direct contact with small farms in their local area. Our online store helps small farms develop markets for some of their products beyond their local area.
100 Mile Diet www.100milediet.org
When the average North American sits down to eat, each ingredient has typically traveled at least 1,500 miles—call it "the SUV diet." On the first day of spring, 2005, two friends chose to confront this unsettling statistic with a simple experiment. For one year, they would buy or gather their food and drink from within 100 miles of their apartment in Vancouver, British Columbia. This website discusses what they learned from their experiment, the revolution it started, explores issues surrounding buying local, and offers suggestions on how to experiment with your own 100-mile diet.
Slow Food www.slowfood.com
International non-profit, eco-gastronomic, member-supported organization that was founded in 1989 to counteract fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions and people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from, how it tastes and how our food choices affect the rest of the world.
Sustainable Table http://www.sustainabletable.org/
Sustainable Table celebrates the sustainable food movement, educates consumers on food-related issues and works to build community through food. A project of the non-profit GRACE, the program is home to the Eat Well Guide http://www.eatwellguide.org/, an online directory of sustainable products in the U.S. and Canada, and the critically-acclaimed, award-winning Meatrix movies.
Washington Food System Directory http://wafoodsystem.jot.com
The Washington Food System Directory provides online access to our state’s food and farming network. While the directory focuses on our local food system, we are keenly aware this project is part of much broader movements underway around the globe. For this reason we are exploring integration with WiserEarth, which provides access to more than 100,000 organizations devoted to all facets of preserving and healing the Earth.
Worm Composting www.wormdigest.org
We are working together in a global context to disseminate earthworm information in a responsible way. We want to spearhead action in the world regarding earthworms that has genuine impact on the environment and issues of technology, scientific research, business, agriculture, literature and education. Reporting the latest information and continually working to share knowledge regarding anything to do with earthworms is our goal.
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Willamette Farm and Food Coalition
PO Box 41672, Eugene OR 97404-0389 (541) 341-1216
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