Connecting Farmers and Consumers…

The Willamette Farm and Food Coalition The Willamette Farm and Food Coalition is a community based non-profit committed to developing a secure and sustainable food system within Lane County, Oregon. Our projects and services facilitate greater understanding of the social, economic, and environmental impacts of our food choices, and promote the purchase of locally grown and produced foods to keep our farms and food businesses viable and to strengthen the local economy. Our members represent a diversity of stakeholders in the local food system including: farmers, food processors, distributors, farmers' markets, retailers, restaurateurs, institutional food buyers, consumers, anti-hunger advocates, children’s health advocates, faith communities, agricultural scientists, and sustainability educators.

Download Farm Stand Map and U-Pick Index! Don't have a copy of our Locally Grown guide handy?  Download a farm stand map of Lane County and beyond, as well as an index of u-pick vegetables, fruits and flowers (3 MB pdf), or search the farm and product index online.

WFFC in the News . . .

WFFC’s Farm to School Program highlighted in the Oregon Department of Agriculture’s Magazine Ag Quarterly, Summer, 2010
Michelle Markesteyn Ratcliffe interviews Farm to School Program Coordinator Megan Kemple. Click here to read the feature.

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School Food in the News . . .

Schools urged to freshen up lunch; serving fresh, locally grown food in cafeterias is the hope of advocates.
The Register Guard, August 25, 2010. Click here to read the article.

The Agricultural Reclamation Act

This winter, the Friends of Family Farmers hosted a series of community meetings across Oregon to identify challenges facing family-scale agriculture and solutions to ensure the survival of socially responsible farmers in Oregon. Volunteer delegates from each meeting convened on February 28th, 2010, to craft a statewide platform for food and family farming that will become the Agricultural Reclamation Act for Oregon - written by farmers for farmers. For more information visit the Friends of Family Farmers, or watch their video on the Agricultural Reclamation Act.