Marion County families eligible for food stamps can win as much as $100 in free groceries in a food makeover contest. Applications are due Friday, though, so move fast.
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OSU Students in Free Enterprise fight hunger
Monday, August 3rd, 2009
Food insecurity – not having enough healthy food to thrive – affects 12.4 million children in the United States, a number that motivated the SIFE group to travel more than 6,000 miles to cities like San Francisco, Phoenix, Raleigh, and Boise to learn about programs that were particularly innovative.
Hear food author Marion Nestle Saturday in PDX – free
Friday, May 15th, 2009
Foodie Alert: Be at the PDX downtown Hilton this Saturday (May 16) at 9 a.m. to hear award-winning author Marion Nestle speak on “What to Eat: Personal Responsibility vs. Social Responsibility,” as part of the Linus Pauling Institute’s fifth conference on Diet and Optimum Health. It’s FREE. Nestle is the Paulette Goddard Professor at New [...]
OSU, PSU team up to teach Portland kids where their food comes from
Thursday, April 9th, 2009
In a low-income neighborhood in southeast Portland, the Oregon State University Extension Service and Portland State University are taking children out of the classroom and into the greenhouse.
OSU taking on hunger, obesity issues
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
OSU health researchers are working on many issues surrounding the obesity crisis, as well as nutrition, exercise and aging issues.
The even-better thing about Collaborator beers
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
Did you know that for ever barrel of Collaborator beer Widmer Breweries sells, they donate $1 to the Bob McCracken Scholarship Fund, which supports Oregon State University Fermentation Science students?
Oregon State professor’s film shown March 19
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
Andrea Marks’ “Freedom on the Fence,” an exploration of Polish poster art, is at The Cleaners on March 19.
Speed Dating – farmer style
Friday, March 13th, 2009
Larry Lev is the brains behind “Speed Dating” at annual Portland Farmer-Chef conferences. Only the idea wasn’t to get single people together. It was to help local farmers and food buyers get to know each other – and what they could offer.
Notable Books
Friday, March 13th, 2009
Check out two Oregon State University Press books that have their roots in Portland.
Master Gardeners back in Multnomah County
Thursday, March 12th, 2009
After a six-year absence, the Master Gardener program in Multnomah County has finally been revived. And it couldn’t have come at a better time.
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