The mission of Oregon 4H is to develop youth and adult potential by developing leadership through the research-based knowledge and the land grant university system.
The American Community Gardening Association (ACGA) is a bi-national nonprofit membership organization of professionals, volunteers and supporters of community greening in urban and rural communities.
Barrett Ecological is dedicated to providing ecological landscape solutions for residential and commercial properties using the principles of permaculture.
Calliope's Table is an open collective working of people form cooperative arrangements for growing food, sharing the harvest, CSA memberships, farmers markets, skill sharing, and potlucks, aiming to create neighborhood foodsheds.
The Diggin Roots urban farm offers planning and design of urban garden spaces, consultation on urban farm development, and classes on organic gardening.
EMSWCD is a unit of local government serving Multnomah County East of the Willamette River, providing a wide variety of programs and services to urban and rural residents and businesses.
Portland Partners for School Food & Garden Education is a community of activists, non-profits, Portland Public School department leads, and representatives of city and state agencies committed to advancing the Portland Public Schools Wellness Policy through Farm to School initiatives.
Food For Oregon: The Community Food Programs Database
Food for Oregon is a strategic partnership between Oregon Food Bank and Oregon State University Extension Service, providing a website that contains a searchable database of non-emergency community food programs in Oregon and Southwest Washington.
Food Not Lawns works toward a ecologically, socially, and perpetually thriving human habitats, using theories and techniques derived from permaculture, kinship gardening, ecological design, and biodynamics.
Friends of Portland Community Gardens (FPCG) is a volunteer nonprofit organization working primarily with Portland Parks and Recreation, and is dedicated to the improvement, advocacy, and expansion of local community gardening. These goals are accomplished through fundraising, securing land for gardens, and organizing educational activities and events.
Garden Mosaics is an educational program resource that addresses issues related to science education, positive role models for youth, green space in cities, and agriculture, and connecting youth to elders.
The Garden of Wonders Food and Garden Education Program involves students in the stewardship of the school’s organic garden and landscape in a way that is wholly integrated with the school’s curriculum.
Groundwork Portland is a network of organizations and individuals focused on the principles of environmental justice, whose shared mission is to work with and empower communities by activation of the land and natural resources to support each local community's economy and quality of life as defined by the community.
Growing Gardens promotes home-scale organic food gardening to improve nutrition, health and self-reliance while enhancing the quality of life and the environment for individuals and communities in Portland, Oregon. They offer classes ranging from Garden Planning & Design to Food Preservation to Urban Chicken Keeping.
Independence Gardens helps people grow food for themselves, their families, and their communities by building sustainable edible gardens: consulting, teaching, building, and assisting with maintenance of edible gardens. Founded in 2009 by two native Portlanders, Independence Gardens is a Native- and women-owned business. CCB#186008; Oregon Tilth Organic Land Care Professionals; EcoBiz.
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Through their Urban Agriculture Services, Janus Youth Programs sponsors Village Gardens, a 56,000 square foot urban agriculture program that uses sustainable organic gardening and farming to increase access to healthy food, improve economic opportunities and build unity with low-income residents of North Portland.
JEAN’s Urban Forest Farm is an educational farm which a mission to partner with Portland Public Schools to help improve academic achievement and cultural competency that enhances sustainable life choices through hands-on experiences of urban farming. *** Mailing Address: United Plant Savers P.O. Box 400 E. Barre, VT 05649
The Portland International Initiative for Ecology, Culture, and Learning (PIIECL) and the Leadership for Ecology, Culture, and Learning (LECL) master's program at Portland State University are developing and practicing cutting-edge innovations in the field of sustainability education.
The Learning Gardens Laboratory (LGLab) is a roughly 11-acre parcel of public land located in SE Portland, Oregon that is part community garden, part garden-based education, and more.
With the help of bond measures, grants, private fundraising, and partnerships, Lake Oswego has begun the planning and design to preserve the historic portions of Luscher Farm and develop the site as a public park with opportunities for recreation and education.
Multnomah County's Sustainability Program serves as a resource for county operations and county residents on environment, economic and social equity issues.
The Old McDonalds Farm is committed to providing at-risk protective factors to children through structured, educational experiences using animals, agriculture, gardens and natural resources.
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality's Composting Program website has information on permits and permit applications, recent studies on quality issues, updates on the Department’s policy work, and links to lots of useful information on how to make and use compost.
Oregon Food Bank (OFB) is the hub of a statewide network of 919 hunger-relief agencies, serving all of Oregon and Clark County in Washington. OFB recovers food from farmers, manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, individuals and government sources, and distributes that food to 20 regional food banks across Oregon. OFB also works to eliminate the root causes of hunger through advocacy, nutrition education, learning gardens and public education. *** Mailing Address: Oregon Food Bank, P.O. Box 55370, Portland, OR 97238-5370
The OFB learning gardens are where beginning and experienced volunteers work together to grow nutritious produce, enjoy physical activity, increase gardening skills and support Oregon Food Bank.
Oregon Tilth is a nonprofit organization supporting and promoting biologically sound and socially equitable agriculture through education, research, advocacy, and certification.
The Oregon Tilth's Organic Education Center (OEC) seeks to strengthen the health of families, communities, and the environment by providing experiential learning opportunities in biologically sound urban agriculture.
125 Rosemont Road in West Linn, OR 97068 (not geocoded)
Pistols Nursury offers a unique selection of ornamentals, edibles and indoor plants, as well as workshops on topics such as urban chicken keeping, bee keeping, garden design, terrariums, worm composting and vegetable gardening.
The Portland Community Garden program supports 30 community gardens located throughout the city, developed and operated by volunteers and Portland Parks & Recreation staff, offering a variety of activities. The program includes habitat and demonstration sites, a children's gardening program, and donates garden produce to local hunger agencies.
Project Grow is dedicated to enriching the lives of adults with developmental disabilities through art, farming, music, and yoga by creating community awareness about the value of arts, relationship with one’s food source, and promoting integration.
2124 N Williams Ave, Portland, OR 97227-1932 (not geocoded)
The Sauvie Island Center is a non-profit organization teaching youth and adults about farmers and the food they grow through field trips and special events. *** Field address: 13605. NW Howell Park Rd , Portland, OR 97231 *** Office: 20233 NW Sauvie Island Rd . Portland, OR 97231
The Sauvie Island Center increases food, farm and environmental literacy in the community by providing hands-on educational field trips for elementary school children.
13605 NW Howell Park Rd, Portland, OR 97231 (not geocoded)
The SE Portland Seed Bank works to promoted varieties of crops that are well-suited to local soils, as well as climate and farming methods in adequate quantities to meet the demand of local food security.
The Sellwood Garden Club grows and distributes ultra-local, organic-method produce to market patrons, land-landers, CSA subscribers and some of the finest restaurants in Southeast Portland, Oregon, Cascadia.
SPIN-Farming is a non-technical, easy-to-learn and inexpensive-to-implement vegetable farming system that makes it possible to earn significant income from land bases under an acre in size.
Sunroot Gardens hosts a variety of garden plots, each which has its own characteristics when it comes to light, soil quality, water availability, bike-accessibility, distance-to-distribution point, etc., that help guide which crops are planted there.
The B-Street Sustainability Project is an emerging grassroots organizationwith a mission is to provide inspiration and information about environmentally sensitive, sustainable living practices for Pacific University students, city residents, local schools and other Forest Grove community members.
Vertical farms, many stories high, will be situated in the heart of the world's urban centers, offering the promise of urban renewal, sustainable production of a safe and varied food supply (year-round crop production), and the eventual repair of ecosystems that have been sacrificed for horizontal farming.
The Tryon Life Community Farm facilitates a diversity of movements, communities and individuals in the Portland region to take sustainability from a 'nice idea' to a 'lived experience.'
Urban Alchemy is a grassroots organization working to create more self-sufficient and sustainable urban areas through the creation of backyard and rooftop gardens throughout the city of Portland.
Zenger Farm is a non-profit farm and wetland in outer southeast Portland dedicated to promoting sustainable food systems, environmental stewardship and local economic development through a working urban farm.
