Local Food Justice Organizations

Growing Food and/or Gardening Focused

• Growing Gardens is a Portland-based nonprofit that supports communities to grow their own healthy food.
• Project Grow supports people with and without disabilities to connect with their food source.
• Zenger Farm is a working, educational urban farm in Portland and also hosts a community kitchen.
• Mudbone Grown black-owned farm enterprise fostering community through farming and food production.
• Outgrowing Hunger: Based out of Sandy, Outgrowing Hunger fosters a network of community gardens, farms, and educational opportunities.
• Grow Portland runs school-based garen sites and sponsors/builds community gardens.
• Village Gardens supports access to nutritious, affordable, and culturally appropriate food for affordable housing residents.
• Food Corps

Gleaning, Food Distribution, Meal Programs

• Lift Urban--Lift UP runs two food pantries affiliated with Oregon Food Bank, delivers food boxes to low-income housing sites, and offers healthy eating workshops.
• NE Emergency Food Program--Part of the community ministry network of the Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon, NEFP offers groceries to families in need. 
• Oregon Food Bank--A food bank with over 1,400+ partner pantries and food assistance sites across Oregon and Southwest Washington.
             --Use their Food Finder search tool to find pantries or meal sites near you:
                      https://www.oregonfoodbank.org/find-help/find-food/ 
              --Or, call 211 info to be connected to all kinds of resources:
                     https://multco.us/external-service/211info
• Sisters of the Road is a nonprofit cafe Portland’s Old town that provides nourishing meals to people experiencing houselessness. 
• Portland Fruit Tree Project: A Portland-based nonprofit that focuses on food justice through gleaning city-grown produce. 
• C3 Food Pantry: Serves central NE Portland with pick up and distribution of food boxes, and is in the process of developing a hot meal site. 
• Urban Gleaners: Rescues and distributes unsold fresh food from grocery stores, restaurants, farmers markets, and food producers. 
• Food Not Bombs: Grassroots free community meals.  
• Free Hot Soup Portland : Another DIY, informal volunteer network for making and sharing food. 
• Potluck in the Park: Serving a free hot meal to anyone in need since 1991. 

Cooking Focused

• Cook First PDX: A Portland-based organization working to inspire communities of home cooks.
• Feed the Mass: A nonprofit cooking education organization located at the Faubion school in NE Portland. 
• Cook With What You Have: The recipes, inspiration, and pantry tips you need to enjoy fresh, seasonal produce year-round.

Food Business Development

• Portland Mercado and Entrepreneurship: The Portland Mercado, Portland’s only Latino Market, features a commercial kitchen that supports 60+ food businesses. Their Empresarios program supports local entrepreneurs.
• Adelante Mujeres has several programs to support latina women in Forest Grove, including teaching sustainable farming and supporting business development. 
• Food Innovation Center: A project of Oregon State located in Portland, FIC offers product testing and other services for new food entrepreneurs.
• Livelihood NW: Classes and coaching for small local businesses, particularly for entrepreneurs from underserved communities. 

Farmers, Farmworkers, Farmers Markets

• Portland Area Community Supported Agriculture Coalition: An organization with a network of CSAs, supporting area  farmers and fostering a local food economy. Website includes a CSA directory to for eaters to find a farm to connect with and buy from.
• Rogue Farm Corps: Training the next generation of commercial family farmers in oregon. 
• PCUN: Oregon’s Farmerworker Union (Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste)
• Farmers Market Fund: Works to make healthy, locally grown food accessible to underserved Oregonian through SNAP-match efforts at farmers markets and other collaborations. 
• Oregon Farmers Market Association: Includes a directory to find a market near you. 

Food Policy/ Advocacy/Networking/Education

• Black Food Sovereignty Coalition: A collaboration hub for Black and Brown communities to confront the systemic barriers that make food, place and economic opportunities inaccessible. 
• Friends of Family Farmers provides resources and advocates for Oregon’s independent family farmers along with education and engagement opportunities for urban “eaters.”
• The Curriculum of Cuisine: Culinary skills integrated with academic learning for high schoolers. 
• Slow Food Portland: Promoting good, fair food.  
• OSU Extension Service: Resources for safe food preserving practices and more. 
• Partners for a Hunger Free Oregon: Building a movement to end hunger in Oregon. 
• The Redd: A working hub for the regional food economy. 

Food Cooperatives, Buying Clubs, Sourcing Local Food

• PortlandLocalFood.com lists buying clubs, farm stands, and other resources for finding, buying, growing, and advocating for local, organic food. 
• Alberta Co-op Grocery
• People’s Food Co-op
• Food Front Co-op
• Our Table Cooperative
• NW Cooperative Development Center
• Neighbors Acting Together: Produce buying in bulk through the Leaven Community in NE Portland, with opportunities for cross-cultural exchange and relationship building.