Urban Farming & Food Justice In East County with Zenger Farm
8:45am, 11-13-2024
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More information:
- About Zenger Farm
East Portland's History of Disinvestment:
- Watch: "The Numbers" - young people living in East Portland on their hopes and concerns for their community [OR Humanities, This Land, May 2017]
Read: The Forgotten Portland: How East Portland Was Born... and Ignored [Portland Mercury, Joe Streckert, Sept 2014]
Listen: What’s the Deal With East Portland’s Infrastructure Woes? [City Cast Portland, October 2024]
Other folks working on climate resilience and food justice East of 82nd Ave:
- DePave (turning unused parking lots/pavement into greenspace)
- Verde (building climate resilience infrastructure in Cully for communities of color)
- Urban Gleaners (Collecting good, nutritious food that would otherwise go to waste and distributing it for free to those in need)
- Equitable Giving Circle (supporting BIPOC families through CSA boxes, a free food pantry, and financial assistance)
- Black Oregon Land Trust (Creating access to land ownership, preservation, farming, food justice, and cultural sovereignty for Black farmers).
- Kindness Farm (similar to Zenger: creating access to fresh produce, environmental/agriculture education, and focus on reaching marginalized communities)
Learn more about food justice:
- Why Food Sovereignty Matters [US DOI - Office of Indian Economic Development]
Food Apartheid: Racialized Access to Healthy Affordable Food [Natural Resources Defense Council]
To get a physical copy of the issue released each Wednesday, locate your nearest vendor here or read more online at streetroots.org.
Episode Credits:
Interview: Jeremiah Hayden, Street Roots Reporter
Host & Producer: Nina Dabit, XRAY.FM Development Director
Post-Production & Editing: Kyle Gilmer, Residual Audio
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