Posts By: Edible Portland

Eastside Egg Co-op

Eastside Egg Co-op

EASTSIDE EGG CO-OPERATIVE Fifty Chickens and a Grand Idea By Angela Sanders Spring 2008 Eastside Egg Co-operative member and two Barred Rock hens. Photo by John Valls Edible Portland Magazine: Spring 2008 Issue Early on a November morning when it was still dark, fourteen members of the Eastside Egg Co-operative braved the driving rain to [...]

Waste Not: From Commercial Trash to Garden Gold

Waste Not: From Commercial Trash to Garden Gold

Article by Lizzy Caston, from the Edible Portland Magazine Photo by N. Scott Trimble Bijou Café staff dump the contents of an indoor compost bin into a larger, outdoor bin to be picked up by their garbage hauler. How Portland deals with its trash is changing — residentially and commercially. In May 2008, Portland households [...]

Diary of a Young Farmer: April’s Cash Crop

Diary of a Young Farmer: April’s Cash Crop

As a young farmer experiences the springtime cash flow crisis, the USDA offers no direct financial help, a catch-22 situation impossible for new family farmers

Truitt Brothers: Preserving the Bounty in the Modern Age

Truitt Brothers: Preserving the Bounty in the Modern Age

By Ellen Jackson; Photo by David Loveall This article reprinted courtesy of Edible Portland Magazine Related Video Story: Green Green Beans As a cook, I have an uneasy relationship with canned foods. Other than the small, silver foil-wrapped tins of LeSueur Early Peas, for which I’ll admit a three-year-old’s fondness, not much of what I [...]

Chanterelles: In Search Of The Elusive Mushroom

Chanterelles: In Search Of The Elusive Mushroom

Courtesy of our friends at Edible Portland Magazine Fall 2007 Issue: In Search of the Elusive Mushroom By Ellen Jackson Chanterelles grow exuberantly in the Northwest, and the golden (or yellow) variety is easy to find and identify—if you can persuade someone in the know to tell you where exactly to look. Wild mushroom hunting [...]

Sticker Shock: Organics and healthier foods are more available, but not everyone can afford them.

Sticker Shock: Organics and healthier foods are more available, but not everyone can afford them.

Edible Portland Magazine: Winter 2008 Issue by Kevin Allman In 2007, Oregon governor Ted Kulongoski and several members of Congress took the “food stamp challenge”: shopping and eating on a $21 per week budget that represented the average American’s food-stamp allotment. Kulongoski and his fellow politicians met with limited success; some managed the challenge, while [...]