Part 3: Operating an ethical, caring, much less sustainable, small business is a risky and difficult endeavor. Artisan production is by definition not a huge volume business. Small food business margins are very low. Providing employee insurance is a huge strain. Overhead is high. Quality ingredients cost more. That high price tag on an [...]
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A Fair Artisan Wage: Soldiers in the Sustainable Trenches-Part 3
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A Fair Artisan Wage: Soldiers in the Sustainable Trenches-Part 2
Part 2: Despite the disparity between available funds and the cost of organic, sustainable food, a large proportion of the community of chefs and bakers here in Portland spend a huge portion of their not so huge income for quality food. They put their dollars where their hearts and stomachs lead them, and tend to [...]
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A Fair Artisan Wage: Soldiers in the Sustainable Trenches
Part 1: Portland, Oregon, is a city on the cutting edge of food. We’ve got great restaurants and talented chefs, wine and beer to die for, excellent bakeries, chocolatiers and coffee roasters, and a wealth of natural riches provided by sustainable small farms, year-round farmer’s markets, and locally-owned sustainable grocers. We field an excellent [...]
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This Week On Cooking Up a Story: February 15-2009
Next Generation of Family Farmers- Parts 1 and 2
Cooking Up a Story: Food News
Witness a night of conversation, as the grassroots organization, Friends of Family Farmers at their new InFARMation (and Beer) monthly event, focus on the full gamut of issues that effect family farmers, farm laborers, and those who eat locally grown foods in [...]
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