Urban Farming & Food Justice In East County with Zenger Farm

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]

• 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:

• Background, history and definitions in food justice work [FoodPrint]

• 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