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GORGE GROWN FARMERS' MARKET:
Thursdays
June 19 - Oct 2, 2008
4:00 - 7:00 PM
Hood River Middle School
Fresh food, Local farmers,
Live music, Activities
Contact GGFN -
993A Tucker Rd.
Hood River, OR 97031
541.490.6420
info@gorgegrown.com
Community Food Assessment Presentation!Announcing the results of a year of collaborative research!Hood River County Community Food Assessment: A Big Picture Look at Food and Farming in Hood River County Wednesday, September 24, 2008 6:30 PM Hood River Middle School Auditorium About Gorge Grown Food NetworkGorge Grown Food Network serves as a central source to inform and connect local Columbia River Gorge farmers, food producers and consumers.We're not a farm, CSA, cooperative, producers group or governmental organization. We help connect all of these folks together, along with Gorge residents looking for fresh, healthy, local food, to get more local food on every plate in the Gorge. Simply, if you eat, farm or produce food and live in the Columbia Gorge region, you should be a part of Gorge Grown Food Network! OUR MISSION: To build an economically and environmentally sound regional food system that engages, educates, and improves the health and well-being of our community.
 We are a citizen-driven project of the Columbia Gorge Earth Center, a local 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to “promote the link between Economy, Ecology and Community in the Gorge.” GGFN is a regional initiative, including both Washington and Oregon: stretching from Cascade Locks and Stevenson, east to The Dalles, south to Parkdale and Dufur, and north to Trout Lake; we work with Hood River, Wasco, Sherman, Klickitat, and Skamania Counties. We are an inclusive group! We welcome all farmers, food producers and consumers in the region to participate. We envision a healthy, self-sufficient Columbia River Gorge where our food is produced with integrity and is valued, abundant, and accessible to all.If you too are concerned about where and how your food is grown, want to support the local economy, ensure a livable wage for farmers, ensure access to healthy food for everyone regardless of income, and make the Columbia Gorge region ever more food self-sufficient, please join us! Now is an excellent time to join and assist in this community-based initiative. GGFN needs your support to grow, sustain, and effect change in our region. HistoryGorge Grown Food Network evolved from discussions in 2006 generated after the Columbia Gorge Earth Center showed the film “The True Cost of Food” as part of their Film and Lecture series. The film revealed that the average meal travels 1500 miles from farm to dinner plate. With the costs of oil skyrocketing, the need for more local farming and food production becomes ever more vital.Through a series of meetings, farmers, food producers and citizens/consumers gathered to discuss ideas like CSA farming (Community Supported Agriculture—which is ‘membership’ farming), the need for more farmers’ markets, a living wage for our farmers, supporting the local economy, healthy and high-quality food and educating our children about food, etc. From these gatherings, the idea of launching a ‘network’ that would connect farmers to consumers, consumers to farmers, farmers to other farmers and to encourage more local food production led to what has been named Gorge Grown Food Network.
Who We Are
Gorge Grown Food Network is run by one full-time staff member, 8 dedicated Steering Committee members, and dozens of amazing volunteers.
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