WIC Pilot Veggie Rx Program Launched!
Gorge Grown is excited to announce the launch of the WIC Veggie Rx project. This pilot project will provide fresh fruits...
12 July, 2018 No comment
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We had a remarkable year in 2019
We had a remarkable year in 2019. Thousands of families throughout the Gorge received Veggie Prescriptions to purchase f...
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The True Cost of Food
Every time we buy food or eat we have to make a choice: local or not. What keeps you from buying more local food? We’ve ...
18 August, 2016 No comment -
Students spearhead project to open campus food pantry at CGCC
Recent research indicates that college students experience food insecurity (lacking access to enough nutritious food nee...
02 March, 2018 No comment
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The True Cost of Food
Every time we buy food or eat we have to make a choice: local or not. What keeps you from buying more local food? We’ve been traveling around the Gorge asking residents this question. The most common answer? Cost. Conventional agriculture is not cheap. ...
18 August, 2016 No comment -
Gleaning: Where Surplus and Hunger Meet
In the Gorge, 1 in 3 residents are food insecure- yet the produce left in local fields is abundant. Nearly half of the food grown, processed and transported in the U.S. goes to waste, according to Feeding America. With the Columbia Gorge Gleaning Project, we’r...
08 January, 2018 No comment -
Students spearhead project to open campus food pantry at CGCC
Recent research indicates that college students experience food insecurity (lacking access to enough nutritious food needed to live a healthy, active life) at a rate much higher than the national average — a study released just last year that surveyed ov...
02 March, 2018 No comment