Humboldt Neighborhood

Slow Food Portland event at Humboldt School -May 27th

admin — Fri, 21 May 2010 02:43:41 +0000

In an effort to share different perspectives about school lunch, Slow Food Portland will be hosting a garden tour at Humboldt School followed by a showing of the documentary film “Two Angry Moms” in the school’s cafeteria. Details are as follows:

EVENT DETAILS:

Thursday, May 27th from 6:30pm - 9:00pm

Humboldt School

$5 for Slow Food Portland members / $6 for non-members

Over the past year, Slow Food USA’s Time for Lunch campaign has played an important role in supporting efforts to improve school lunches for children across the country. To date, nearly 120,000 actions have been taken to support the campaign – either through signing petitions or writing letters to representatives in Congress. At the same time, several other organizations nationwide have also taken action as Congress considers the re-authorization of the Child Nutrition Act.

After you’ve contacted your senators and encouraged them to make time for the Child Nutrition Bill, take some more time to learn about the problems with school lunch, as well as some solutions.

On May 27th, Slow Food Portland is hosting a two part event examining school lunch and school gardens. At 6:30, tour the Humboldt Elementary school garden with a representative from the Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership. Witness an example of the actions people across the country are taking to get healthier food in schools and to teach kids about real food. After the garden tour, join Slow Food Portland in Humboldt’s cafeteria for a screening of “Two Angry Moms,” a documentary that directly confronts the realities of food service in America’s schools.

More info can be found on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=122058944483191&ref=mf

For tickets: http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulahub.com%2Finspect%3Ftype%3DProgram%26id%3D103755&h=5a72d

Two Angry Moms website: http://www.angrymoms.org/

Humboldt Neighborhood Spring Clean-up - Sat May 15th

admin — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 15:54:07 +0000

Spring Clean up Event! Hosted by the Humboldt Neighborhood Association.

When: Saturday, May 15, 2010: 9am - 2pm
Where : 5308 N Commercial Ave. (former Masonic Lodge, behind the Chapel Pub)

What You CAN Bring*: Mixed waste, scrap metal, building materials, bikes, reusable items

Please DO NOT Bring: Hazardous waste, yard debris, electronics, commercial landscaping, styrofoam, commercial garbage, kitchen garbage, curbside recyclables, tires, freon appliances.

Loading Fees:
$10 per carload
$15 per small pickup/trailer
$20 per large pickup/trailer

Walk-up and bicycle loads by donation.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:
Come meet your neighbors, direct traffic, sort items, unload debris into dumpsters, pick up litter and help clean up.

To volunteer: Contact Brian Murtagh at 503.962.9194 or email at cleanup.at.humboldtneighborhood.dot.org

Thanks to Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods, Metro, City of Portland and McMenamins for their support of this event!

*Pick up available by appointment for elderly and homebound residents.

King Farmers Market Reopens May 2

admin — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 22:00:23 +0000

The King Farmers Market will open its second season on Sunday, May 2, at 10:00 am at NE 7th and Wygant (a block south of Alberta, adjacent to King School Park.) The market will continue every Sunday, 10 am to 2 pm, through October 31.

After a highly successful first season, the King Farmers Market is back, bigger and better than before with more produce vendors, more special events, music, meat, cheese, cut flowers, plant starts, hot food, cooking demonstrations, and an adjacent children’s playground. This year, Oregon Trail Card (food stamp) users can receive up to $10 in matching tokens for use at the King Farmers Market.

Join your neighbors on May 2 and every Sunday to celebrate a new season of the freshest local food.

Food and Climate Change: Step Up to the Plate A City Hall Garden celebration/info fair and climate discussion with author Anna Lappé

admin — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 21:55:55 +0000

Portland, Ore - According to author Anna Lappé, “If we are serious about addressing climate change we have to talk about food.” Lappé will lead that conversation in Portland on Sunday, April 18 at 2 p.m. in the Portland Building when she participates in a panel discussion, Food and the Climate Challenge: Step Up to the Plate. This free event will also include other area experts discussing how food affects our personal and environmental health and the simple steps we all can take to make a difference.

The panel will follow a celebration of Portland City Hall’s Better Together Garden’s second year and a food gardening information fair. OSU Master Gardeners, Oregon Tilth, Growing Gardens, The Portland Tree Project and the City of Portland Community Garden program will be present to answer questions in the garden at 1221 S.W. Fourth Avenue, Portland.

Lappé’s recently released book, Diet for a Hot Planet, The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It, states that our food system is likely responsible for a third of global greenhouse gas emissions. Yet, Johns Hopkins University reports that of four thousand articles on climate change published in sixteen leading U.S. newspapers, only 1 percent had a “substantial focus” on food and agriculture.

Just as Diet for a Small Planet, written by Anna’s mother, Francis Moore Lappé, revolutionized our food consciousness in 1972, Diet for a Hot Planet will change the way we look at today’s most pressing issue. Anna Lappé provides a clear account of our current condition and a road map of seven principles for a climate-friendly diet that can heal the planet.

Food and Climate Change: Step Up to the Plate
Sunday April 18, 2010

1 P.M. Rededication of the City Hall Better Together Garden
Portland City Hall (1221 S.W. Fourth Avenue)

See the spring plantings and get vegetable gardening advice from OSU Master Gardeners, Oregon Tilth, Growing Gardens, The Portland Fruit Tree Project, and the City of Portland Community Gardens program.

2 P.M. Food and the Climate Challenge: Step Up to the Plate
Portland Building (1120 SW Fifth Avenue)

Anna Lappé, television host and author of Diet for a Hot Planet
Scott Givot, President, International Association of Culinary Professionals
Chris Schreiner, Executive Director, Oregon Tilth
Allison Hensey, Oregon Environmental Council
Kunmar Venkat, President, CleanMetrics
Steve Cohen, Food Policy and Programs, City of Portland

For more details, visit www.portlandonline.com/bps/food or call Steve Cohen, 503-823-4225.

Open house to focus on PCC’s Cascade Campus, bond funded improvements

admin — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 21:53:17 +0000

News Release:

PORTLAND, Ore. (Friday, April 2) – The public is invited to an open house at the Cascade Campus of Portland Community College to discuss up-coming campus construction projects stemming from the college’s successful, 2008 bond measure.

The event is free and open to the public.

The open house runs from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 14, in the cafeteria of the Student Center Building, Cascade Campus, 705 N. Killingsworth St. Participants are invited to drop by at any time during the event to meet the Cascade architectural and bond project team, discuss opportunities and issues, and help lay the foundation for the campus vision.

Topics include parking, traffic, safety, community spaces, neighborhood character, sustainability and more. Before any work on the campus begins, the college wants to hear from area residents, businesses and community groups.

“We are committed to fully engaging our neighbors and the local business community as we begin the next construction phase at Cascade,” Campus President Algie Gatewood said. “We’re excited about working with everyone to make this next phase of Cascade Campus truly amazing.”