Accomplishments
- Created the Southern Willamette Valley Bean and Grain Project which has grown to 40 farmers, over 1000 acres, and has spawned two mills. Besides emergence of 2 new mills, the bean and grain project members created the first Fill Your Pantry event in Corvallis which is an event now found in Eugene, Forest Grove, Clackamas and Portland.
- Partnered with farmers’ markets in Linn, Benton, and Lincoln counties to offer customers receiving SNAP benefits (formerly known as food stamps) an additional $6 to spend on local food when they spent their SNAP benefits at the market. This was known as TMF SNAP or That's My Farmer SNAP.
- Launched Oregon’s first fruit and vegetable prescription program (TMF Rx)
- Held farmers’ market tours and promoted local foods at markets (TMF Tours)
- Offered Cooking Matters, budget-conscious cooking classes, throughout Lincoln County
- Offered Seed to Supper, budget-conscious beginning gardening classes, throughout Linn and Benton counties
- Supported the establishment of the Lincoln County Indoor Farmers’ Market
- Hosted film screenings and speaker series across the three counties
- Hosted community events to promote local food, including Food Day, Seafood Day, a coastal farm-to-table dinner, food preservation fairs, seed swaps, Chefs’ Show-off events, and Roots to Rivers, an event that highlighted the interconnectedness of land, water, and agriculture
- Created economic opportunities for farms and producers through annual Fill Your Pantry and Terra Madre Day events
- Convened farmers and growers in each county to discuss the design of our food web
