Lents Food Group

Meetings: 3rd Mondays, 6:30-8:00 PM at Pilgrim Lutheran Church,
4244 SE 91st AVE (one block north of Holgate), in the basement. (stairs are in SE corner)
Next meeting: Monday, May 21st, 2007 CE

At the last meeting we met the new Market Manager and got reports from everyone on their work to help start up the market.

International Farmers Market important data: Dates have been set 9am-2pm on Sundays from June 3rd to October 14th.

Important news for Farmers: Download a vendor application here.

As for the Food Group meetings, everyone interested is welcome! Children are welcome! Bring your friends and neighbors!

The Lents Food Group is a group of people working on various food issues in the Lents neighborhood.
Current projects include:

-Revamp and re-opening of the Lents Farmers Market (We now have full funding, good work)
-Founding of the Lents Food Co-op
-Community gardening
-Cooking classes, including eating healthy on a budget
-Organizing a buying club in Lents
-Removing barriers to access to healthy food for people in our community

If you would like to be involved with any of these projects, or if you know of another food-related project you would like to see in Lents, please come to a meeting or e-mail us.

We would especially like input from any of the many different cultural and community groups in and around Lents!

Some of the groups we work with include:
Friends of Zenger Farm

Oregon Food Bank
Portland/Multnomah Food Policy Council

Growing Gardens
Wattles Boys and Girls Club

Healthy Eating by Design
Rose CDC

Lents Neighborhood Association



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