Creating a healthy, equitable and prosperous local food system




 

 

 

 

Welcome by County Chair Jeff Cogen

Social responsibility has been a guiding ethic in Chair Cogen’s professional life. He founded the Portland Pretzel Company and built strong relationships with local vendors. The Portland Pretzel Company was the first certified organic bakery in Portland and when the time came to hire full-time employees, Jeff made sure the company paid for their health care.

Jeff was elected to the Multnomah County Board in November 2006 for a four-year term. In 2010, he won election to a four-year term as county Chair. At the county, Jeff has racked up a list of successful initiatives. These include a new library in North Portland’s Kenton neighborhood, long overdue reforms to the Business Income Tax, growing fresh food for the Oregon Food Bank on surplus county land, and crucial efforts to support returning veterans. Jeff has displayed vision and hands-on leadership in areas such as sustainability, diversity and equity, and government reform.

 

Keynote by Rev. Dr. W. G. Hardy, Jr.

A native of Portland, Pastor Hardy has been senior Pastor at Highland United Church of Christ since 1996.  He is a locally and nationally recognized public health champion, working to reduce health disparities in the African and African American communities. Under his leadership, a coalition of 35 urban multi-faith leaders have come together to stem rising rates of chronic disease and obesity. The coalition recently adopted food and wellness policies, impacting over 60,000 community members. 

Prior to entering full time ministry, Dr. Hardy served four years in the United States Navy and worked as an Engineering & Training Supervisor for Tri-Met Light Rail.  Pastor Hardy is an ordained minister with triple standing, and holds an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity from Mt. Carmel Theological Seminary in Fresno, California.  He has received numerous awards for his varied contributions including; the 2004 NAACP Man of the Year Award, and the lifetime Achievement Award from the World Arts Foundation, a Portland-based organization whose mission is to promote and preserve African-American contributions to American culture. Pastor Hardy founded Highland Haven, which serves and advocates for distressed communities in North/Northeast Portland through nine different social service programs. 

 

 

 

Agenda and Worksessions available here

 

There will be a table set up for registrants to bring 1-2 pieces of information regarding their organization's projects or policies that align with the Multnomah Food Action Plan. Hope to see you in June!

 



 

Organizational Supporters Map 

 

The Multnomah Food Action Plan serves as a strategic document for our community to collaborate, plan and invest wisely on food system goals and actions. To make sure our food community stays connected we've mapped our organizational supporters in an interactive way. Each dot represents an organization, mapped to it’s primary business location, and the colors correspond with the different pillars of the Multnomah Food Action Plan. Each color is proportional to the number of commitments an organization has made in that pillar area. All information for this visualization was self reported. You can sign the Declaration of Support or update your commitments here.

 

 

 



 

SAVE THE DATE 

2012 MULTNOMAH FOOD SUMMIT! 

The 2012 Multnomah Food Summit will be held Friday, June 15th at the Oregon Convention Center.At the first Multnomah Food Summit we imagined what we could accomplish together. From that beginning our community created a 15-year food action plan with a shared vision and shared goals. At the 2011 Multnomah Food Summit our community focused on turning shared goals into action.

 

 

 

At the 2012 Multnomah Food Summit we will focus on cultivating a shared and broad understanding of Food Justice. Please join us in discuss and share our community's vision for a healthy, equitable and locally prosperous food system.

 

 

The 2012 Multnomah Food Summit RFP process has closed. 

 

 



 

 

Read the first Multnomah Food Newsletter!

 

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The Multnomah Food Action Plan 

Click the images to download the Plan and Executive Summary; and sign the online Declaration of Support

                       

Support the Multnomah Food Action Plan by signing the Declaration of Support!

See who else supports the plan by viewing our supporters list!

 



 

The Multnomah Food Initiative started as an innovative community partnership to develop a shared food system vision, goals, and an action plan that will promote issues of health, social justice, economic vitality, and sustainability within our regional food system.The Multnomah Food Action Plan presents an opportunity for our community to collaborate, plan and invest wisely on community-prioritized goals and actions.

 



 

 2011 Multnomah Food Summit 

 The 2nd Annual Multnomah Food Summit focused on implementing actions of the Multnomah Food Action Plan. To Grow and Thrive by 2025 we must come together to develop strategic partnships and identify gaps and barriers to fostering a sustainable, healthy, equitable, and prosperous local food system in Multnomah County. 

View the 2011 Summit Summary 

 

The 2011 Multnomah Food Summit kicked off with an inspiring keynote address from Multnomah County Chair Jeff Cogen. Watch the video of Chair Cogen's Keynote Address & introduction by Commissioner Judy Shiprack below



The Multnomah County Office of Sustainability would like to thank the 2011 Food Summit Planning Committee, volunteers, guest speakers, community worksession presenters, and participants for making the 2011 Multnomah Food Summit a tremendously successful community-based event, moving our shared vision for a healthy, equitable, and prosperous local food system into action! 

 



  

The Multnomah Food Initiative started as an innovative community partnership to develop a shared food system vision, goals, and an action plan that will promote issues of health, social justice, economic vitality, and sustainability within our regional food system. Thank you to the Multnomah Food Initative Steering Committee and the over 400 organizations and community members who provided input, guidance, and support in this endeavor.