Economic Vitality

  Regional Food Economy and Infrastructure 

•  Food Sovereignty For All: Overhauling the Food System with Faith Based Initiatives Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon, Interfaith Food & Farms Program (2009) (local PDF)
•  Interactive Market Map: Portland area farmers' markets Portland Farmers' Market N/A
•  Public Space and Farmers' Markets Portland Building Auditorium, Office of Sustainable Development, Portland Multnomah Food Policy Council  (2004, August) (local PDF)

Regional Food Products and Producers

•  FoodHub: Where food people connect (online database) Ecotrust (2010)
• Growing City of Portland's Farmers Markets: Portland Farmers Markets/Direct-Market Economic AnalysisBarney & Worth, Inc. for City of Portland (2008, November) (local PDF)
• Portland Plan Background Report: Food Systems City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, Amanda Rhoads (2009, November) (local PDF)

Farm-to-School and Institutional Purchasing that Support the Regional Food System

• Barriers and Opportunities to the use of regional and sustainable food products by local institutionsCommunity Food Matters & Food Policy Council (2003, September) (local PDF)
•  Green Guide for Health Care-Operations Version 2.2 Second Public Comment Draft, chapter on Food ServiceHealthcare without Harm, Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems and Practice Greenhealth (2008, December) (local PDF)
• Local Lunches Part 1: Planning for Local Produce in Portland Schools PSU MURP student research team (TH2) for City of Portland and Portland Public Schools  (2006, June) (local PDF)
• Local Lunches Part 2: Planning for Local Produce in Portland Schools PSU MURP student research team (TH2) for City of Portland and Portland Public Schools (2006, June) (local PDF)
• New on the Menu: District-wide changes to school food start in the kitchen at Portland's Abernethy Elementary Abernethy Elementary, Portland Public Schools Nutrition Services, Injury Free Coalition for Kids, and Ecotrust (2006, October) (local PDF)
• The Spork Report: Increasing the supply and consumption of local foods in Portland Public Schools PSU student research team for the Food Policy Council (2005, June) (local PDF)

• Adding Values to Our Food System: An Economic Analysis of Sustainable Community Food Systems (The Economics of Sustainable Community Food Processing section) Integrity Systems Cooperative Co. for United States Department of Agriculture Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program (1997, February)
• Values-Based Food Supply Chains: Strategies for Agri-Food Enterprises-of-the-Middle Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture (2007, July) 
• The Spork Report: Increasing the supply and consumption of local foods in Portland Public Schools PSU student research team for the Food Policy Council (2005, June) (local PDF)