Food System Reports

  Community Food Assessments

• Everyone Eats! A community food assessment for areas of North and Northeast Portland, OR Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon, Interfaith Food and Farms Partnership Program (2007, Summer) (local PDF)
• Community Food Assessment Lents community food assessment and market basket survey Portland Multnomah Food Policy Council and Active Living by Design grant team 2004
• Neighborhood Food Network Report: North/Northeast Portland Community Food Security Project Coalition for a Livable Future, Oregon Food Bank, Growing Gardens, Ecumenical Ministries (2002) (local PDF)
• Food for Oregon: Community Food Programs Database Oregon State University Extension Service and Oregon Food Bank (local PDF)

• Database 2007-08 Statistics for the Oregon Food Bank Network Oregon Food Bank (2008, June) (local PDF)
• 2008-2009 Statistics for the Oregon Food Bank Network Oregon Food Bank (2009, June) (local PDF)
• A Healthy Active Oregon: Statewide Physical Activity and Nutrition Plan 2007-2012 Nutrition Council of Oregon and the Oregon Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity (2003) (local PDF)
• Case Studies of Community Gardens and Urban Agriculture: Portland, OR David Hess (2005) (local PDF)
• Existing Conditions Childhood Hunger: A Public Health Concern Oregon Food Bank, Oregon State University Extension, Providence, Oregon Health & Science University (2008, May) (local PDF)
• Community Gardens Technical Paper - DRAFT City of Portland Parks and Recreation (2008, June) (local PDF)
• Foodability: Visioning for Healthful Food Access in Portland PSU MURP student research team (Community Food Concepts) for City of Portland BPS (2009, June) (local PDF)
• Growing City of Portland's Farmers Markets: Portland Farmers Markets/Direct-Market Economic AnalysisBarney & Worth, Inc. for City of Portland (2008, November) (local PDF)
• Identification and Assessment of the Long-Term Commercial Viability of Metro Region Agricultural LandsOregon Department of Agriculture for Metro (2007, January) (local PDF)
• Existing Conditions Measuring Food Deserts: A Comparison of Models Measuring the Spatial Accessibility of Supermarkets in Portland, Oregon Sparks, Andrea Leigh - Presented to the Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management and the Graduate School of the University of Oregon in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Community and Regional Planning (2008, June) (local PDF)
• Multnomah County 2008 WIC Facts Oregon Department of Human Services (2008) (local PDF)
• New on the Menu: District-wide changes to school food start in the kitchen at Portland's Abernethy ElementaryAbernethy Elementary, Portland Public Schools Nutrition Services, Injury Free Coalition for Kids, and Ecotrust (2006, October) (local PDF)
• Portland 2030: a vision for the future (visionPDX) City of Portland and the people of Portland, Oregon (2008, February) (local PDF)
• Portland Plan Background Report: Food Systems City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability - Amanda Rhoads, City Planner (2009, November) (local PDF)
• Profile of Hunger & Food Insecurity Issues in Multnomah County Commission on Children, Families & Community (CCFC) (2008, September) (local PDF)
• Profiles of Hunger and Poverty in Oregon: 2008 Oregon Hunger Factors Assessment Oregon Food Bank (2008, September) (local PDF)
• Public Space and Farmers' Markets Portland Building Auditorium, Office of Sustainable Development, Portland Multnomah Food Policy Council (2004, August) (local PDF)
• Regional Equity Atlas: Metropolitan Portland's Geography of Opportunity Coalition for a Livable Future (2007) (local PDF)
• The Diggable City - Phase I PSU MURP student research team for City of Portland & Food Policy Council (2005, June) (local PDF)
• The Diggable City - Phase II  Portland Multnomah Food Policy Council (2006, February) (local PDF)
• The Diggable City - Phase III  Portland Multnomah Food Policy Council (2007, July) (local PDF)
• Voices of Equity: Community members and county employees speak out about health equity and the social determinants of health (Appendix A)  Multnomah County Health Department (2008) (local PDF)
• Voices: Stories about hunger from the Oregon Food Bank Network Oregon Food Bank (2008) (local PDF)

• Food Sovereignty For All: Overhauling the Food System with Faith Based Initiatives Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon, Interfaith Food & Farms Program (2009) (local PDF)
• Oregon foods in Oregon Schools: Building Alliances with Oregon Farmers, Food Processors and School Food Service Buyers Oregon Department of Agriculture, Cory Schreiber (2008, August) (local PDF)

• 2003 Portland-Multnomah Food Policy Council Report  Portland Multnomah Food Policy Council (2003, October) (local PDF)
• 2004 Portland-Multnomah Food Policy Council Report  Portland Multnomah Food Policy Council (2004)(local PDF)
• Barriers and Opportunities to the use of regional and sustainable food products by local institutions  Community Food Matters & Food Policy Council (2003, September) (local PDF)
• Climate Action Plan 2009  Multnomah County & City of Portland (2009, October) (local PDF)
• Descending the Oil Peak: Navigating the Transition from Oil and Natural Gas  City of Portland Peak Oil Task Force (2007, March) (local PDF)
• Farm Direct Marketing Workshop 2005 Portland Multnomah Food Policy Council (2005, March) (local PDF)
• Green Guide for Health Care-Operations Version 2.2 Second Public Comment Draft, chapter on Food Service Healthcare 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)
• Multi-Lingual Farm Direct Marketing Workshop Portland Multnomah Food Policy Council (2004, March)(local PDF)
• Multnomah County Health Equity Initiative 2009  Multnomah County Health Department (2009) (local PDF)
• Peak Oil Task Force Briefing Book City of Portland Office of Sustainable Development, Bureau of Planning, Department of Transportation (2006, July) (local PDF)
• Planting Prosperity and Harvesting Health: Trade-offs and Sustainability in the Oregon-Washington Regional Food System  Portland State University Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies in partnership with Oregon State University, Kaiser, Food Innovation Center (2008, October) (local PDF)
• Public Involvement Task Force Report: A strategic Plan for Improving Public Involvement in the City of Portland  City of Portland Office of Neighborhood Involvement (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)
• visionPDX: Community Engagement Report  City of Portland Bureau of Planning (2008, February) (local PDF)
• 2010 Draft Multnomah Food Initiative Action Plan Framework Multnomah County Sustainability and Chronic Disease Prevention Programs (2010, March) (local PDF)

• Multnomah Food Initiative Documents Multnomah County Resolution 09-110 - Multnomah Food Initiative Multnomah County Board of Commissioners (2009, September) (local PDF) 

• The Green Economy: Agriculture, Natural Resources and Sustainability Economic Development (Executive Summary) Clackamas County Green Ribbon Committee (2007, September) (local PDF)