What comes to mind when you think of sustainability in the food space? As the focus on sourcing and intention becomes more and more prevalent, many people are looking to fuel themselves with food that not only causes little harm to them, but to the environment as well. And in most instances, this speaks to […]
Food & Drink Guide 2021: Eating Sustainably
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PDX Community Cider: Let No Fruit Go to Waste
Portland neighborhoods are brimming with residential fruit trees, and while the bounty is a delight to the residents and their friends who reap the benefit of their generosity, a lot of that fruit winds up wasted on the ground. One refreshing solution comes from the Portland Cider Company, an award-winning cider brewery founded in 2013 […]
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Southeast Portland’s Fermenter Returns With Funky, Briny, Vibrant Vegan Brunch
Uninitiated Portland diners should take heed of Fermenter’s return. The vegan restaurant and kombucherie reintroduced themselves in October 2020 at Southeast 14th and Belmont, shifting into the space once held by their still-on-hiatus sister restaurant, Farm Spirit. Fermenter’s heated patio was installed in November, and in-person brunch followed this past summer. Mushrooms, smoked tempeh, and […]
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These Chefs of Color Are Decolonizing Portland’s Vegan Food Scene
Surrounded by a virtual Instagram grid of perfectly plated street tacos and behind-the-scenes cooking videos is an image of Walter Mercado—a beloved Hispanic astrologer—standing in an embellished pink cape, his hands outstretched as if presenting the overlaid text: “Trans POC eat free.” It’s a policy that speaks to the core of vegan taqueria Mis Tacones’s […]
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Tinned Fish Is Trendy and Delicious—Here’s Where to Get It Sustainably in Portland
Canned seafood has been having a moment. It’s the current darling of food media and lifestyle Instagram, and was even dubbed “hot girl food” by Vice earlier this year. If you’ve yet to hop on the tinned fish train, you need to understand that we aren’t talking about the grocery store cans of tuna that […]
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As Oregon’s Wine Industry Adapts to Changing Climate, Imbibers May Need to Adapt Too
Whether atmospheric or human caused, Oregon has become adept at mixing the perfect cocktail for a growing wildfire problem. So what’s in store for wine grapes, one of the state’s ten most lucrative crops? I lean towards pessimism (although I like to call it realism), so after choking on smoke for a couple of summers […]
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It’s the Portland Mercury’s 2021 Food & Drink Guide: Eating Sustainably!
You won’t find any red meat in the Mercury’s new Food & Drink Guide, which hinges on the theme of “eating sustainably.” But you will find a lot of meaty stories about the restaurateurs, farmers, food service workers, and organizations fighting to make Portland’s food world more sustainable—and more delicious. The last two years have […]
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Faced With Heat, Smoke, and Ice, Portland’s Urban Farmers Are Resilient to Climate Change
When Stacey Givens awoke to find her house without electricity in February 2021, she pulled her boots on over her pajamas and ran to her barn, which shares the same power source as her home. “I remember the floor [of the barn] was like an ice skating rink,” recalls Givens, who runs Side Yard Farm […]
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As Climate Change Worsens, Can Portland Restaurant Workers and Owners Hold On?
Justin Hintze, owner of the popular food cart and soon-to-be restaurant Jojo, can’t remember all of the times he has been forced to close his cart due to extreme weather in the last two years. “I don’t remember heatwaves anything like the ones we get multiple times a year,” said Hintze, who grew up in […]