News and Events

Food Roots & Lower Nehalem Community Trust's Annual PIE NIGHT Celebration & Auction!

January 28th

7:00 - 8:30 pm

Nehalem United Methodist Church, 36050 10th Street in Nehalem

Bring your family, friends and neighbors (or a date!); you won't want to miss this delicious evening!

A BIG WELCOME to the newest member of our team!

Randall Koch has joined Food Roots and our regional Community Food System project partner, The North Coast Food Web (Clatsop County). Randall joins as our part-time Development Coordinator and we couldn't be more excited about it!

SAVE THE DATE for Tillamook County's FEAST

Saturday March 17th, from 9 AM to 3 PM at the Tillamook County Library in Tillamook

FEAST (Food Education Agriculture Solutions Together) is a community organizing process that allows participants to engage in an informed and facilitated discussion about food, education and agriculture in their community and begin to work towards solutions to help build a healthier, more equitable and resilient local food system.

Food Roots YouTube Channel

Food Roots has launched its YouTube Channel.

Watch this video about our inspiring Microenterprise Program clients and their successes with Food Roots and North Oregon Coast farms.

Watch our Summer Root Troop kids learn about growing food and interview each other about their own home garden plots! This summer garden program provides an opportunity for youth to learn about the world of gardening while having fun in the dirt.

See a former Individual Development Account participant, Carolina Lyddy, talk about her small farm business (Corvus Landing Farm and CSA in Neskowin).

Food Roots will be posting more exciting videos of our work, programs and volunteers, so please check our channel regularly!

After School Root Troop 2011

Root Troop is returning this year. This after school garden program provides an opportunity for youth to learn about the world of gardening while having fun in the dirt. Students entering grades 4-8 are invited to join us from 3-4:30 Wednesdays at the Tillamook Junior High Hoop House. We will NOT be meeting when school is cancelled. The program is free and healthy snacks are provided. Contact our office for more information Farm2School@foodrootsnw.org

Root Troop Application

Grow a Row for the Hungry in Tillamook County

Calling all gardeners! Food Roots is encouraging local gardeners to plant an extra row or bed in their gardens this year, and “Grow a Row for the Hungry” in 2011. How can YOU help? Your gardening skills and your extra bounty (fresh fruits and vegetables) can make a big difference to a hungry family. You can even team up with a friend, neighbor or group to make a bigger difference. Apples, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, onions, squash, peppers, tomatoes, beans, potatoes, blueberries and beets are especially popular, but some of the lesser known vegetables are a big hit also. No donation is too small or too large. Produce should be free of spoilage and bruising; it is appreciated if it is field washed.

There are two options for donating your produce:
1. Bring your donation to the Regional Food Bank of Tillamook County, a program of Oregon Food Bank in Tillamook. The Regional Food Bank will then distribute the produce to food programs throughout Tillamook County. They are located at 2105 Fourth Street in Tillamook (in the same building as Food Roots).
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2. Bring your donation directly to a food pantry, soup kitchen or other program near your community. To find out where these programs are located, you can call the Regional Food Bank at 503-842-3154 x1 or 4 for these locations.