Food
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Gallery: Kettle Brands' community garden rights the chip
Kettle Brand's new community garden, which opened this week in Salem, neatly perpetuates the company's image as a green agriculture stalwart. The 17-plot garden is irrigated with recycled potable water…
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Gallery: Checking in with Oregon's sustainable wineries
At the SBO/Portland Business Journal headquarters this week, everything’s turning up red. And white. And pinot, both noir and grigio. That’s partly because my PBJ cohorts Tam Jenkins and Erik Siemers…
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New Seasons' gets a bee-plus for rooftop project
New Seasons Market, which made a splash last week with the big reveal about its new zero-waste label, has more reasons to "bee" happy. New Seasons announced this week it has introduced colonies of honeybees…
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Kale snacksters chip their way onto top company list
In all the excitement over Ecotrust's designation as a Benefit Corporation "top 67" company last week, it turns out that at least one other local outfit slipped through our B-Corp radar. Pacific Northwest…
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Green foodies to get a mouthful at NW processors conference
Sustainability wonks will have their plates full this week. Not only does the Northwest Environmental Business Council’s Future Energy Conference promise a bevy of informative speakers Tuesday and Wednesday…
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Seventh? Really? Oregon lags in 'locavore' ratings
Here in Oregon, we pride ourselves on eating locally produced goods. Heck, even one of our fave fast-food joints is known for using suppliers that are mostly a short drive away and, at the very least,…
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Fish council faces big decision on little swimmers
The Pacific Fishery Management Council plans to vote on a measure that could dramatically shape the Ocean's ecosystem in coming years. The group, which meets in Portland April 9, plans to vote whether…
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Food producers' waste diversion up 18%
A Portland group that studies the food business reports that organic food companies, in adopting a broad range of sustainablity initiatives, have dramatically boosted the amount of waste they divert from…
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Theo Chocolate teams with Ben Affleck to help Congolese farmers
Question: What connects Ben Affleck and 340 tons of Congolese cocoa beans with Seattle? Answer: Theo Chocolate and its two newest products. Affleck, the actor and movie director, is the founder of the…
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More Oregon school districts land farm-to-school grants
Eleven school districts will share $189,140 in state funding to purchase Oregon-grown food and implement garden-based education programs in their schools. The Oregon Department of Education awarded the…
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Wanted: The next generation of organic leaders
With the daily barrage of reports on how diet affects America’s healthcare crisis, reports on national food recalls and the loss of American family farms, more of us are paying attention to what we eat…
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Sedlar aims to bring 'health to neighborhoods' with Green Zebra convenience stores
Former New Seasons Markets CEO Lisa Sedlar announced this week her plans to open her first outlets of a chain of healthy convenience stores under the name Green Zebra Grocery. As Portland Business Journal's…
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Gallery: Local Choice opens to bolster local food scene
Don Sader and his wife and partner Georganne Sader opened the doors over the weekend on their labor of love: A Pearl District produce and food market that will aim to win over local food enthusiasts from…
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Nicky USA acquires organic farm in Aurora
Portland meat distributor Nicky USA Inc. on Wednesday announced plans to raise its own meat after acquiring a 31-acre farm in Aurora. The company said the new farm, located along the Pudding River, will…
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Elon Musk: Vegetarians only on Mars colony
It’s already out there that space entrepreneur Elon Musk has plans to someday colonize Mars, and that those with the means are invited to become a part of his red planet oasis. But there’s a catch…
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Best of 2012: Top Voices blog posts from the year
We like to think of our Voices from Sustainable Business blog as a water cooler for the business community. A place to come and discuss what's on your mind when it comes to that intersection of sustainability…
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Venture-backed Farmigo plans Portland launch of online farmers market
Farmigo announced this week it landed an $8 million venture capital round and that it will launch its online farmers market service in Portland. Palo Alto, Calif.-based Farmigo will start by offering…
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New Seasons eyes continued growth with Collie as CEO
In her management roles at Starbucks, Wendy Collie was in charge of delivering excellent and consistent customer service while the coffee chain was multiplying its storefronts across the country and around…
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New Seasons hires Starbucks, Knowledge Universe vet as CEO
New Seasons Market announced Monday the hire of Wendy Collie and president and CEO of the company starting just after the first of the year. In Collie, New Seasons is hiring a seasoned consumer brands…
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Clif Bar, Annie's fund organics study
To eat organic, or not to eat organic — that is the question. But Clif Bar and Annie’s — two California Bay Area-based companies that are committed to using as many organic ingredients in their…
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Fishpeople launches to better brand NW seafood
The problem with Oregon's seafood is that much of it is shipped elsewhere for processing. As little as 15 percent of the fish caught here is consumed here. Duncan Berry set out to change that with Fishpeople. The…
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Washington Gov. Gregoire takes on ocean acidification
In 2007, Whiskey Creek Shellfish Hatchery in Tillamook saw four straight months of zero shellfish-larvae production. By late 2008, everything was dead. “We almost had to close,” said Alan Barton,…
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Better Bean dishes up new sustainable packaging
Better Bean Company, a three-year-old startup selling premium beans in the refrigerated sections of grocery stores, was tired of the ubiquitous, round, plastic deli tub. The Portland company, which has…
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Just how local was last week's feast?
I didn't cook one, but I learned a few things about turkeys last week. First, Rob Smith, Portland Business Journal's editor, wrote a fascinating blog about the lackluster turkey industry in Oregon. It…
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New Seasons to open central kitchen in Portland's Eastside
New Seasons Market is going central with its next endeavor. The 12-store grocery chain will establish a central kitchen in Portland's Central Eastside Industrial District, designed to take some of the…
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