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The City of Portland, Oregon

World Environment Day 2013

Portland, Oregon celebrated Word Environment Day on June 5, 2013

Food Waste and Sustainable Consumption

  • The Environmental Food Crisis

    A UNEP rapid response assessment. Study by: Nellemann, C., MacDevette, M., Manders, T., Eickhout, B., Svihus, B., Prins, A. G., Kaltenborn, B. P.

  • Sustainable Consumption

    Sustainable consumption is all about 'doing more and better with less'. 

  • Global Food Losses and Food Waste

    Study conducted for the International Congress. Study by: Jenny Gustavsson, Christel Cederberg, Ulf Sonesson, of the Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnology (SIK) and Robert van Otterdijk, Alexandre Meybeck, of FAO

  • EcoTrust Food Hub

    FoodHub is a dynamic marketplace and online directory that makes it easy and efficient for professional wholesale food buyers and sellers to research, connect, and do business.

  • Oregon Metro Food & Waste 

    Get everything you need to know about recycling and garbage and hazardous waste disposal in the Portland metropolitan area.

  • Growing Gardens

    Growing Gardens digs at the root of hunger in Portland, Oregon by building organic Home Gardens in urban backyards. 

  • Taking the Last Bite

    A large proportion of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions results from food waste, how a couple of simple cues could make people waste substantially less food in places such as hotels, schools, and hospitals.

 

Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability- Sustainable Food Program

        Still Tasty, Your Ultimate Shelf Life Guide

           Answers to all your food storage and spoilage questions.

  • Food FAQ's

    Common questions about food in Portland.