Sustainable Food Resources
Free Grocery Market
The Free Grocery Market started Wednesday, April 8th, 2026. The market will continue every 2nd and 4th Wednesdays. The 1st hour will be for patients and families. The 2nd hour is open to all.
2nd Wednesdays: Doernbecher Children's Hospital - 1st floor lobby - starts at 11 a.m.
4th Wednesdays: Kohler Pavilion - 1st floor lobby - starts at 2 p.m.
Check out our flyers for more information. You are welcome to sign up here for reminders that go out on the morning of each event.
Arabic Free Grocery Market flyer
Burmese Free Grocery Market flyer
English Free Grocery Market flyer
Russian Free Grocery Market flyer
Links and recommendations
Sustainable Agriculture is a hot topic these days. Oregon is a model for helping to promote sustainable food systems where the food is produced with methods that are healthy for the workers who produce it, the consumers who eat it and the earth that sustains its production. Explore some of the links below to follow the good work these and other national organizations are carrying out.
Book recommendations
Hidden Half of Nature by David R. Montgomery & Anne Biklé
The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming by Masanobu Fukuoka
The North American Maria Thun Biodynamic Almanac by Maria Thun
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
National
Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
Educational programs
Center for Sustainability – California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture – Iowa State University
Sustainable Agriculture Program, Central Carolina Community College – Central Carolina Community College
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program – University of California at Davis
Sustainable Food and Bioenergy Systems Program – Montana State University
Sustainable Food Systems – College of the Atlantic