Sustainable Food Resources

Free Grocery Market

The Free Grocery Market started Wednesday, April 8th, 2026 and was held in the Doernbecher (DCH) lobby from 11-1 p.m. The next one will be April 22nd in the Kohler Pavilion (KPV) lobby from 2- 4 p.m. They will happen regularly on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays at these 2 locations. 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

Spanish 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

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