Oregon Sustainable Agriculture Land Trust

06/03/2026

Hi, I’m Matt Bibeau. Part of the content of the permaculture design course (PDC) is an exploration of the ways we can lessen our impact and how to apply technology in an appropriate way. In our upcoming PDC I’ll be teaching at Jeans Farm, one of the examples will be the tiny house we built on-site that has the ability to be fully independent of city electricity and water. Enjoy this documentary made about our tiny home, and consider enrolling in the course! It runs one weekend/month beginning in April. https://www.pdxpermaculture.org/pdc/weekend

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24/02/2026

I'm excited to collaborate with Drake James of Urban Village Designs to offer a really special one-weekend-a-month PDC in Portland at Jean's Farm and other inspiring demonstration sites. 🌟

08/02/2026

13/01/2026

Registration closes at midnight! Sign up soon if you want to go, or else wait until the next one in 2028!

The doors to the conference are almost open, this is your final reminder that conference registration closes TONIGHT, January 12th, at midnight. 📅

The Oregon Farm to School & School Garden Conference happens once every two years. It's the largest gathering of farm to school practitioners in the state, and whether you're just starting out or you've been doing this work for years, it's your chance to connect, collaborate, and inspire the next two years of your work.

Register online at oregonfarmtoschool.sched.com

08/01/2026

Are you a beginning farmer looking for land or 1-1 business support?

Oregon Farm Link Navigators offer individualized assistance to support Oregon’s farmers searching for land to begin or grow their farm business. Qualified participants will have the opportunity to receive support in searching for and securing suitable farmland. Services will be provided free of charge and may include help with:
🫜 Developing and refining farm goals, vision and business plan
🌽 Determining land attributes needed to fulfill goals and vision
🐓 Navigating lease terms & working with attorneys or other professionals
🍅 Establishing shared expectations for working relationship with a landholder..and more!
Learn more: https://oregonfarmlink.org/oregon-farm-link-navigate-program/

08/01/2026

Apprenticeship programOregon Farm Corps’ Apprenticeship Program is an immersion for aspiring farmers who want to gain significant farming or ranching production experience. The Oregon Farm Corps Apprenticeship Program offers an immersive, hands-on farming experience designed to equip participants ...

25/11/2025

We're doing it for farmers.

We're doing it for biodynamic, organic, and regenerative agriculture.

We're doing it for community food access.

We're doing it for the health and future of the planet.

We're working to decommodify land so that it can no longer be bought and sold for profit, extraction, or development, and so that it can no longer be available only to those with the most money.

We're decommodifying land and helping others to do the same through the Farmland Commons so that land will be protected and held in perpetuity to grow food, fiber, and medicine for local communities for the rest of time.

We're doing this because we are losing farmland from agriculture at a rate of 2,000 acres in this country. We're doing it because land access is the number one barrier to entering farming for young farmers. We're doing it because the future of food and the future of people and the future of our planet depend on it.

We're doing it because if we leave it all up to the made-up constructs of private property and the free market like we have been, we will continue to see the loss of farmland to development, the inability to access land by farmers, and the extinction of our species and planet.

We're doing it because this is the way we see hope when we look forward towards the future.

Learn more, sign up for our newsletter, and sort this work with a donation at thefarmerslandtrust.org.

11/11/2025

Join us in creating a resilient community, connect with each other, and 20+ orgs doing important work in Portland.

03/11/2025

03/10/2025

17/09/2025

"Farming for Social Benefit, Mutual Aid and Sliding Scale Viability" is coming up September 20! RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/farming-for-social-benefit-mutual-aid-and-sliding-scale-viability-tickets-1542599459509?aff=oddtdtcreator

Dig into the roots of community care while building a viable farm business! Join a workshop focused on refining the values and economic tools of a new farm business with shiny of Scrapberry Farm. This free event hosted at Black Food Sovereignty Coalition () is an opportunity to learn from a local farmer about the different social, communal, and economic commitments that shape a farm identity and practice. The workshop will be followed by an opportunity to ask questions and connect directly over light refreshments.

When: Saturday, September 20 · 2 - 5pm PDT
Where: Black Food Sovereignty Coalition, 1526 Southeast Elliott Avenue Portland, OR 97214

Photo Credit: M.Martinez