OSU Extension, Oregon Food Bank Launch Food Resource Web Site

The main feature of the Web site is a searchable database of non-emergency food resources throughout Oregon, along with many links to other food resource Web sites

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(CORVALLIS) - Wherever you live in Oregon - be it in a larger city or smaller town - finding up-to-date information about local food resources will be a lot easier with the introduction of Food for Oregon, an online database just launched by the Oregon State University Extension Service in cooperation with Oregon Food Bank. Food for Oregon fulfills a recommendation to develop a database to "provide information and to help coordinate community food security efforts across the state," that is part of the Oregon Hunger Relief Task Force's Act to End Hunger. "The Food for Oregon database will include a broad range of locally available food outlets, including community gardens, farmers' markets, community kitchens and gleaning organizations, faith-based food providers, and other local food producers and processors," said Sally Bowman, OSU Extension family and community development specialist. "Connecting Oregonians to local and regional food resources is good for hungry citizens and good for food producers," said Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski. "We can only win the fight against hunger if we all work together - government, universities, business, nonprofits, the faith community and every individual. "By improving access to high-quality, locally produced foods, increasing Oregonians' self-reliance in providing for their own food needs, and supporting our local food systems, the community food programs database will move us closer to the goal of eliminating hunger in Oregon," he said. You can find the Web site at: foodfororegon.oregonstate.edu.