Thanks to our partnership with the Portland Trail Blazers and Papa Murphy’s Pizza, we had a special guest at a special pantry at Cherry Park Elementary.

by Urban Gleaners | Mar 10, 2015 | Uncategorized

Thanks to our partnership with the Portland Trail Blazers and Papa Murphy’s Pizza, we had a special guest at a special pantry at Cherry Park Elementary.

by Urban Gleaners | Mar 9, 2015 | Uncategorized

More Reasons to Reduce Food Waste

by Diana Foss | Feb 27, 2015 | Food waste, Uncategorized

The New York Times editorial board calls for a concerted effort to reduce food waste. The food discarded by consumers and retailers in just the most developed nations would be more than enough to sustain all the world’s 870 million hungry people if effective...

Waste not, want not

by Diana Foss | Feb 27, 2015 | Food waste, Uncategorized

You’ve probably heard the statistic that 40% of the food produced in the US goes uneaten. And, as Ashley Zanolli of the EPA explains Food waste is the single largest and least-recovered waste stream in the U.S. From the time our food is produced and all the...

The Portland Monthly spends a day with Urban Gleaners helping us rescue food and donating it to our local school pantries.

by Urban Gleaners | Jul 1, 2014 | Uncategorized

David Sarasohn of the Oregonian featured our work focusing on ending childhood hunger. Sarasohn highlights our work on the heels of the Urban Gleaners Childhood Hunger Forum exploring local and national solutions to end childhood hunger.

by Urban Gleaners | Jun 3, 2014 | Uncategorized