Fair Food for All: Addressing Hunger in Oregon
Slow Food Portland June Convivium

📅 Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2025
🕡 Time: 6:00–7:30 PM
📍 Location: Cookshop – 2625 SE 26th Ave, Portland, OR 97202
🎟 Free and open to the public

In 2024, Oregonians made more than 2.5 million visits to food pantries and free meal programs, a record high and a 31% increase from the year before. Food insecurity is growing, fueled by the rising cost of food and housing, and disproportionately impacting Black, Indigenous, immigrant, rural, and low-income communities.

We’re in the middle of a hunger crisis. So what can we do?

Join Slow Food Portland for a timely convivium and panel discussion featuring leaders and organizers on the front lines of fighting hunger in Oregon. The panel will include David Wieland of Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon, Jim Cooper of Neighborhood House, and Karen Caudillo Roman from the Oregon Food Bank. Together, we’ll explore:

Impacts of recent and upcoming policy shifts
Urban and rural dynamics in food access
Tangible ways to advocate, organize, and take action

At Slow Food Portland, we believe everyone has the right to enjoy this region’s incredible food, and no one should be hungry. Addressing food insecurity is essential to building a food system that is good, clean, and fair for all.

🕕 6:00–6:30 PM – Arrive early for snacks and community connection

🗣️ 6:30–7:30 PM – Panel and conversation

Whether you're involved in food systems, impacted by them, or simply passionate about a fairer future, we invite you to gather with us in community. Light refreshments provided and wine available for purchase

Come curious, leave connected.