Media Links
For more information about our programs check out these articles and videos featuring the work of Village Gardens:
Articles
- 2012 Billi Odegaard Public Health Genius Awards- Village Gardens wins Exceptional Group Award, Oregon Public Health Institute, October, 2012
- Nonprofit grocery store in North Portland’s New Columbia turns 1, learns to adjust, OregonLive.com, May 29, 2012
- Village Market Success, The Portland Observer, May 23, 2012
- New Columbia is a community-based neighborhood- editorial by Food Works Youth OregonLive.com, March 19, 2012
- Seeds of Harmony: Where Relationships Grow and Community Can Flourish, Chapter 2 from Sharing Ideas: Grassroots Projects Started by Neighbors, Community Outreach of Our United Villages, 2011
- Food Works youth grow vegetables and self in Sauvie Island soil, Street Roots, August 18, 2011
- St. Johns Woods community celebrates new feathered residents with chicken party in North Portland, OregonLive.com, August 10, 2011
- Healthy Food Advocates, The Portland Observer, June 29, 2011
- North Portland honors fresh produce by celebrating Village Gardens’ 10th growing season, Village Market’s recent opening, OregonLive.com, June 21, 2011
- Village Market, a healthy corner store, opens in North Portland’s New Columbia, OregonLive.com, May 31, 2011
- Healthy corner store will open in May at New Columbia in North Portland, OregonLive.com, May 2, 2011
- Food Works on Sauvie Island, The Sentinel, September 2, 2009
- How one group of city kids helped transform a community garden project into a thriving business, Edible Portland, 2008
- The trip to bountiful: The food-justice movement brings fresh food to the people, Culinate, March 12, 2007
- Gardens Grow Beyond Plants: With green plots come jobs, food, and community building, The Portland Tribune, July 11, 2006
- Food Works partnership with Portland Nursery, portlandnursery.com, 2003
Videos
- St. Johns Farmers Market , So It Goes News, September 26, 2012
- Village Market – Non-Profit, Super Local, PrettyGoodProductions, May 25, 2012
- Village Market – Portland’s Best-Kept Secret (30 Second Trailer), PrettyGoodProductions, May 10, 2012
- Transforming a Food Desert Into an Oasis, Center for Total Health Blog, Kaiser Permanente, November 23, 2011
- Episode 67: Kids at a Farm, The Perennial Plate, August 22, 2011
- Food Works at Portland Farmers Market, Ruth Ann Barrett, June 18, 2011
- Food Works, Cooking Up a Story, September 2008






