This episode was created by students from the University of Oregon’s Graduate School of Journalism and Communication.

Listeners producer Kristen Mico speaks with Fiona Conneely  and Shelley Schuler about how food hubbing models offer solutions to small farms, markets and food assistance programs.  At a time when programs that support access to fresh food and livelihoods of small farmers have been dramatically cut, and food assistance benefits like SNAP are also being cut, social service organizations are scrambling to figure out how to keep families fed. Fiona Conneely is with a Portland organization, Lift Up,  trying to do just that. She and Shelley Schuler have a lot to talk about as Shelley operates Lane County Bounty, a Eugene-based food hub aggregating produce and goods from local farms and is able to offer affordable, fresh food to a range of markets with a convenient, online, delivery service offering choice and cultural goods. 

Show notes & links:

LIft Up – Lift Urban Portland is a nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing hunger and improving the lives of low-income residents in Northwest and Downtown Portland by providing nutritious food assistance such as pantry shopping, delivered food boxes, and farmer’s-market style distributions.

Lane County Bounty- Lane County Bounty, founded by Shelley Schuler in 2020 as an offshoot of Moondog’s Farm, operates an online marketplace and delivery service designed to connect consumers with fresh, locally grown food from small farms across Lane County

Thanks to Leif Olsen for composing the music for the series of Oregon Speaks: Voices from this moment.

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