Food insecurity a primary benchmark in our rising suburban poverty It’s lunchtime at Alder Elementary in the east Portland suburb of Gresham, and even though it’s summer, the school’s gym-turned-cafeteria is packed with children. There are about 80 grade ...
15 Aug 2013 - Nathan Gilles
Talking food in the new world By Mara Grunbaum Staff Writer What does the word “hunger” call to mind? A malnourished child in a third-world country? An unemployed man in a tattered coat standing in a Depression-era breadline? How about a mother working tw ...
1 May 2009 - Street Roots