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Mission
The mission of the Portland Public Market is to operate a daily, year-round,
indoor-outdoor venue to showcase our region's bounty, to promote
sustainable agricultural practices, to encourage healthy eating,
and to provide entrepreneurial opportunities for those who produce
and sell the food we eat.
| Values |
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We
believe in preserving and building upon Portland's
past Public Market history which connects the region's
citizens to their fertile lands, their rural communities
and the bountiful selection of locally grown foods. |
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believe that healthy food grown in a sustainable manner
is a fundamental right for all citizens. |
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We
believe in providing an engaging food shopping and
eating atmosphere. |
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believe in nurturing the entrepreneurial spirit of
food-related businesses. |
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We
believe in celebrating our community's diversity by
sharing culinary traditions. |
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We
believe in creating an urban culture that will appreciate
and invest in the future of Northwest agriculture. |
| Goals |
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To
promote unique and high quality fresh and prepared
foods from the Northwest "foodshed" to buyers regionally,
nationally, and internationally |
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To
celebrate the region's bounty and those who labor to
produce it |
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To
offer a full array of nutritious foods at fair prices
for all income levels in both retail and wholesale
transactions |
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To
educate the region's buyers about healthy foods, their
sources, and how to prepare them for their highest
nutritional and flavor value |
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To
grow the Northwest economy by supporting regionally
owned food-related businesses |
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To
reconnect Portland to its rich history of public markets
that date from the city's founding |
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To
create an iconic Market building with an energetic,
adjacent outdoor public space |
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To
sustain the Market's ecological systems that leave
a light footprint from farm to fork |
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To
build a financially successful Market free of ongoing
public subsidy |
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Food
for Thought:
January,
2007
Position and goals for the new year.
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for details
Farm
Bill Forum Comments:
February,
2007
Public Markets connect urban and rural.
Click
for details
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