News/Event reports
Hazon has a number of healthy and sustainable ways to celebrate Chanukah this year; for more information, click here.
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Shari Raider, owner of our partner farm, Sauvie Island Organics, has been nominated for an Edible Portland Local Hero Award. Click here to cast your vote for Shari and SIO!
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Our crown challah baking workshop, taught by Bobbie Kramer (apron), at Neveh Shalom on September 26. A great time was had by all, and the challot were delicious! Thanks, Bobbie!
An article about chicken shechting from The Jewish Review about the 6th Annual Hazon Food Conference, which took place at UC Davis in California from August 18-21, 2011
Check out this article about the 2011 Hazon Food Conference in The Jewish Review.
An article about the Portland Leadership Cohort that attended the 2011 Hazon Food Conference
Check out this post about our third annual edible garden bike tour from July 10, 2011. You can also see pictures from the ride on our Flickr page.
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On Sunday, May 23, 2010, Portland Tuv Ha'Aretz celebrated its first event of 2010 at Sauvie Island Organics, our partner farm. The weather was typical of an Oregon spring day, showers alternating with sun, but since we're intrepid Oregonians, we came prepared (ie, swathed in Gortex).
Here's a link to more pictures from our Flickr page
About 25 people of all ages attended. Shari Raider, owner of SIO, gave us a tour of the fields, talked about her farming practices and answered our questions. We also harvested greens for a communal salad:
Tuv steering committee member Hannah Treuhaft led a short study session around the question of connection to land and place, and lively discussions ensued. Afterwards we blessed the food, ate our salad and assorted other goodies, and schmoozed. Thanks to all who came; it was a wonderful way to begin our second year and meet so many new people.
Check out our upcoming events!
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In December 2009, Hazon hosted its fourth annual Food Conference at Asilomar in Monterey, California. Over 650 Jews from around the world came together to learn about various aspects of Judaism and food sustainability. Conference sessions were grouped into tracks that included food justice, Jewish food, culture and tradition, hands-on cooking classes, food systems and sustainability, health and nutrition, Israeli food and agriculture, Jewish food education and fasting.
Reports from the Hazon Food Conference can be found here:
Food Justice at the 2009 Hazon Food Conference
New Jewish Food Movement Steps Up Focus on Social Justice
Jewish Female Farmers Overcome Farm Fashion and Get Their Hands Dirty
Ending Hunger at the Food Conference
Pictures from the Hazon Food Conference can be seen here.
Taking Root in the Jewish CSA Movement Portland Tuv Ha'Aretz Coordinator Hannah Treuhaft, and Her Chickens (from My Jewish Learning).
Portland Jews unite to share in harvest Article from the Jewish Review talking about the formation of Portland Tuv Ha'Aretz.
Jews, Food and Ethics. A public affairs radio show on KBOO 90.7 FM featuring interviews with Rabbi Arthur Waskow, a main proponent of the eco-kashrut movement, and Rabbi Morris Allen, founder of the Heksher Tzedek Initiative. Also featured are interviews with two of Portland's Jewish organic farmers: Shari Raider, of Sauvie Island Organics, and Lyle Stanley, of Gee Creek Farm. Hosted by Liz Schwartz.
LA Times article about eco-kashrut and Hazon's food conference.
Ynetnews.com's article, "Organic is the True Kosher."
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To see pictures of "Preserve Your Harvest," our 2009 canning and jam-making workshop, vist our Flickr page.
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For a report on our June 28, 2009 Jewish Garden Bike Tour, check out this post on The Jew and the Carrot. To see pictures of the trip, visit our Flickr page and scroll down to the bottom.
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Pictures from our July 12, 2009 study session, in partnership with the Florence Melton Adult mini-school's "Taste of Melton" program, taught by Jan Rabinowitz. The session was held at Beit Kayam, a Jewish eco-house in NE Portland:
