Food Roots

Food Roots is located in Tillamook, on the beautiful North Oregon coast. Serving rural Tillamook County and the North Oregon Coast, Food Roots' mission is to cultivate a healthy food system in our region through serving as a catalyst and advocate for change. We do this through our programming, by forging fruitful partnerships, and by empowering communities and individuals to be more food self-reliant. Food Roots has provided resources and support for community and school gardens throughout Tillamook County and continues garden development throughout the region. Food Roots’s gardens serve as an outdoor classrooms and community meeting places for folks of all ages, while producing fresh vegetables year round.

Our FoodCorps service member introduces students directly to our community’s food and farmers (bringing farmers into the classroom, or as a farm field trip), teaches fun hands on nutrition and cooking lessons, teaches students during school and after school in the school gardens, and involves other community volunteers in this great work. The FoodCorps service member also does community organizing, gardening/farming, and participates in professional development opportunities.