Our Next Meeting

Please join us for the next Chef Collaborative meeting, Sunday, April 27th at 5:30 pm at Grand Central Baking  714 N Fremont. 
 
The topic is pie making and Grand Central Baking Co. is graciously hosting the next meeting at their Fremont Store.  Please make sure to bring your own pie pan!  Piper and Laura of Grand Central Baking will also provide a simple hearty supper. 
 
Please RSVP as space is limited!  We hope to see you there!
 
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On Monday March 3, 2008 the Portland Chefs Collaborative presented
the 8th annual Farmer-Chef Connection.

Thanks to everyone for helping to make this years event the best ever!
Check back here soon for a full rundown of the day.

In the years since its inception in 2001, this day-long gathering has helped foster collaboration and direct market opportunities between local farmers, ranchers, and food buyers who are committed to expanding and strengthening local and seasonal food networks.
Featuring speakers, workshops, hands-on demonstrations, networking and the best farmer-chef collaborated lunch of the year, this conference has become the event for creating and sustaining relationships between growers and buyers.

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The printed "Guide to Local & Seasonal Products", produced annually from the information generated at the conference, is the heart of the Farmer-Chef Connection, and has proven to be an indispensible resource for  farmers and chefs alike.

This year's keynote speaker was Gary Nabhan. Dr. Nabhan's work moves from policy to practice, as his founding of the Renewing America's Food Traditions and Forgotten Pollinators campaigns demonstrate. He and wife Laurie Monti raise Navajo-Churro sheep, Black Spanish turkeys and native crops in the pygmy woodlands near Winona, Arizona

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For the past several years the event was hosted at the Clackamas County Fair Grounds in Canby. This year it took place in Portland, in the Dance Pavilion at historic Oaks Park on the banks of the Willamette river in Portland's Sellwood neighborhood.


MISSION STATEMENT

Chefs Collaborative works with chefs and the greater food community to celebrate local foods and foster a more sustainable food supply.  The Collaborative inspires action by translating information about our food into tools for making knowledgeable purchasing decisions.  Through these actions, our members embrace seasonality, preserve diversity and traditional practices, and support local economies.


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