Ecotrust

The recorded info session for Farm to Early Care & Education Institute is now on our website: https://ecotrust.org/ece-institute/

Para ver esta web en español, haga clic aquí: https://ecotrust.org/ece-institute-espanol/

🍎 Farm to Early Care and Education (ECE) connects early childhood professionals to local food producers and community partners with the goals of serving culturally relevant, locally-produced foods to young children, providing hands-on experiences with food and gardening, and improving child nutrition.

📚️ The Institute enables collaboration, planning, and project implementation across Oregon for the 2026-27 school year, building on the momentum of the first Farm to ECE Institute.

📆 Applications for the Institute are due on June 5 - apply soon with your school team! https://ecotrust.org/ece-institute/

See this graphic for the correct address! Oregon Farm to School and Keep Growing Dreams is offering a free event on May 31 - RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bipoc-farmer-connect-tickets-1989230474899?aff=oddtdtcreator

This event is for farmers interested in community building and learning more about selling to early childhood education centers.

📆 When: May 31, 10am-1:15pm
📍 Where: Feed'em Freedom Black Community Food Center in Portland, OR
🔹 Speakers:
- Alisha Howard from
- Shantae Johnson from
- Reeba Daniel from

Two days left to submit a film to our film series! Learn more: ecotrust.org/submit-film

We invite both professional and amateur filmmakers, as well as fellow nonprofits and community-based organizations that have invested in filmmaking to tell the stories about the region, to submit films that will be screened at our film series later this year. There is no submission fee!

The film series events will be held on August 19, September 26, and October 21.

Learn more about the film categories, eligibility, and submission guidelines here: ecotrust.org/submit-film