Individuals Consulted
<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]-->Pam Barrow, Northwest Food Processors Association
Jeff Boden, West Union Gardens
Rachel Bristol, Oregon Food Bank
Steve Cohen, Portland Office of Sustainable Development
Rosemarie Cordello
Judy Crockett, Portland Office of Sustainable Development
Jim Johnson, Oregon Dept of Agriculture
Mark Kendall, Oregon Department of Energy
Pam Leitch, Portland Permaculture Institute
Jack Mulder, Tillamook Creamery
Jeremy O’Leary
Oregon Agricultural Information Network, Oregon State University
Anthony Radspieler
Brian Rohter, New Seasons Markets
Patty Rueter, Portland Office of Emergency Management
Andy Schneider, Portland Office of Sustainable Development
Brent Searle, Oregon Department of Agriculture
Stuart Simon, Safeway
Mark Smith, Summit Foods
Mark Steele, NORPAC Foods
Lynn Youngbar, Portland Farmers' Market, Oregon Department of Agriculture Advisory Board
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Materials Reviewed
Kenneth S. Deffeyes, Hubbert’s Peak, the Impending World Oil Shortage
The Diggable City, a Portland State University student capstone project, June 2005. http://www.diggablecity.org/
Chad Heeter, My Saudi Arabian Breakfast
Richard Heinberg, The Party’s Over, Oil War and The Fate of Industrial Societies
Michael T. Klare, Blood and Oil <!--[endif]-->
James Howard Kunstler, The Long Emergency, Surviving the End of Oil
Metro Fair Growth and Farmlands Project Committee Report
Richard Manning, “The Oil We Eat,” from the book Against the Grain
Oregon Department of Agriculture, responses to questions asked by Peak Oil Task Force
Oregon State University Extension Service, 2005 Oregon County & State Agricultural Estimates; Special Report, Revised April 2006
Portland Multnomah Food Policy Council Conservation Easement Report
Portland Multnomah Food Policy Council Sub Committee on Land Use Recommendations
Paul Roberts, The End of Oil: On the Edge of a Perilous New World
(compiled and editorialized by Marcus Simantel, August 2006)
<!--[if !supportLists]-->1. <!--[endif]-->Oregon Agriculture is Big
<!--[if !supportLists]-->a. <!--[endif]-->Agriculture makes up over 10% of the state’s economic activity
<!--[if !supportLists]-->b. <!--[endif]-->94% of Oregon’s farms are family owned – in contrast to most U.S. agriculture
<!--[if !supportLists]-->c. <!--[endif]-->80% of Oregon’s farm production is shipped out of state, and nearly half of that is shipped internationally
<!--[if !supportLists]-->d. <!--[endif]-->Oregon’s farmers produce over 225 different crops, only California and Florida have a more diversified agricultural industry
<!--[if !supportLists]-->e. <!--[endif]-->Currently non-food crops are crucial for Oregon farm economic viability (nursery, grass seed, xmas trees, etc.) This “land banking” could be a positive for future local food production.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->f. &nb