Don’t miss one of the biggest celebrations in Oregon!

In Good Taste hosts a series of reflective and educational classes by local chef Amy Jermain. This Saturday’s class focuses on the aquaculture and fisherman of Oregon.

Wildwood’s Executive Chef Dustin Clark and Thailand’s Sonthaya Kaepradit collaborate with wine pairings from the Willamette Valley’s Chehalem Winery and a special performance from Concert Violinist Aaron Meyer.

Celebrate the harvest of locally grown tomatoes of all varieties and colors! Farmington Gardens has scoured the countryside to bring you as many kinds of tomatoes as they can find. Cooking demos, gardening tips, and plenty of free samples!

Kookoolan Farms owners Chrissie and Koorosh Zaerpoor will walk you through the process of humanely and cleanly killing and butchering a chicken in your own house or yard. 

Prepare to be mesmerized by Ramana Vieira, the new voice of Fada Portugese world music, as she performs live in the Coelho Winery Tasting Room. Vieira’s extraordinarily soulful, emotive voice is said to evoke images of old world Portugal.

Natural Harvest Farm, run by the Oregon Sustainable Agriculture Land Trust (OSALT), invites the public to its annual Harvest Festival. Bring the family and enjoy a farm tour, bee walk, cider pressing, and conversations on sustainable agriculture.

Which vegetables are easiest to grow from seed? How do know if your seed will breed true? Learn to grow and harvest your own vegetable seeds, and to plan your garden for seed growing, with the Portland Permaculture Guild.

Join Portland’s most innovative chefs as they create exquisite meals using seasonal, local ingredients paired with the best wines and take-home sweets in the area’s most beautiful and interesting home gardens. Scott Ketterman of Simpatica will prepare this Sunday’s meal at Linda Wisner’s Flicker Farm on Sauvie Island.

Join Ecotrust, Edible Portland and Salmon Safe for a celebration of Northwest abundance, seasonal flavors, and responsible land stewardship in a round-robin evening of artisanal wine, pear and cheese pairings.

September 16th is 5% Day! All day long, 5% of the net sales from the Fremont, Laurelhurst, Bridgeport, and Mill Plain Whole Foods Markets will go to Ecotrust’s Farm to School program.

*THIS JUST IN: There will also be a BEE COSTUME CONTEST on Sept. 18th!* Don’t miss the Portland premier of Queen of the Sun at Hollywood Theatre. From the director of The Real Dirt on Farmer John comes a profound, alternative look at the tragic global bee crisis.

Join Food Front Co-op on a tour of Gathering Together Farm and Evesham Wood Vineyard! Tour the grounds, feast at The Garden Room, and sample organic wines.

Join Grand Central Bakery’s celebration of harvest and community at the Grand Central Bakery Fair: An Urban Farming Expo and Bicycle Rodeo. A “backyard” BBQ, baking and preserving contests, an exhibition of urban grown produce, and a wide array of baking, cooking and urban farming seminars and demos.

In Good Taste hosts a series of reflective and educational classes by local chef Amy Jermain. This Saturday’s class highlights the best of Oregon’s eastern half — including the locally produced beef, mushrooms and potatoes.

Pickles, relishes and chutneys: an overview of the savory side of canning and preserving.  Quick refrigerator dills, Indian eggplant relish, green tomato chutney and mustard-carrot pickles. Plenty of samples to taste, plus you’ll take home your own container of pickles!

Indulge @ the Jupiter invites guests to savor, sip and nibble on the Eastside’s finest foods. The premier edible event stars chef-owned restaurants, boutique wines and spirits, artisan chocolatiers and the best tasty treats from over 20 local restaurants and distilleries.

Join the Montavilla Farmers Market in a conversation about bringing healthy food to East Portland.

Don’t miss the Wetland Conservancy’s inaugural fundraising farm dinner at the Oregon Coast, prepared by James Beard Award finalist Chef Cathy Whims of Nostrana.

Learn to transform acorns into wonderful additions to breads, muffins, pancakes, and pudding with Wild Food Adventures. You’ll also learn distill, using only simple kitchen ware, and create a mint distillate for use in teas, cooking or aroma therapy.

Learn how to build a secure, happy home for your hens in this hands-on workshop with John Carr of The Garden Coop.

Farmington Gardens will host a day of gardening fun for kids ages 4-12. This is a free class!

Join Slow Food Portland for Dig In!, Slow Food USA’s national volunteer day.