Food Roots

Farm and Food business support administer and manage the individual development accounts (ida) program to provide financial skills training and matched savings accounts to local farm and food-based business entrepreneurs. Operate the farmtable local Food storefront in downtown tillamook, which provides local Food producers and area consumers tillamook's only Food outlet dedicated exclusively to north coast-grown and produced Food products.

Farm to school provide farm to school and garden-based educational lessons and activities at mutliple schools throughout tillamook county, impacting over 1,000 students and their families. Activities include farm field trips, classroom farmer visits, local produce tasting tables, and family engagement events. Also assist schools with local Food procurement efforts and school garden development and maintenance, including by engaging community volunteers.

Local Food programs provide snap acceptance and a matching incentive program at Food Roots farmtable local Food storefront that provides increased access to fresh, healthy, locally-grown Food for adults facing Food insecurity. Partner with community organizations and Food assistance programs to provide free local Food boxes from farmtable storefront to community members in need. Provide gardening education programs.