While your favorite organic food brand guarantees a
pesticide-free, responsibly grown product, it’s usually
fortified with a hefty price tag. There’s relief: The
Portland, Ore.-based Food Alliance offers consumers and farmers a
label — guaranteeing products grown and harvested in
equitable and safe conditions, using sustainable farming practices,
and with little or no pesticides — for a much lower
price.
Started six years ago by a coalition of farmers,
farmworker advocates, scientists, environmentalists and academics,
the Alliance is thriving. Now, there are more than 100 farms
certified under the Food Alliance label throughout the Northwest,
Idaho, Montana and Hawaii. Consumers can find the label in grocery
stores and farmers’ markets in those regions, as
well.
To learn more about the Food Alliance and where to
find its products, visit www.thefoodalliance.org, or call
503/493-1066.
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Eco-groovy food for skinny wallets.
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