Zenger Farm

Mission

For over 25 years, Zenger Farm has served as an urban farm that educates about sustainable food systems, environmental stewardship, community development, and food justice. Our goal is to create a just food system for all. Since 1999, we’ve been connecting people to the farmers and the land that grows their food. 

Bottom Line for Portland

Zenger Farm is a working farm in outer Southeast Portland providing access to organic fresh foods through our sliding scale Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) and through our CSA Partnerships for Health program. We reach thousands of people each year through community events, volunteer opportunities, and farm/garden education. 

Zenger Farm is not just growing produce, but it’s growing a more just, resilient, and connected food system for the next 25 years and beyond. Our SNAP acceptance program (one of the first in the state) has allowed SNAP benefits to cover the costs of fresh local produce for CSA members. More than 150,000 community members have visited our farm, and more than 500,000 pounds of food have been grown at our farm.

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“[Zenger Farm] has had a great impact on my health and my children’s health because eating healthy food, eating fruits and vegetables, has a very big impact on my family.”  - Program Participant

Incentives

• 🍞 Every donor who gives $25 or more will get a coupon for a free loaf of bread from Dave’s Killer Bread.
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• 🌮 Every donor who gives $25 or more on Giving Tuesday will receive a coupon for one free taco at La Cuchara.
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  🐝Every donor who gives $25 or more will receive one lip balm from Portland Bee Balm.

Partner(s)

Zenger Farm partners with many organizations in our community, here are just a few:

• Our nonprofit partner Urban Gleaners visits the farm weekly to glean produce to distribute in their free food markets in the summer, and purchases veggies at a discounted rate in the winter when their partner farms have less fresh produce available to glean.

• Wisdom of the Elders stewards several beds of First Foods on Zenger Farm.

• We partner with Nutrition Inside, an organization focused on food recovery, to redistribute bread donations through our CSA programs. 

• We partner with the YWCA of Greater Portland to distribute 330 boxes of healthy, local fruits and vegetables to survivors of domestic violence.