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• Number of farmers markets in the
Oregon Famers Market Association:
160
• Estimated annual amount farmers
markets contribute to Oregon’s farm
product sales: $50 million
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ymari Wilson began selling Street
Roots two years ago to support his
habit, but his first stint with the
vendor program didn’t last long. He had his
badge pulled when he couldn’t remain sober
enough to sell the paper.
It’s not the first job he’s lost due to- his
addiction, nor is it the first time he’s been
clean arid sober. But, since August 2013 he
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• The year the Oregon Farmers
Markets Association was
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«Oregon’s ranking in 2014 Strolling
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• Estimated economic impact of the
2014 MLS AlLStar Game and
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“1 go to a lot of meetings,” says Wyman.
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“I have a sponsor who’s been clean for 10
years and we usually meet once a week.”
Beyond that, he now also has a hierarchy of
support that he goes to if he ever feels
tempted to use. “I definitely use the one-
day-at-a-time mantra. But also I think things
through. I play the whole picture out of
what I will lose if I go back to drinking and
using. If I’m having cravings or something I
look at the big picture. If that doesn’t work I
call somebody. If that doesn’t work I pray.
There’s always something there. For every
problem there’s a solution.”
Wyman says what keeps him sober these
Number of countries represented
ticket-holders for the MLS All-
r Game: 10
• Length of the Portland Timbers
sold-out streak, including MLS All
Star Game: S3 games
Sources- Oregon Department of
Agriculture; Oregon Farmers* Market
Association; Strolling of the Heifers
Locavore Index; Portlmul Saturday-
Market; Venues Today
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has been back to sobriety and since October
2013 he has been back at Street Roots,
establishing a turf and a loyal customer base
at Lovejoy Bakers in the Pearl District,
where he can be found most mornings after
10 a.m.
Upon becoming sober last year, Wyman
says, “It was a moment of clarity where by
the grace of. God, I guess I just came to one
day and decided I wasn’t going to do this
anymore.”
• Number of members of the
Portland Saturday Market: 350
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days is the knowledge of what his addiction
has-done to. him mentally and physically, and
his disillusionment with the life he used to
lead. He no longer views drugs and booze as
a means to a better life, and relishes the
positive motivation that sobriety brings^ the
desire to keep pushing for something better.
He enjoys selling Street Roots to make ends
meet because of the sense of giving
something back to, people instead of just
asking for: money. He has written poetry for
the paper, widened his circle of friends and
begun saving money.
“I want to get a new pair of shoes,” he 1
says. “I’d also like to take a trip back to see
my sister in Connecticut. I just talked to her
today.” The two used to be very close, but
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Wyman is currently in transitional
housing through Central City Concern and
is working on obtaining permanent housing.
He has just completed a Rent Well course,
which will help him with a security deposit
for an apartment of his own. .
“Street Roots gives me a little more
dignity,” says Wyman. “I lost a lot of that
when I was using. Street Roots is also a
very humbling thing for me to do because
I’m riot making thousands o f dollars a week,
but I dori’t look at it that way. Instead I look
at it like I’m doing something .productive.
Everybody has their ups arid downs and to
me this is definitely an up.”
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