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Farmers Market to Open in Northeast
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Neighbors fund, where every
dollar spent by people receiv­
ing food assistance will be
matched by the market, giving
people twice the buying power.
"We want this to be a market
for everyone,” Coleman says.
“We want people to be walking
away with fresh, healthy food,
and we want to remove any bar­
riers to that.”
The organizers say the asso­
ciation with Portland Farmers their expertise and resources,
Market, which has been selling rather than do it ourselves and
locally-grown fruits, vegetables wind up as a short-term blip on
and fre sh -b a k e d p ro d u c ts history.” Others have tried and
downtown for 20 years was a fa ile d at th is v e n tu re , she
noted.
great stroke of luck.
Sweet said through the seed
Coleman said cementing the
deal came after discussions oc­ o f an idea, things have really
curred last October at a Sabin blossomed.
“We d id n ’t have to start
n e ig h b o rh o o d m eeting a t­
small.
We put ou, an appeal for
tended by Rosemary Cordello,
chair of the Portland Farmers v en d o rs on th e ir datab ase,
which has 230 entrees, and 67
Market board.
“It was a chance to utilize people responded.” From this
they selected about 40, which people to help work on the
they feel is the maximum the site venture last winter, “The re­
can comfortably hold.
sponse was overw helm ing,”
However, Coleman adds, that Coleman says.
vendors interested in participat­
Sweet says about 15 dedi­
ing should still co n ta c t cated people attended every
p o rtlan d farm ersm ark et.o rg , meeting as plans for the market
since vacancies are likely to were made, representing a very
occur either this season or next. diverse set of interests, in addi­
A nother “b lossom ing” of tion to others involved to a
the King Farmers Market idea lesser degree.
has been an o u tp o u rin g o f
Coleman hopes that this mar­
volunteer activity. W hen the ket, like those in other commu­
N ortheast C oalition invited nities, can be a tool for both
gathering and sharing informa­
tion and organizing. Having
prepared foods ready to eat
could draw in people on their
way home from Sunday church
services, she says.
"W hen the economy is so
bad, it’s important for people to
get out and maintain contact
with their neighbors,” she says.
“The market can be a substi­
tute for some of the regular ac­
tivities that used to be here and
brought people together.”
Excited About Science
this tend to do better with their
school work.
"We had limited resources,
C h u rc h h o ste d an e v e n t
where the teams showed off limited time, and limited space,"
what they could do while their said A ndy A n d erso n , who
parents and other community coached the Joybots.
Anderson currently works as
members m unched on cake.
Robots built from Legos and a technology consultant and
o th e r m a te ria ls s c u rrie d attributes the enthusiasm for
around on both the tile floor his career to a robotics program
and a table picking up and he participated in during his
dropping objects to the ap­ youth.
“It paved the way for me,” he
plause of the audience.
Hartzog is hoping to drum up said.
Anyone interested in getting
more support for the team so
that it can do even better next in v o lv ed should v isit the
year. He added that kids who website ortop.org for more in­
have hands-on activities like formation.
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tremely toxic and are typically traffic flow could end up giving
emitted from highways. Cars an incentive for people to drive
up toxic zinc dust, she said, emit chemicals such as nitrogen more, putting more tailpipes on
and it’s just a bad idea to have oxide, nitrogen dioxide, and the freeway along with more
densely populated areas next benzene. People exposed to a pollution into north and north­
to freeways.
combination of these chemicals east Portland.
According to an Oregon could be at particular danger,
“The argument doesn’t really
Department of Environmental she said.
hold water unless you’re talk­
Quality analysis, north and
“We just know that people ing about real numbers,” she
northeast Portland already don’t do very well near the free­ said, responding to Adams’ rea­
has an unhealthy concentra­ way,” she said.
soning.
tion of toxic chemicals emit­
M ayor Sam Adams is also
The problem, said George, is
ted from the freeway.
concerned about environmen­ getting reliable numbers. All we
George explains that evi­
dence from epidemiological
studies is absolutely clear
that there is a link between
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She is particularly co n ­
cerned about small particulate tal impacts, but holds faith that have at this point are models
matter, which is complex mix­ having more lanes will help keep that attempt to predict what will
ture of small particles and traffic moving and reduce the happen and models rely on as­
droplets made up of acids, emissions from autos stuck in sumptions that could be false,
organic chem icals, metals, traffic.
she said.
and soil or dust particles.
Add in the uncertainty sur­
If congestion is relieved, cars
According to the Environ­ won’t billow chemicals into sur­ rounding the future of transpor­
m ental Protection Agency rounding neighborhoods while tation. W hat would happened
particulate matter can cause they idle in traffic on the high­ if gas soared to $5 a gallon, for
serio u s p ro b lem s w ith way and air quality will improve, example, and stayed there for
peoples’ lungs and hearts.
Adams told the Portland Ob­ years, goading people into tak­
George also said that die­ server.
ing mass transit. Newer energy
sel em issions are also ex ­
George warns that improving technology could also make the
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“ We just know that people
don ’t do very well near the
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automobile more affordable
and cleaner.
Adams said pollution con­
cerns don't go away even if
the Columbia Crossing isn’t
b u ilt b ecause w ith o u t a
higher-density new bridge,
traffic will surely back up into
downtown Portland.
George responds that “The
problem takes care of itself if
you let congestion stay.”
She
arg u es th a t if
Vancouverites routinely have
a two hour commute to work
because of traffic, for example,
they’ll be more likely to take
mass transit.
City Commissioner Amanda
Fritz attempted to add amend­
ments that would place envi­
ronmental justice and health
advocates on the p roject's
overseeing committee. Both
died for a lack of a second.
G eorge expects that the
project’s car-friendly trajec­
tory will be hard to reverse.
While very disappointed in
the city for approving this
project, she still projects some
hope.
“We’re Portland. We can be
creative,” she said.
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include high fever, sweating, unstable blood pressure, stupor,
muscular rigidity and autonomic dysfunction.
used to treat Grave’s (thyroid) disease
in children but can cause severe liver damage or death.
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Leg Syndrome. Can cause damage to the mitral, aortic and
tricuspid heart valves, which includes leakage of these
valves.
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vaginal mesh sling used to treat bladder
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