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Minority & Small Business Week
PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Come Bid With Us
Portland Public School District welcomes interest and participation by Minority Owned
Businesses, Women Owned Businesses and Emerging Small Businesses in our
solicitations for goods and services. We purchase office equipment, school supplies,
paper products, nutritional products, maintenance services, construction services, and
more. Vendors who wish to do business with Portland Public Schools are encouraged to
register with us online. Registration is at no cost, and allows vendors access to view and
respond to formal solicitations. For additional information contact:
October I, 2014
Foraging Wild
Edibles Creates
a Business
and move on. You can go to the
spot another time, but i f you see
fo lk s rake fo r truffles, but this them again, be polite and leave.
requires you to ripen the truffles, No one can take claim to public
as m any o f them w o n ’t be ripe. land, but some people are p ic k ­
A nd th e re’s also the problem o f ing to p u t fo o d on their table
people raking poorly and ruin­ and can be not so kind. I f you
ing the fo re st floor.
run into r iff raff, report it to the
Does your dog help you for­ district ranger ASAP. The fo r ­
age? Does a dog have to be ests in the Northw est are well
trained to do such things?
protected and I love getting to
Yes, I have foraging dogs. know area rangers fo r safety
B ut I am also a truffle dog and picking leads. They have
trainer and have trained many the ability to p u ll picking p e r ­
other pooches.
m its fro m hostile individuals.
W hat are som e u n iq u e
What advice would you give
things y o u ’ve found in your to future foragers?
job? Any foods you d id n ’t
The advice that I give to all
know about until you were fu tu re foragers is to take a class
hitting the trails?
and get involved. Besides me,
One thing that I have fo u n d there are many m ushroom soci­
unique during my jo b is learn­ eties in the Northw est that offer
ing how different cultures p re ­ classes and fe stiv a ls fo r all
pare wild edibles, or learning things mycology. A nd always
the name o f a certain mushroom rem em ber to get perm its while
or wild edible in another lan­ harvesting on public land and
guage. W ild edibles are how respect the forest.
humans have survived since the
You can find T em p tre ss
beginning.
Truffles Wild Edibles at the Port­
Do you have to com pete land Farmers Market on Satur­
with other foragers for paths days at Portland State University;
or territory? Are people pro­ the Beaverton Farmers Market;
tective o f their m ushroom or The King Farmer’s Market; and
truffle hunting areas?
other locations. To learn when
I t ’s all about etiquette. I f the “Truffle Tempress” might be
you are picking and run into near you, follow her Facebook
someone else who has been there p ag e
at
fa c e b o o k .c o m /
fo r a while, i t ’s best to say hi temptresstruffles.
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Paul Williams (503) 916-3316 or pwilliam@pps.net or visit:
h_ttB;y/www.pps.kl2.or.us/departments/purchasing-contracting/7016.htm
Portland Public Schools
Purchasing & Contracting
501 North Dixon
Portland, OR 97227
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