Metro Regional Government
Along with allowing Sauvie Island Center to use the barn on the property, Metro provides access to open space and farmlands and educational opportunities about the environment. Metro manages numerous acres on Sauvie Island, including both the Howell Territorial Park where Sauvie Island Center is located, and the adjacent property which is leased to Sauvie Island Organics. Through Metro’s Nature University, volunteer naturalists are trained to help lead environmental education programs for the thousands of children who visit the parks each year on school field trips and for summer programs.
Metro protects open space and parks, plans for land use and transportation, and manages garbage disposal and recycling for 1.3 million residents in three counties and 24 cities in and around Portland. The agency also oversees world-class facilities such as the Oregon Zoo and the Oregon Convention Center.
Sauvie Island Organics
Sauvie Island Organics provides the Center with access to fields, farm expertise, mentoring for emerging farmers, community education and festivals. The farm markets its produce through a 200-member Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program and to many of Portland’s premier restaurants.
The mission of this local, organic farm is to grow a wide array of high quality seasonal produce for local markets, provide the community with a connection to their food source, educate people about sustainable food production, provide a model of sustainable farming, and create a high quality workplace for its employees.
Food Works
Food Works is a youth employment and empowerment program that engages 14-21 year old young people in all aspects of planning, growing, selling and donating over 4,000 pounds of organic produce each year from their 1-acre organic farm on Sauvie Island. Food Works is part of the Village Gardens Program of Janus Youth Programs. Food Works Crew Members learn business, leadership, organic agriculture and other important work and life skills through working as team to market their food at farmers markets and local grocery stores, and donating a significant portion of the food they grow back to their community. Crew Members also receive school credit for their work and are supported to transition into other employment opportunities and to succeed in their academic goals (five Food Works’ graduates, all immigrants from East Africa, have received college scholarships through Janus’ Scholarship program).
Food Works partners with the Sauvie Island Center to make our Grow Lunch Garden available to children on our field trips. The Grow Lunch Garden is located on Food Works field, and Food Works helps to maintain and support the program.
The Sauvie Island Center also wants to thank the following funding partners whose financial contributions make our programs possible:
The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
The Environmental Education Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation
East Multnomah County Soil and Water Conservation District
Juan Young Trust
Kate Svitek Memorial Foundation
Kaiser Permanente Community Benefit Fund
Meyer Memorial Trust
Metro
The Yahoo Employee Foundation
West Multnomah County Soil and Water Conservation District
Supporters of our Annual Barn Dance and Dine Out
Laughing Planet Cafe
Lincoln Restaurant
Proper Eats
Breakside Brewing
Cupcake Jones
Bon Appetit
Widmer Brewing
Hot Lips Pizza
Sokol Blosser Wine
Sol Pops
Silent Auction donors
Patagonia Portland
Yoga Union
Sugar Wheel Works
Gracie’s Wrench
River City Bikes
Portland Nursery
New Seasons Market and Chef Josh Palmer
Nutcase Helmets
Portland Timbers
Yarnia
KINK
Blackbird Wine Shop
Hannah Goldrich Jewelry
Laura Cooke Ceramics
Hadley Hutton
Victoria Christen
Super-B
Sauvie Island Organics
Portland Farmer’s Market
Wildwood Restaurant
Ciao Vito
Higgins
Toro Bravo
Lucca
Cafe Yumm
Pizzicato
