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Community FEAST events, while not a traditional form of research, are rapidly gaining momentum as a fast, effective way to bring communities together to discuss local food-related issues and develop practical solutions. FEAST stands...  Read More

The townspeople of Leeton, Mo., had been without a grocery store for almost 10 years when a new one finally opened in the largely abandoned downtown district. It wasn’t operated by a grocery chain or a private investor. With only 619...  Read More

When Angela Jones and her parents, Don and Sharon Jones, bought the Dayville Mercantile in 2006, they were pleased to continue a rural tradition. The store has served as the community center for the 130-some citizens of Dayville for more...  Read More

The “buy local” food movement is gaining popularity nationwide, and new research is giving people new reasons to buy into it. A recent report on food systems in Lane County, for example, puts an impressive dollar figure on keeping food...  Read More

I’ve often mentioned to family and friends, and sometimes to our leadership classes, that being the director of the Ford Institute has changed my life. Quite literally it has changed my perception of the world, a world with so many faults...  Read More

Oregon rancher Connie Hatfield often visits urban grocery stores in her role as co-founder of the Country Natural Beef cooperative. When she tells customers that she is from a ranch family, they inevitably thank her for producing the...  Read More

When Dr. Charles Walker served as president of Linfield College in the 1970s, one of his first duties was to visit personally with each of the college’s trustees. In fall 1975, he called on a trustee who had a great interest in the college...  Read More

By Amy GabrielI recently returned from Paradise Point, a remote campsite in the heart of Northern California at which the youth leadership event Camp Ford is held. This 2-year-old collaboration between The Ford Family Foundation,...  Read More

Twenty-five years ago, Richard Kitumba was a child living in the midst of a violent civil war. The Springfield resident, now 36, grew up in Democratic Republic of the Congo, a war-torn region of eastern Africa.“The Democratic Republic of...  Read More

Motorcycles are charged to power through to a new future, too. Once seen as toys for biker outlaws or reckless youth, the motorcycle culture and industry opened up in the 1960s as manufacturing moved away from British bikes, and other...  Read More