Mobile Orchards & Queer Farmers

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Wed, 06/16/2021 - 11:00am to 12:00pm
farmer letting dogheart smiles brightly with her dog in front of a setting sun
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Amethyst Devlin squats next to a a mobile orchard box. The box is cedar wood on top of half a large plastic container and has a fruit tree planted in it.
Farmer Brian Hulsey, wearing overalls and a sweater, looks serenely towards an empty shelf in an all white greenhouse.

PDX Food Show celebrates pride month with queer farmers letty dogheart of Flying Dogheart Farm and Brian Hulsey of Rose Village Farm. We'll also hear from Amethyst Devlin about the Portland Fruit Tree Projects mobile orchards program. 

  • Amethyst Devlin tells us about the Portland Fruit Tree Projects mobile orchards program. The project aims to increase access to fruit trees and gardening space in Portland, while avoiding green gentrification.

  • letty dogheart of Flying Dogheart Farm and Brian Hulsey of Rose Village Farm discuss what it means to be a queer farmer, the struggle to find safe places to farm, and the queerest plants they grow. 

  • Pedalpalooza Food Ride Roundup.

Portland Fruit Tree Project website * instagram

Flying Dogheart Farm website * instagram

Rose Village Farm website * instagram

Pedalpalooza website * instagram

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