Meet Ty of the Urban League Harvest Garden in Portland!

(Yes, there are black people in Portland. In fact, this sister whom I was lucky enough to meet, is making that known with her amazing photography project: The Black Portlanders.)

Ty’s work, on the other hand, is making black folks in Portland’s food movement more visible and connected. “The food movement in Portland is strong,” says Ty, “but we saw an absence of people of color. So we [the Urban League] started the Urban League Harvest Garden three years ago to show that we’re here. We are getting more people involved and creating a space for people of color in the movement to find each other.” 

I had a great time meeting many folks in the POC food movement of Portland at Ty’s garden party and at the Roots Festival where Kalimah and Intisar were displaying portraits from The Black Portlanders.

#Black Portland #Color of Food