http://www.provender.org Provender is a non-profit membership organization providing networking, outreach, and education to natural foods and related companies doing business in the Northwest. en-us http://www.provender.org/new-website/images/provender_rss.gif http://www.provender.org/ logo http://truefoodnow.org/ The board is meeting in Portland next week. We're meeting at the Doubletree Hotel Downtown on Friday and Saturday. Some of us will be in town on Thursday night and would love to meet up with any Provenderites who will be there as well. If you'll be around, let us know in the comments. We will let you know where we'll be when we figure it out! http://truefoodnow.org/ Surveys over the past decade have consistently shown that Americans don’t want to eat genetically engineered (GE or GMO) food. http://provender.org/jonathan-safir.html Congratulations to Jonathan Safir - Provender Alliance Scholarship Awardee! http://provender.org/conference.html Visit Provender's conference page for information about the upcoming 2011 Provender Alliance Conference. Keynote Speakers include: Fred Kirschenmann, Jesse Ziff Cool and Paul Stamets. http://provender.org/conference.html Visit Provender's conference page for information about the upcoming 2011 Provender Alliance Conference. Keynote Speakers include: Fred Kirschenmann and Jesse Ziff Cool http://action.panna.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=7116 Next week we’ll be meeting with farmers who've chosen to grow their crops without pesticides that cause cancer or are harmful to kids or bees. We’ll hand deliver a resounding ‘thank you’ to these cutting edge farmers for doing the right thing. http://provender.org/index.html Check out Provender's new website!