Food Insecurity in Oregon

FROM THE MOYERS FILES:
LIFE ON THE EDGLE

NOW WITH BILL MOYERS, March 29, 2002

TOM CASCIATO: Cassandra Garrison considers herself a warrior in an army fighting poverty. She fights her battles in what might seem an unlikely locale. This is Portland, Oregon, a city known — quite rightly — for its environmental consciousness, its outdoor lifestyle, and increasingly, its fine restaurants.

It's never far from the top of the list of America's most livable cities, in one of its most livable states.

But it's a state with a problem.

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