Missed a meeting? You can find recordings of working group meetings on OCFSN’s Youtube Channel and other materials in our Public Google Drive.

Stay looped into the latest news for each of the working groups by joining the mailing lists: How to Use OCFSN Google Groups.

• Mark your calendars! Our next meeting will be April 14th from 1-2:30PM. The folks from Mission West will join us to present their new toolkit which walks us through their experiences developing and realizing Montana Marina.

• February saw two Food Hub Network Meetings. At the first meeting Jesse Jones (North Coast Food Web) and Erin Maher (Agricultural Connections) presented the findings from the 2025 Food Hub Trade Network project. To learn more check out the Recording and the folder with Slides andTranscript.

• At the second meeting Abigail Blinn (Kitchen Sync), and Kayla Koether (Kitchen Sync) gave an excellent presentation on how they approach institutional sales on behalf of food hubs, and food hub readiness to participate in institutional sales. Here is the Recording and the folder with Transcript and Slides.

• The Food Hub Network has a new Youtube playlist, ”Favorites of OR Food Hub Network”, to highlight relevant recordings from our partner and collaborators.

• Join us for the upcoming  Working Group planning meeting on April 13th from 11am-12pm Pacific Time. We will share resources, and gather input on proposed projects and your needs as program operators and invested partners. Register here!

• For resources and recordings of 2025 working group meetings including guest presentations from program operators and vendors visit https://ocfsn.org/veggie-rx. 

• Our March OFIC meeting covered topics from getting more organic into Oregon schools, the Rural Health Transformation Program and The Good Food Connections Summit in Washington with a presentation from Eddie Hill 

• Recording here 

• Notes with transcript here

• Our April OFIC meeting will be joining the Food Hub Network April 14th from 1-2:30PM. Mission West, a development corporation from Montana will present their new toolkit which walks us through their experiences developing and realizing a value-added joint Montana Marina. This product has now been purchased by over 140 school districts in Montana. 

• Please join us on May 19th for a cross-over conversation on how farm to institution intersects with food as medicine. If you are interested in this topic and would like to see a specific conversation, please email ofic-coordinator@ocfsn.org 

• If you are interested in being added to the OFIC listserv, please email oregon-farm-to-institution-collaborative+subscribe@googlegroup.com 

• Our current OFIC documents and resources are linked here 

If you have a key resource for either producers or institutions regarding farm to institution to be added to the webpage, please email Aliza McHugh at ofic-coordinator@ocfsn.org.

This group of 25 organizations meets monthly to learn from each other and build systems to become nutrition service providers under HRSN, a program where they can be reimbursed for providing services  through Medicaid. To learn more about this group visit https://ocfsn.org/hrsn.

• In Q1 we met three times, gave feedback on proposed guidance from Oregon Health Authority, learned from peer presenters, and asked questions of Coordinated Care Organization staff  at a live panel. 

• Key update: The Fruit & Vegetable benefit and Pantry Stocking benefit launch has been moved to July 1st, 2026.

• New Resource! Find answers to frequently asked questions from OHA, CCOs, and current HRSN service providers in the OCFSN Quarterly HRSN FAQ  EN / ES