In response to the Oregon State Legislature's failure to invest just $250k a year to expand free breakfast and lunch to all public school students, state budget writers Senator Leiber and Rep. Sanchez claimed 'not preemptively cutting SNAP or TANF' as a win for families.

www.opb.org/article/2025...

just walked by three middle aged white guys discussing the question, "is a kids broken arm an emergency?"

Bayo Akomolafe says, “The times are urgent; let us slow down.”

Trump's EO freezing federal funding means Oregon's ~1,200 schools can't submit reimbursements for meals served to students. Heartless.

Schools plan on serving free meals regardless - they are so used to federal shutdowns that this illegal order feels commonplace.

I'll be sharing updates, swapping stories, and geeking out about food justice, farming, and art with you all. Also, if you’ve got tips on keeping chickens entertained (and alive) or favorite printmaking tricks, hit me up.

When I’m not nerding out over policy, I’m probably hanging with my chickens 🐔, messing around on my urban farm, getting inky hands with some printmaking, or biking for several hundred miles

Hi friends it's Dave, now on bluesky. Proud to be joining the echo chamber 💪🏻 I'm currently coordinating Oregon’s campaign to provide free breakfast and lunch to every student and leverage that for more equitable food systems 🍎✨