SAUVIE ISLAND CENTER
Education Administration ProgramsOregon, United States2-10 Employees
The Sauvie Island Center operates as an educational program on a working farm near Portland, Oregon. It provides local children with hands-on experiences that connect the foods they eat to farming and the land, highlighting how understanding food origins benefits the broader community. The center uses the farm and the surrounding natural area as its classroom, offering learning opportunities in a family setting. Based in the Portland region, the organization serves local children and their families through a small team that runs school field trips and summer camps on the farm and surrounding natural areas. The program sits within the education administration field, delivering place-based experiences that explore food, farming, and land.