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Aug 18, 2026

You Don't Need a Green Thumb: A Portlander's Guide to Starting a Garden (and What to Plant Right Now)

OSU Extension's Carole Hardy, Growing Gardens' Jason Skipton and a North Portland community gardener share how to start a garden — plus exactly what to plant through late summer and fall.

Bryan M. Vance

Aug 13, 2026

Which Store-Brand Kettle Chip Wins Grilling Season? We Tested 6 To Find Out

We blind-tasted store-brand kettle chips from six Portland grocery chains — with a surprise first-time winner and one brand’s chips were so bad, the panel could barely eat them.

Bryan M. Vance

Aug 11, 2026

What 1 Year of Tracking Portland Grocery Prices Shows About How Food Is Getting More Expensive

A year of tracking prices of 20 grocery staples at 19+ Portland grocery stores reveals exactly how grocery prices are changing locally. Here's what 12 months and 4,720 prices taught us about what's actually happening to your grocery bill.

Bryan M. Vance

Aug 4, 2026

Parkrose Lost Its Grocery Store. Now the Community Is Building the Store It Wants

Grocery Outlet closed in Parkrose after months of stalled lease talks. At a press conference in late July 2026, owner Don McKeever and his backers put real numbers behind a fall reopening — but the lease still isn't signed.

Bryan M. Vance

Aug 3, 2026

Portland General Electric Proposes Nearly 4% Residential Rate Increase

Portland General Electric is seeking its eighth consecutive annual rate increase. The proposed rate hike comes just months after PGE lowered residential rates by 1.3%.

Shaanth Nanguneri

Aug 2, 2026

Behind the Cart: I'm Taking a Break, and I Need Your Help in September

Also, come say hi at the North Portland Sunday Parkways Sunday, Aug. 2 in downtown St. Johns!

Bryan M. Vance

Jul 30, 2026

Portland Grocery Deals (July 29–Aug. 4): $1.49/lb. Chickens and $0.39/lb. Watermelons

Chuck's has local watermelons at $0.39/lb., QFC has local whole chickens at $1.49/lb., and what to cook this week.

Bryan M. Vance

Jul 28, 2026

Full Basket Program: How Cully and Rocky Butte Are Building Food Access That Lasts

Cully and Rocky Butte farmers markets brought back the Full Basket food-access program for a second season — with a flat $20 rate, paper vouchers, and hard lessons from a program that had some growing pains in year one.

Bryan M. Vance

Jul 23, 2026

Portland Grocery Deals (July 22–28): $2.98 Milk and $0.98/lb. Peaches

Milk is finally under $3 a gallon at Albertsons/Safeway (via half-gallons), and Grocery Outlet's ground beef ties the summer's best price. Plus cheap blueberries, Dungeness crab, and bargain avocados from 25+ Portland-area stores.

Bryan M. Vance

Jul 21, 2026

Portland Grocery Prices: 5 Stores Hit All-Time Highs in June 2026

Five Portland grocery stores just posted their priciest basket totals of the year last month — in the same month. Here's what's driving it, what fell to new lows, and where to find the cheapest prices in Portland right now.

Bryan M. Vance

You Don't Need a Green Thumb: A Portlander's Guide to Starting a Garden (and What to Plant Right Now)

Which Store-Brand Kettle Chip Wins Grilling Season? We Tested 6 To Find Out

What 1 Year of Tracking Portland Grocery Prices Shows About How Food Is Getting More Expensive

Parkrose Lost Its Grocery Store. Now the Community Is Building the Store It Wants

Portland General Electric Proposes Nearly 4% Residential Rate Increase

Behind the Cart: I'm Taking a Break, and I Need Your Help in September

Portland Grocery Deals (July 29–Aug. 4): $1.49/lb. Chickens and $0.39/lb. Watermelons

Full Basket Program: How Cully and Rocky Butte Are Building Food Access That Lasts

Portland Grocery Deals (July 22–28): $2.98 Milk and $0.98/lb. Peaches

Portland Grocery Prices: 5 Stores Hit All-Time Highs in June 2026

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