about the muddy boot organic festival

The annual Muddy Boot Organic Festival is a city-wide festival celebrating local organic foods and sustainable living in Portland, Oregon.

Under the sunny skies of early September, people from the Portland Area will experience a vibrant and enriching event. With live music, wine, and food you will experience an event like no other in Oregon. The booths, workshops, speakers and walking tours of local sustainable projects will allow you to share in the experience of living naturally.

The Muddy Boot Organic Festival will be held outdoors September 6-7, 2008 at the St. Philip Neri church at 2408 SE 16th Avenue (near 18th & Division) in Portland, Oregon.

The first annual festival in 2006 was a tremendous success with ~3500 visitors! Check out photos, a video and even pictures on Congressman Earl Blumenauer's site from the 2006 festival!

The second annual event in 2007 brought in the crowds with over 5,000 people attending over the festival weekend.

The weekend kicked off with a keynote address, "The Great Ocean Adventure," by Jean-Michel Cousteau, founder of the Ocean Futures Society and a world-renowned advocate for ocean protection, on Friday, Sept. 7 at 7:30 p.m.

mission statement

Promote sustainable living practices within our local communities, thereby enhancing the health of our world, our neighborhoods and ourselves.

vision statement

To carry out our mission, we envision a community event on St Philip Neri grounds which will nourish mind, body and soul in celebration of sustainable living. This event will include:

• Vendors of local and organic food and craft
• Workshops and educational forums on living sustainably for the whole family
• Live music and entertainment
• Open minded space for reflection, sharing and growth as a community
• Space to explore the spirituality of caring for the earth

By participating, all organizations and individuals involved will agree to respect the diversity of ways in which we can promote sustainable living, and at the same time challenging one another on our paths toward our common goals.

This event will be financially responsible. We seek to make this event accessible to all who wish to participate, and also to aid St Philip Neri Parish’s mission and programs.

2007 archives

• The 2007 festival was an enormous success. We want to give THANKS to all the volunteers, committee members, exhibitors and sponsors that helped bring the event together
• For a list of last year’s sponsors and participants, click here for the 2007 archive.
• Here is a diagram of the 2007 site layout

2006 archives

• The 2006 festival was a great success, we want to give a huge THANKS to all the volunteers, committee members, exhibitors, and sponsors that helped us organize!
• For a list of last year's sponsors and participants click here for the 2006 archive.
• Here is a diagram of the 2006 site layout.

Here are some useful links:

• allorganiclinks is a nice site to find organic things 
• at myfootprint.org you can take a quiz to find your ecological footprint