Here you will find the reseach work of the Oregon Hunger Task Force. Work such as, Status of Hunger in Oregon reports as well as issue briefs, statewide hunger trend reports, presentations and live updates shared at Task Force meetings.
Statewide Hunger Response Report
June 2026
Chris Baker
Late and Post-Pandemic Food Insecurity in Oregon (2022 – 2024)
May 2026
Grace Neleyun and Mark Edwards
Oregon’s Food Assistance System
Teresa Fortanel Nuñez,
Mark Edwards
Edited by Chris Baker
November 2025
Pandemic Increases in Oregon’s Food Insecurity (2021-2023)
November 2024
Julian McElhaney and Mark Edwards
Food Security in Oregon During the COVID Public Health Emergency (2020-2022)
December 2023
Mark Edwards and Julian McElhaney, Oregon State University School of Public Policy
November 2022
Mark Edwards and James LeBlanc, Oregon State University School of Public Policy
June 2022
Etta O’Donnell-King and Fatima Jawaid Marty
Hunger and food insecurity disproportionately impact Immigrant and Refugee Oregonians. This report looks at how this population experiences hunger and how lack of program access exacerbates this injustice.
May 2021
Etta O’Donnell-King, Alison Killeen and Cara Claflin
This report covers changes to hunger during the COVID-19 Pandemic, as of May 2021, focusing on the environment before and during the pandemic impacts hunger, how government responded, the role of mutual aid and recommendations for policy change.
January 2019
Alison Killeen, edited by Annie Kirschner
A quick look into hunger in Oregon in 2018. Based in the research of Prof. Mark Edwards, Oregon State University.
