The Food Innovation Center — an OSU partnership with the Oregon Department of Agriculture — brings together science and entrepreneurship. Housed in Portland’s Pearl District since 1999, the center has helped hundreds of companies, both starting out and established, refine recipes, develop safe production systems and taste-test products (see the “Yum” feature). From ice cream to global exports, the FIC has made Oregon a tastemaker far beyond the Pacific Northwest. Here’s a small sampling of products that got their start there.
