Edward B. Hill

Co-Founder | CDO - Food Loop Northwest

A systems thinker with experience spanning land use, placemaking, environmental justice, food systems planning, and equity-based community development. Hill leverages his unique intersectional background to co-create innovative and inclusive food systems for BIPOC communities.

Hill’s 15+ years of planning, design, and facilitation work encompasses municipal, private sector, nonprofit, and NGO roles. He provides both technical and creative services for projects involving placemaking, engagement, sustainability, and tactical urbanism. His expertise includes pre-development and stakeholder engagement, farm/neighborhood planning, long-range planning, equitable development facilitation, and ecological systems.

Hill completed his urban planning graduate coursework at the University of Washington (land use, urban design). He attended the Growing Power Regional Training in Milwaukee and established three community farms across rural/urban King County, WA.

Hill and partners are fundraising to build a 30,000+ sf food aggregation facility in Portland, housing co-packing, processing, and incubating food businesses from underrepresented communities needing affordable infrastructure.