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A Salmon Nation business partner is any business or organization actively involved in activities that support the restoration of bioregional vitality. These partners may use the Salmon Nation logo and co-brand with their own products or services. Salmon Nation business partnerships often involve either formal licensing of the brand or payment to Salmon Nation in some other form, either as direct payment or in-kind services. A business partnership is not a certification relationship; it is a collaboration to catalyze change.
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Shop smart in Salmon Nation. Filled with resources, ideas, and over 200 coupons for products and services with reduced environmental impacts, Chinook Book — published by Celilo Group in Portland — is the guide to smart shopping in Salmon Nation. Chinook Book can also be used as a fundraising tool for churches, schools, and organizations! Learn more at www.chinookbook.net.
Nau, Inc., is a new technical and lifestyle outdoor apparel company that opened a store in Portland's Bridgeport Village in April 2007. Ecotrust has been selected as one of six local community partners to participate in Nau’s Partners for Change program. When customers shop online at nau.com or in Nau's Bridgeport Village store, they can choose to direct 5% of their purchase price to Ecotrust.
ShoreBank Pacific, a Washington State chartered, FDIC insured bank, is the first commercial bank in the United States with a commitment to environmentally sustainable community development, is offering the Salmon Nation VISA card, its first consumer credit card. A portion of the bank's income from the card will be donated directly to Ecotrust to support its effort to build Salmon Nation. Learn about ShoreBank online at www.eco-bank.com.
Two Nations, the Rogue Nation and Salmon Nation, came together with the goal of improving our neighborhoods, watersheds, and promoting responsible use of our natural resources. Both nations stretch across arbitrary boundaries and include citizens who believe in integrating themselves into their community by allying themselves with tribes, fishermen, farmers, ranchers, loggers, factory workers, soldiers, and urban dwellers — all working together. A portion of sales from the Salmon Nation Ale were donated to Salmon Nation.
A natural fit, Salmon Safe has been a Salmon Nation partner since the beginning. In 2003, Salmon Safe and Salmon Nation produced a series of billboards in the Portland Metro area.
Jon Saarheim and Buck Gibbons run their business, based out of Bellingham, WA with the goal of improving the lives of independent fishers in Alaska.
Jon says, "we want to connect our customers to the source of the fish — fishermen and their communities. We try to establish a chain of connection between the fishermen and our customers." Find Wildcatch salmon burgers, salmon jerky, canned salmon, frozen Alaskan coho, and sockeye lox at stores like Whole Foods and Wild Oats. Look for the 
on the package.
Offering great coffees from all over the world, including Salmon Nation. World Cup Roasting introduced a Salmon Nation Pacific Coast Roast in 2003. Committed to sustainability, World Cup roasts organic, shade grown and Fair Trade coffees, and the teas served meet the same sustainable criteria. Visit Word Cup at www.worldcupcoffee.com.
In 2003, Salmon Nation citizen John Warner bought a used Ryder® truck to distribute locally-caught wild salmon to markets in San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle. John had leased and renovated a fish processing plant on Charleston's waterfront and opened K-Lyn Fisheries, a buying station and processor where local fishermen can offload their catch. Daunted by the signature yellow of the truck, Warner decided to go with Salmon Nation red.
In 2001, Ecotrust worked with the ad agency Wieden + Kennedy to brainstorm how Salmon Nation might take on a life of its own.
Pictured here is a mock-up of mural on a building; Wieden + Kennedy playfully imagined these sorts of signs proudly displayed by a variety of cities up and down the coast.