Local Action for a Sustainable Tomorrow

Local farmer Pete Vanderhoof and I are interested in going if others will join us. Please ask anyone who is interested to give me a call.

Thanks,
Anne Murray
452-5425

Workshop on Sustainably Growing the Local Food Economy

Find out why local linkages matter and strategize next steps for sustainably growing the Central Puget Sound’s local food economy.

10 am to 5 pm, Monday, February 18th

You are welcome to attend all or part of the day.

Location: Northwest Environmental Education Council (www.nweec.org)
650 S. Orcas Street, Suite 220, South Seattle (Map link below)

This workshop is a rare opportunity to come together with a cross-section of the local food economy’s businesses and food activists to strategize actions from a whole system’s perspective. The workshop grows out of Sustainable Seattle’s ground-breaking research on the local food economy.

The research shows that spending our food dollars locally supports a web of relationships, rooted in place, which serve to restore the land and regenerate community. At the same time, this web of relationships needs to be strengthened and expanded to change the bigger picture of an increasingly unsustainable food system.

Pass it along –
Invite other Local Food Economy businesses and activists
What’s Happening at the Workshop
10 to 12: Review of Research Findings
12 to 1: Local Food Lunch
1 to 1:45: Press Conference with Local Food Economy Businesses
2 to 5: Developing Action Plans around Strategies Based on Findings

More on the Research
Sustainable Seattle has published its report, Why Local Linkages Matter: Findings from the Local Food Economy Study, for public comment. The report provides a new approach to analyzing the economics of the food system, new support for developing strong local linkages, and new strategies for taking action to grow the local food economy.

You are invited to read and comment on the report prior to its final publication, following the February 18th workshop. The report can be downloaded at: www.sustainableseattle.org/Programs/localfoodeconomy

To Register for the Workshop
Please register for the workshop by emailing viki@sustainableseattle.org. Please indicate which times you will be attending in your email. Lunch is available for people attending the morning session and press conference.

650 S. Orcas Street, Suite 220
Seattle, Washington 98108
Map to Location http://tinyurl.com/2o8sgf . There is free parking on site.