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Local Food Systems Panel
Panel Role
Identify issues related to local food production for the Sustainable Thurston Task Force.
Panel Progress:
The Local Food Systems Panel is working to articulate issues and opportunities related to food production within the Thurston region. The reasearch and information gathered has been compiled in a white paper intended to inform the process and to serve as a starting point for the public conversation set to begin in early 2012. The draft white paper was presented to the Sustainable Thurston Task Force on Monday, January 23rd, 2012.
Local Food Systems Panel Presentation to the Sustainable Thurston Task Force [pdf 1825 KB]
Local Food Systems Panel Draft White Paper [pdf 873 KB]
Appendices to the Draft White Paper:
Federal Commodity Food Programs
Whats Working Well? Challenges? Opportunities?
Thurston County Food Bank, Robert Coit, Executive Director
A Look at Hunger in Thurston County, December 2011
2011 Food Bank User Survey, Executive Summary
2011 Food Bank User Survey, Food Bank Comparisons 2005-2011
Come to the Table food Summit, October 2011
Welcome to the Food Summit, Introductory Slide Presentation, TJ Johnson,
Event Organizer, Sustainable South Sound and The Evergreen State College
From Farm to Fork: An Overview of the Current Thurston County Food System,
Zena Edwards, Washington State University Thurston County Extension, Food
Safety & Nutrition Educator
Food Summit Results, compiled by TESC students in the program Ecological
Agriculture: Developing a Sustainable Local Food System
Healthy Eating: Policy and Environment Change Fact Sheet, Thurston County Public Health
and Social Services, January 2012
Market Forces - Creating Jobs Through Public Investment in Local and Regional Food Systems,
Union of Concerned Scientists, August 2011
Thurston County Working Lands Strategic Plan, February 2010
Frequently Asked Questions about Agritourism in Thurston County, Thurston County 2011
Savor Washington: Fresh & Local in Olympia (Thurston County), 2011 Washington State
Tourism & Washington State Department of Agriculture
Panel Members
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Robert Coit |
Thurston County Food Bank - Panel Chair |
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Jackie Barrett Sharar |
Transportation Policy Board - Citizen Representative |
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Stephanie Blumhagen |
United Way of Thurston County |
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Dawna Donohue |
Tenino Farmers Market |
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Zena Edwards |
WSU Thurston County Extension |
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Amy Ellings |
WA State Department of Health |
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Jaclyn Ford |
WA State Department of Agriculture |
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Kim Gaffi |
GRuB |
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Debby Gaffney |
North Thurston Public Schools |
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TJ Johnson |
Sustainable South Sound, The Evergreen State College |
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Heather Kowalewski |
The Evergreen State College MES Student |
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Ron Lawson |
City of Lacey |
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Kellie McNelly |
ROOF Community Services |
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Sandra Romero |
Thurston County |
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Lisa Smith |
Enterprise for Equity |
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Karen Valenzuela |
Thurston County |
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Lesley Wigen |
Thurston County Public Health |
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Peter Witt |
The Hobbs Group, Kiwanis Food Bank Garden Project, American Farmland Trust |
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Panel Staff |
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Karen Parkhurst |
Thurston Regional Planning Council |
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November 30, 2011
December 15, 2011
If you have comments or suggestions, we'd love to hear from you - please join us at a meeting (all project meetings are open to the public), contact us via email to SustainableThurston@trpc.org
or call (360) 956-7575.
Wednesday, August 1
3:00 - 5:00 pm
TRPC Room A
Would you like to learn more about local food systems issues - or share your ideas about how they can be addressed? Come join the discussion on the first Wednesday of every month.
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