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Contact: Eric Alegria 24 S 3rd Ave Yakima, WA 98902 Phone: 509-453-3157 Email: latinofarmers [at] charter.net Web: http://www.centerforlatinofarmers.com The Center for Latino Farmers assists Spanish-speaking farmers to get established on their own land. The Center empowers new and emerging farmers to efficiently and effectively run their businesses by connecting them to USDA services, providing training workshops, preparing loan packages, and providing one-on-one technical assistance. Community to Community Development Contact: Rosalinda Guillen, Executive Director 203 W Holly, Suite 317 Bellingham, WA 98225 Phone: 360-738-0893 Email: decomunidad [at] qwest.net Web: http://www.foodjustice.org Community to Community Development is a place-based, grassroots organization committed to creating alliances in order to strengthen local and global movements towards social, economic and environmental justice. Left Foot Organics Contact: Ann M Vandeman PO Box 12772 Olympia, WA 98508 Phone: 360-402-3748 Email: ann [at] leftfootorganics.org Web: http://www.leftfootorganics.org Left Foot Organics is a vocational program promoting self-sufficiency, community inclusion and independence for people with developmental disabilities through meaningful employment and training in the business of growing and marketing high quality, fresh, organic food. Left Foot operates a 5 acre organic farm south of Olympia. We bring people with disabilities together with rural youth to work growing good food for the local market. Our work is based on our core values of respect for all people and for the land, our belief in the right of each person to participate in contributing to their community, and in a cooperative learning model where all receive the support they need to do their best. Lopez Community Land Trust Contact: Sandy Bishop, Executive Director PO Box 25 Lopez, WA 98261 Phone: 360-468-3723 Email: lclt [at] rockisland.com Web: http://www.lopezclt.org The Lopez Community Land Trust's Sustainable Agriculture & Rural Development Program is committed to cultivating an ethic of agricultural land stewardship, providing education about the importance of strong local food systems and actively promoting the development of small scale agricultural infrastructure for the San Juan Islands. Northwest Cooperative Development Center 1050 Capitol Way S, Suite B Olympia, WA 98501 Phone: 360-943-4241 Email: nwcdc [at] qwest.net Web: http://www.nwcdc.coop The Center assists in the formation and management of a wide range of cooperative enterprises, including consumer and producer cooperatives. NW SEED - Sustainable Energy for Economic Development Contact: Jennifer Grove 1402 Third Ave, Suite 901 Seattle, WA 98101 Phone: 206-328-2441 Email: jennifer [at] nwseed.org Web: http://www.nwseed.org Wind, solar, and biomass energy hold the promise of economic independence for many Northwest farms and energy independence for the US. NW SEED is devoted to helping farmers make that happen through rural economic development projects. ShoreBank Pacific PO Box 400 Ilwaco, WA 98624 Phone: 877-326-4326 Email: ecobank [at] shorebankpacific.com Web: http://www.eco-bank.com/ 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. Through our lending programs, we support individual and community efforts to bring together conservation and economic development. With each loan, we provide information on conservation improvements that can increase the value of the borrower's business. Sustainable Connections Contact: Michelle Long, Executive Director Bellingham Towers 119 N. Commercial Street, Suite 350 Bellingham, WA 98225 Phone: 360-647-7093 Email: michelle [at] sconnect.org Web: http://www.sconnect.org Sustainable Connections is a non-profit membership organization of well over 500 businesses and community leaders working to transform and model an economy built on sustainable practices. They have an active Food & Farming program led by Shonie Schlotzhauer (shonie [at] sconnect.org) supporting farms, food producers, retailers, restaurants, caterers, institutions, and the public of Whatcom county. Sustainable Connections is a member of the international network called Business Alliance of Local Living Economies (BALLE). ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Building the Local Food Economy www.sustainableseattle.org/Programs/localfoodeconomy Business Alliance for Local Living Economies – BALLE http://www.livingeconomies.org The Center for an Agricultural Economy http://www.hardwickagriculture.org Conservation Economy: A Pattern Language for Sustainability http://www.conservationeconomy.net Jefferson Landworks Collaborative http://www.jeffersonlandworks.org King County Rural Economic Strategies Report www.metrokc.gov/exec/news/2006/0105rural.htm Local Food as Economic Development http://www.crcworks.org/cfscced.html Puget Sound Regional Food System Project www.agbizcenter.org/programs/regionalFoodSystemProject NEWS ARTICLES Uniting Around Food to Save a Dying Down www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/dining/08verm.html Economic Development category edited by Eric Magnuson  For information on additional organizations see WiserEarth. |
