Contact: Sylvia Kantor, Extension Educator Small Farms and Food Systems WSU King County Extension 919 SW Grady Way, Suite 120 Renton, WA 98055 Phone: 206-205-3131 Email: sylvia.kantor [at] metrokc.gov Web: http://www.king.wsu.edu/foodandfarms Like many communities across the nation, Seattle and King County food system advocates are coordinating their approaches to develop a healthy sustainable food system through a food policy council (FPC). The Acting Food Policy Council is a diverse group of stakeholders who comprehensively examine the food system in order to develop integrated food and agriculture policy recommendations and improvement projects in Seattle and King County. Lutheran Public Policy Office of Washington Contact: Rev Paul Benz, Director 766 John St, Suite B Seattle, WA 98109 Phone: 206-464-4133 Email: pbenz [at] lcsnw.org Web: http://www.lppowa.org The Lutheran Public Policy Office is the advocacy ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Its purpose is to be an active and listening presence in the halls of power advocating justice for all of God’s creation, with particular focus on the “least of those in our midst.” ELCA has 275 congregations across Washington state, with approximately 60% in rural settings. Consequently, the Lutheran Public Policy Office is involved with numerous agricultural organizations that promote the concept of sustainable agriculture, strives to get congregations involved in this conversation, and advocates for public policies at the state and federal level that will benefit family-based farms. Sustainable Seattle Contact: Viki Sonntag, Research Director 1402 Third Avenue, Suite 1220 Seattle, WA 98101 Phone: 206-622-3522 Email: viki [at] sustainableseattle.org Web: http://sustainableseattle.org Sustainable Seattle measures community progress along a set of sustainability indicators they first developed in 1993. At least 90 other sustainability projects around the country now use their indicators as a model for their own work. The next generation of this work involves The Sustainable Communities Multiplier Project, consisting of four linked studies, which seeks to establish the local multiplier as a measure of the benefits of locally circulating our communities’ resources. The first study of the four, the Local Food Economy Study, aims to make the economic case for investing in the development of local food economy linkages. Over forty local food economy businesses are directly participating in this project by calculating their local multipliers as a means of identifying system infrastructure needs. Washington Environmental Council Contact: Kerri Cechovic 1402 3rd Ave, Suite 1400 Seattle, WA 98101 Phone: 206-631-2607 Email: kerri [at] wecprotects.org Web: http://www.wecprotects.org Washington Environmental Council is the leading voice for protection of land, air, and water in our state. As a a non-profit advocacy organization, WEC works to protect Washington's environment and natural heritage for current and future generations by advocating for improved state protections and better enforcement of existing laws. Working with numerous partners, WEC currently focuses on three areas: Our Climate Action Campaign works to reduce global warming pollution, decrease fossil fuel imports, and create clean energy jobs. Our Water for Washington Campaign works to protect and restore Washington's rivers and streams so they provide clean water for both people and fish. And our Local Farms-Healthy Kids Campaign helps promote a sustainable and just food system in Washington State--one that supports viable farms and protects our environment. Washington Sustainable Food & Farming Network Contact: Ellen Gray or Gale Sterrett PO Box 762 Mount Vernon, WA 98273-0762 Phone: 360-336-9694 X 100 Email: info [at] wsffn.org Web: http://www.wsffn.org The Network is statewide policy organization that focuses on fundamental change in the priorities of Washington’s agricultural institutions. The Network championed the creation of the Washington State Dept of Agriculture’s Small Farm and Direct Marketing Program and is leading a successful campaign to establish a sustainable agriculture curriculum at Washington State University. The Network has also challenged WSU’s increased emphasis on biotechnology, urging instead that the state’s agricultural university concentrate it’s efforts to support small family farms, which make up 87% of the farms in our state. RESOURCES Community Food Security Coalition http://www.foodsecurity.org Farm and Food Policy Project http://www.farmandfoodproject.org Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy http://www.agobservatory.org Local Farms Healthy Kids Fact Sheet http://www.wecprotects.org/state/documents/localfarmshealthykids.pdf Local Policy Database http://www.preventioninstitute.org/sa/policies/index.php National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture http://www.sustainableagriculture.net Nutrition Policy: Center for Science in the Public Interest http://www.cspinet.org/nutritionpolicy Policy Guide on Community & Regional Food Planning http://www.planning.org/policyguides/food.htm Recipe for America www.recipeforamerica.org Sustainable Agriculture Coalition http://www.sustainableagriculturecoalition.org Sustainable Food Policy - Food Alliance www.foodalliance.org/sustainablefoodpolicy US Food Policy http://usfoodpolicy.blogspot.com Public Policy category edited by Sylvia Kantor  Find more organizations in WiserEarth.
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