food systems
Improving regional livability and equity by strengthening the local food system.
Food and places to grow food are key to life and community
making access to healthy food a fact of life
urban farming in federal way
Kent West Hill neighborhood garden
Breekveldts farm
Deeply committed to fostering the next generation of Stillaguamish Valley family farmers, the Breekveldt family and Forterra worked together as part of the Sustainable Land Strategy to place a conservation easement on the farm, allowing the family to retain ownership of the land while restricting certain uses — such as development. Under the conservation easement, the family can continue to farm it, or can sell it to other farmers in the future.
namaste garden in tukwila
The Namaste Community Garden was launched in 2010 through a partnership between the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and landowner St. Thomas Catholic Church. What started as the initial pilot program has since grown giving plots to over 90 families annually, mostly Burmese and Bhutanese refuges.
