Spokane Food Policy Council: About Us

Spokane Food Policy Council Role

Advise Spokane County government and regional cities on food-related policy issues
Focus on researching, developing, and promoting policy
The SFPC forms relationships with other regional entities involved in the local food system

The Spokane Food Policy Council meets monthly to consider a wide-range of issues related to the local food system. Topics may include:

Updates on legislative activities
Updates to governmental comprehensive plans
Farmland preservation
School lunch shaming
Local food processing in or near urban areas
Reducing food waste
Institutional purchasing policies
Incentives for grocery stores, farmers markets, food carts, vending machines, and other mobile vendors to locate in underserved communities

Download a one-page document detailing the mission and work of the Spokane Food Policy Council.

2013

The Spokane Food Policy Council (SFPC) was convened by then Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart, and first met in October 2013

2014-2015

SFPC was engaged in council organizational/program development, research, and outreach

2016

Finished The Spokane Regional Food System Inventory (FSI), a broad assessment of the regional food system evaluating our local food system

2017

Worked with city planning staff to add food language to the City of Spokane’s Comprehensive Plan:
- Social Health Implementation Matrix
- Social Health Food Access and Security Policies
Met with the Director of Nutrition Services from Spokane School District 81 to discuss “food shaming” and the benevolence meal fund being developed to pay meals for children who do not have money in their accounts to pay

Goals:

Develop a shared collaborative framework to advance Spokane County’s food security work
Develop a Food Security Action Plan to ensure equitable access to healthy foods

Ordinances: