Written By: Linda Moulder Begun after the Dust Bowl and Depression years of the 1930s, Congress developed a complex set of safety nets for food, fiber, fuel and energy and named it the Farm Bill. $100 billion is allotted annually to support Farm Bill programs. Federal policies are complicated and the Farm Bill is no […]
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What Food Policy in Spokane means for you
Spokane Food Policy “SFPC Update: The Spokane Food Policy Council (SFPC) first met October 2013, and since then has been engaged in council organizational/program development, research, and outreach. Some particular areas of current and future interest include: farmland preservation K-12 nutrition institutional purchasing policies policies that allow for local food processing in or near urban […]
Urban Livestock and Market Gardening in the City of Spokane
Written By: Pat Munts May 2017- Urban Livestock and Market Gardening in the City of Spokane: “How cool would it be if you could walk down the street in your Spokane neighborhood and buy vegetables fruit and flowers from your neighbor who grew them right in their back yard? It can’t be fresher […]
